Dismissal (liturgy)
Divine Liturgy
### Divine Liturgy

At the dismissals used at the Divine Liturgy—whether Greater or Lesser—after commemorating the apostles, the priest adds the name of the saint who is credited with writing the Liturgy:

* **[Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom](/wiki/Divine_Liturgy_of_St._John_Chrysostom "Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom"):** *...of our father among the saints, [John Chrysostom](/wiki/John_Chrysostom "John Chrysostom"), [archbishop of Constantinople](/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople "Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople")...*
* **[Liturgy of St. Basil the Great](/wiki/Liturgy_of_St._Basil_the_Great "Liturgy of St. Basil the Great"):** *...of our father among the saints, [Basil the Great](/wiki/Basil_the_Great "Basil the Great"), [archbishop](/wiki/Archbishop "Archbishop") of [Caesarea](/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima "Caesarea Maritima") in [Cappadocia](/wiki/Cappadocia "Cappadocia")...*
* **[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts](/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Presanctified_Gifts "Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts"):** *...of our father among the saints, [Gregory Dialogist](/wiki/Gregory_Dialogist "Gregory Dialogist"), [Pope](/wiki/Pope "Pope") of [Rome](/wiki/Rome "Rome")...*

Why are saints' names added to the Divine Liturgy?