Ubatizo

The Order of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism

ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ

Order That Takes Place Before Holy Baptism

ΤΑΞΙΣ ΓΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ ΠΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ

Prayer for Making a Catechumen

ΕΥΧΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΠΟΙΗΣΑΙ ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ

The Priest unties the girdle of the one who is about to be enlightened and divests them of outer clothing and shoes. He stands them facing East, wearing only a tunic, unbelted, bareheaded and barefoot, with the hands down. He breathes on their face three times, signs the forehead and breast three times.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

In your name, O Lord God of truth, and of your Only-Begotten Son and your Holy Spirit, I place my hand on the head of your servant N., who has been counted worthy to take refuge in your holy Name and to be guarded under the shelter of your wings. Remove from him/her that ancient error and fill him/her with faith in you, and hope and love, so that he/she may know that you alone are God, true God, and your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and your Holy Spirit. Grant that he/she may walk in your commandments and preserve those things that are pleasing to you, for if someone does them, they will live by them. Inscribe him/her in your book of life and unite him/her to the flock of your inheritance. Let your holy Name and that of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ and of your life-giving Spirit, be glorified in him/her. Let your eyes remain ever fixed in mercy on him/her, and your ears to hear the voice of his/her supplication. Make him/her glad in the works of his/her hands and in all his/her race, that he/she may confess you, worshipping and glorifying your great and most high Name, and may praise you throughout all the days of his/her life.

Ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος, ἐπιτίθημι τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλον (τὴν δούλην) σου (τόνδε) (τήνδε) τὸν καταξιωθέντα (τὴν καταξιωθεῖσαν) καταφυγεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ἅγιον ὄνομά σου, καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην τῶν πτερύγων σου διαφυλαχθῆναι. Ἀπόστησον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (αὐτὴν) τὴν παλαιὰν ἐκείνην πλάνην, καὶ ἔμπλησον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) τῆς εἰς σὲ πίστεως καὶ ἐλπίδος καὶ ἀγάπης, ἵνα γνῶ ὅτι σὺ εἶ Θεὸς μόνος, Θεὸς ἀληθινός, καὶ ὁ μονογενής σου Υἱός, ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιόν σου Πνεῦμα. Δὸς αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου πορευθῆναι, καὶ τὰ ἀρεστά σοι φυλάξαι· ὅτι ἐὰν ποιήσῃ αὐτὰ ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς. Γράψον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν βίβλῳ ζωῆς σου καὶ ἔνωσον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) τῇ ποίμνῃ τῆς κληρονομίας σου· δοξασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ ἅγιον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) καὶ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ σου Υἱοῦ, Κυρίου δὲ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦ σου Πνεύματος. Ἔστωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἀτενίζοντες εἰς αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν ἐλέει διαπαντός, καὶ τὰ ὦτά σου τοῦ ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεως αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς). Εὔφρανον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς), καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ γένει αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς)· Ἵνα ἐξομολογήσηταί σοι, προσκυνῶν (προσκυνοῦσα) καὶ δοξάζων (δοξάζουσα) τὸ ὄνομά σου τὸ μέγα καὶ ὕψιστον, καὶ αἰνέσῃ σε διαπαντὸς πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς).

For every power of heaven sings your praise, and yours is the glory, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Σὲ γὰρ ὑμνεῖ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

First Exorcism

ΑΦΟΡΚΙΣΜΟΣ Αʹ

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The Lord rebukes you, O Devil, the Lord who came into the world and dwelt among mortals so that he might destroy your tyranny and deliver humanity; the Lord who on the Tree crushed the hostile powers, when the sun was darkened, the earth shaken, the graves opened and the bodies of Saints arose; the Lord who by death abolished death and destroyed the one who had the power of death, that is you, the Devil. I adjure you by God, who revealed the tree of life and set in place the Cherubim and the flaming sword which turned this way and that to guard it: Be rebuked and withdraw! I adjure you by the One who walked on the surface of the sea as on dry land and rebuked the tempest of the winds, the One whose gaze dries up the deeps and whose curse melts mountains. For it is he who now commands you, through us: Be afraid, come out, withdraw from this creature and return no more. Do not hide in him/her, nor encounter him/her, nor influence him/her either by night or day, early or at noon. But go back to your own Tartarus until the great day of the judgement that has been prepared. Be afraid of God, who is seated upon the Cherubim and looks upon the deeps; before whom Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Authorities, Powers, the many-eyed Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim tremble; before whom heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them tremble. Come out, and withdraw from the sealed and newly-enlisted soldier of Christ our God. For it is by him that I adjure you, the One who walks on the wings of the winds, who makes his Angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire. Come out, and withdraw from this creature with all your power and your angels. For the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit has been glorified, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ἐπιτιμᾷ σοι Κύριος, Διάβολε, ὁ παραγενόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ κατασκηνώσας ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ἵνα τὴν σὴν καθέλῃ τυραννίδα καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐξέληται· ὃς ἐπὶ ξύλου τὰς ἀντικειμένας δυνάμεις ἐθριάμβευσεν, ἡλίου σκοτισθέντος καὶ γῆς σαλευομένης, καὶ μνημάτων ἀνοιγομένων, καὶ σωμάτων Ἁγίων ἀνισταμένων· ὃς ἔλυσε θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, καὶ κατήργησε τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου, τουτέστι, σὲ τὸν Διάβολον. Ὁρκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ δείξαντος τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τάξαντος τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τὴν στρεφομένην φρουρεῖν αὐτό. Ἐπιτιμήθητι καὶ ἀναχώρησον· κατʼ ἐκείνου γάρ σε ὁρκίζω τοῦ περιπατήσαντος, ὡς ἐπὶ ξηρᾶς, ἐπὶ νῶτα θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐπιτιμήσαντος τῇ λαίλαπι τῶν ἀνέμων· οὗ τὸ βλέμμα ξηραίνει ἀβύσσους καὶ ἡ ἀπειλὴ τήκει ὄρη. Αὐτὸς γὰρ καὶ νῦν ἐπιτάσσει σοι διʼ ἡμῶν· Φοβήθητι, ἔξελθε, καὶ ὑπαναχώρησον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλάσματος τούτου, καὶ μὴ ὑποστρέψῃς, μηδὲ ὑποκρυβῇς ἐν αὐτῷ, μηδὲ συναντήσῃς αὐτῷ ἢ ἐνεργήσῃς, μὴ ἐν νυκτί, μὴ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἢ ὤρᾳ ἢ ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ· ἀλλʼ ἄπελθε εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τάρταρον, ἕως τῆς ἡτοιμασμένης μεγάλης ἡμέρας τῆς κρίσεως. Φοβήθητι τὸν Θεὸν τὸν καθήμενον ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβίμ, καὶ ἐπιβλέποντα ἀβύσσους· ὃν τρέμουσιν Ἄγγελοι, Ἀρχάγγελοι, Θρόνοι, Κυριότητες, Ἀρχαί, Ἐξουσίαι, Δυνάμεις, τὰ πολυόμματα Χερουβίμ, καὶ τὰ ἑξαπτέρυγα Σεραφίμ· ὃν τρέμει ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἡ θάλασσα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς. Ἔξελθε καὶ ἀναχώρησον ἀπὸ τοῦ σφραγισθέντος νεολέκτου στρατιώτου Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· κατʼ ἐκείνου γάρ σε ὁρκίζω, τοῦ περιπατοῦντος ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων, τοῦ ποιοῦντος τοὺς Ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα, καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον. Ἔξελθε καὶ ἀναχώρησον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλάσματος τούτου σὺν πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις σου. Ὅτι δεδόξασται τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

Second Exorcism

ΑΦΟΡΚΙΣΜΟΣ Βʹ

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

It is God, the Holy One, who is beyond understanding and unsearchable in all his works and in his strength, the One who foreordained for you, O Devil, the penalty of eternal damnation, that through us, his unprofitable servants, orders you, and every power that works with you, to depart from the one who has been newly sealed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, our true God. I adjure you, most evil, unclean, foul, abominable and alien spirit, by the power of Jesus Christ, who has all authority in heaven and on earth and who said to the deaf and dumb demon, ‘Come out of the man, and enter him no more!’ Depart! Acknowledge the futility of your power, which had no authority even over swine. Remember the One who ordered you, in accordance with your own request, to enter the herd of swine. Fear God, at whose command the earth was established upon the waters, who created the heavens and fixed the mountains with a king post and the valleys with a cross-beam, placed sand as a boundary for the sea and made a safe path through wild water; who touches the mountains and they smoke; who wraps himself in light as in a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent cloth; who roofs his upper chambers with waters; who established the earth on its foundations; it will not be moved for to age on age; who summoned the water of the sea and poured it out upon the face of the earth. Come and depart from one who is being made ready for holy Enlightenment. I adjure you by the saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, by his precious Body and Blood and his dread Coming; for he will come, and he will not delay, to judge the whole earth and he will condemn you and the power that works with you to the Gehenna of fire, handing you over to the exterior darkness, where the worm is unsleeping and the fire is not quenched. Because the might is Christ our God's, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὁ Θεός, ὁ ἅγιος, ὁ φοβερὸς καὶ ἔνδοξος, ὁ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις καὶ τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτοῦ ἀκατάληπτος καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστος ὑπάρχων αὐτὸς ὁ προορίσας σοι, Διάβολε, τῆς αἰωνίου κολάσεως τὴν τιμωρίαν, διʼ ἡμῶν τῶν ἀχρείων αὐτοῦ δούλων κελεύει σοι, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ συνεργῷ σου δυνάμει, ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ νεωστὶ σφραγισθέντος ἐπʼ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. Ὁρκίζω σε οὖν, παμπόνηρον καὶ ἀκάθαρτον καὶ μιαρὸν καὶ ἐβδελυγμένον καὶ ἀλλότριον πνεῦμα, κατὰ τῆς δυνάμεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν ἔχοντος ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς, τοῦ εἰπόντος τῷ κωφῷ καὶ ἀλάλῳ δαίμονι· Ἔξελθε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. Ἀναχώρησον, γνώρισον τὴν σὴν ματαίαν δύναμιν, τὴν μηδὲ χοίρων ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσαν. Ὑπομνήσθητι τοῦ ἐπιτάξαντός σοι, κατὰ τὴν σὴν αἴτησιν, εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων εἰσελθεῖν. Φοβήθητι τὸν Θεόν, οὗ τῷ προστάγματι ἡ γῆ καθʼ ὑδάτων ἐστήρικται· τὸν κτίσαντα τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ στήσαντα τὰ ὅρη σταθμῷ, καὶ τὰς νάπας ζυγῷ, καὶ θέντα ἄμμον θαλάσσῃ ὅριον, καὶ ἐν ὕδατι σφοδρῷ τρίβον ἀσφαλῆ· τὸν ἁπτόμενον τῶν ὀρέων καὶ καπνίζονται· τὸν ἀναβαλλόμενον φῶς ὡς ἱμάτιον· τὸν ἐκτείνοντα τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡσεὶ δέῤῥιν· τὸν στεγάζοντα ἐν ὕδασι τὰ ὑπερῷα αὐτοῦ· τὸν θεμελιοῦντα τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν αὐτῆς· οὐ κλιθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· τὸν προσκαλούμενον τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐκχέοντα αὐτὸ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς. Ἔξελθε, καὶ ἀναχώρησον ἀπὸ τοῦ πρὸς τὸ ἅγιον φώτισμα εὐτρεπιζομένου (εὐτρεπιζομένης). Ὁρκίζω σε κατὰ τοῦ σωτηριώδους πάθους τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τοῦ τιμίου αὐτοῦ Σώματος καὶ Αἵματος, καὶ κατὰ τῆς ἐλεύσεως αὐτοῦ τῆς φοβερᾶς. Ἥξει γάρ, καὶ οὐ χρονιεῖ, κρίνων πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ σὲ καὶ τὴν συνεργόν σου δύναμιν, κολάσει εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός, παραδοὺς εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον, ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ ὁ ἀκοίμητος, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται. Ὅτι τὸ κράτος Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, σὺν τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

Third Exorcism

ΑΦΟΡΚΙΣΜΟΣ Γʹ

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Lord Sabaoth, God of Israel, who heal every disease and every sickness, look upon your servant, search out, seek and drive from him/her all the activities of the devil. Rebuke the unclean spirits and expel them, and cleanse the work of your hands; and using your swift force, crush Satan speedily under his/her feet and grant him/her victories against him and all his unclean spirits, so that, obtaining mercy from you, he/she may be found worthy of your immortal and heavenly Mysteries and may give glory to you, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Κύριε Σαβαώθ, ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ὁ ἰώμενος πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν, ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλον (δούλην) σου, ἐκζήτησον, ἐξερεύνησον, καὶ ἀπέλασον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) πάντα τὰ ἐνεργήματα τοῦ Διαβόλου. Ἐπιτίμησον τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις πνεύμασι, καὶ δίωξον αὐτά, καὶ καθάρισον τὸ ἔργον τῶν χειρῶν σου, καί, τῇ ὀξείᾳ σου χρησάμενος ἐνεργείᾳ, σύντριψον τὸν Σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) ἐν τάχει, καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) νίκας κατʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀκαθάρτων αὐτοῦ πνευμάτων· ὅπως, τοῦ παρὰ σοῦ ἐλέους τυγχάνων (τυγχάνουσα), καταξιωθῇ τῶν ἀθανάτων καὶ ἐπουρανίων σου μυστηρίων, καὶ δόξαν σοι ἀναπέμψῃ, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Master and Lord, the One who Is, who made man according to your image and likeness and gave him the power of eternal life; then, when he fell through sin, did not disdain him, but provided for the salvation of the world through the incarnation of your Christ, do you yourself receive also this creature of yours, whom you have redeemed from the slavery of the foe, into the heavenly Kingdom. Open the eyes of his/her mind so that the enlightenment of your Gospel may dawn on him/her. Yoke to his/her life an Angel of light, to deliver him/her from every attack of the adversary, from evil encounter, from the noon-day demon, from evil visions.

Ὁ Ὧν, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ὁ ποιήσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατʼ εἰκόνα σὴν καὶ ὁμοίωσιν, καὶ δοὺς αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν ζωῆς αἰωνίου· εἶτα ἐκπεσόντα διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μὴ παριδών· ἀλλʼ οἰκονομήσας διὰ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου τὴν σωτηρίαν τοῦ κόσμου· Αὐτὸς καὶ τὸ πλάσμα σου τοῦτο, λυτρωσάμενος ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, πρόσδεξαι εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν σου τὴν ἐπουράνιον. Διανοιξον αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς διανοίας, εἰς τὸ αὐγάσαι ἐν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τὸν φωτισμὸν τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου σου. Σύζευξον τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) Ἄγγελον φωτεινόν, ῥυόμενον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπιβουλῆς τοῦ ἀντικειμένου, ἀπὸ συναντήματος πονηροῦ, ἀπὸ δαιμονίου μεσημβρινοῦ, ἀπὸ φαντασμάτων πονηρῶν.

Then the Priest breathes on the mouth, forehead and breast of the Catechumen, saying:

Drive out of him/her every evil and unclean spirit hiding and lurking in his/her heart. (three times).

(3 fois)

Ἐξέλασον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) πᾶν πονηρὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα, κεκρυμμένον καὶ ἐμφωλεῦον αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) τῇ καρδίᾳ. (3)

The spirit of error, the spirit of wickedness, the spirit of idolatry and diabolic oppression; the spirit of lying and every uncleanness which operates in accordance with the teaching of the devil. And make him/her a rational sheep of the flock of your Christ, an honoured member of your Church, a vessel made holy, a child of light and an heir of your Kingdom. So that, having lived in accordance with your commandments, preserving the seal undamaged and keeping his/her garment undefiled, he/she may attain to the blessedness of the Saints in your Kingdom.

Πνεῦμα πλάνης, πνεῦμα πονηρίας, πνεῦμα εἰδωλολατρίας καὶ πάσης πλεονεξίας· πνεῦμα ψεύδους καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας, τῆς ἐνεργούμενης κατὰ τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ Διαβόλου. Καὶ ποίησον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) πρόβατον λογικὸν τῆς ἁγίας ποίμνης τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου, μέλος τίμιον τῆς Ἐκκλησίας σου, σκεῦος ἠγιασμένον, υἱὸν (θυγατέρα) φωτὸς καὶ κληρονόμον τῆς βασιλείας σου· ἵνα, κατὰ τὰς ἐντολάς σου πολιτευσάμενος (πολιτευσαμένη), καὶ φυλάξας (φυλάξασα) τὴν σφραγῖδα ἄθραυστον, καὶ διατηρήσας (διατηρήσασα) τὸν χιτῶνα ἀμόλυντον, τύχῃ τῆς μακαριότητας τῶν Ἁγίων ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.

Aloud:

(Élevant la voix)

(ἐκφώνως)

Through the grace and compassion and love towards mankind of your only-begotten Son, with whom you are blessed, together with your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Χάριτι καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

When the Catechumen is undressed and unshod, the Priest turns him/her to the West with hands raised on high, and says:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Do you renounce Satan? And all his works? And all his angels? And all his worship? And all his solemn rites?

Ἀποτάσσῃ τῷ Σατανᾷ; Καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ; Καὶ πάσῃ τῇ λατρείᾳ αὐτοῦ; Καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ; Καὶ πάσῃ τῇ πομπῇ αὐτοῦ;

And to each question the Catechumen, or the Godparent, if the catechumen is a barbarian or a child, answers and says:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I renounce them.

Ἀποτάσσομαι.

And when he/she has said this three times, the Priest again asks the one to be baptized:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Have you renounced Satan?

Ἀπετάξω τῷ Σατανᾷ;

And the Catechumen, or Godparent, answers:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I have renounced him.

Ἀπεταξάμην.

After he/she has said this three times the Priest says:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Then blow and spit on him.

Καὶ ἐμφύσησον, καὶ ἔμπτυσον αὐτῷ.

After this the Priest turns the Catechumen to the East with lowered hands and says to him/her three times:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Do you unite yourself to Christ?

Συντάσσῃ τῷ Χριστῷ;

The Catechumen, or Godparent, answers three times:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I unite myself to him.

Συντάσσομαι.

And again the Priest asks three times:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Have you united yourself to Christ?

Συνετάξω τῷ Χριστῷ;

And each time the Catechumen, or Godparent, answers:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I have united myself to him.

Συνεταξάμην.

And the Priest asks:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

And do you believe in him?

Καὶ πιστεύεις αὐτῷ;

The Catechumen, or Godparent, answers:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I believe in him as King and God, and continues:

Πιστεύω αὐτῷ, ὡς Βασιλεῖ καὶ Θεῶ.

I believe in one God, * Father, Almighty,* Maker of heaven and earth,* and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord, Jesus Christ,* the only-begotten Son of God, * begotten from the Father * before all ages, * Light from Light, * true God from true God, * begotten * not made, * consubstantial with the Father,* through him all things were made. * For our sake and for our salvation * he came down from heaven, * and was incarnate from the Holy Spirit * and the Virgin Mary * and became man. * He was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate,* and suffered and was buried; * he rose again on the third day, * in accordance with the Scriptures, * and ascended into heaven * and is seated at the right hand of the Father. * He is coming again in glory * to judge the living and the dead, * and his kingdom will have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, * the Lord, * the Giver of life, * who proceeds from the Father, * who together with Father and Son is worshipped * and together glorified; * who spoke through the Prophets. * In one, Holy, * Catholic and Apostolic Church. * I confess one Baptism * for the forgiveness of sins. * I await the resurrection of the dead * and the life of the age to come. [EL] Amen.

Je crois en un seul Dieu, le Père Tout-Puissant, Créateur du ciel et de la terre, et de toutes les choses visibles et invisibles.Et en un seul Seigneur, Jésus-Christ, Fils Unique de Dieu, né du Père avant tous les siècles, Lumière de Lumière, Vrai Dieu de Vrai Dieu, engendré, non créé, consubstantiel au Père, par qui tout a été fait, qui pour nous, hommes, et pour notre salut est descendu des cieux, s’est incarné du Saint Esprit et de Marie, la Vierge, et s’est fait homme. Il a été crucifié pour nous sous Ponce Pilate, a souffert et a été enseveli; et il est ressuscité le troisième jour selon les Écritures, et il est monté au ciel et siège à la droite du Père; et il reviendra en gloire juger les vivants et les morts; son règne n’aura point de fin. Et en l’Esprit Saint, Seigneur, qui donne la vie, qui procède du Père, qui est adoré et glorifié avec le Père et le Fils, qui a parlé par les prophètes. En l’Église, une, sainte, catholique et apostolique. Je confesse un seul baptême en rémission des péchés. J’attends la résurrection des morts et la vie du siècle à venir. Amen. [[FRA]] Amen.

Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων. Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο. Τὸν διʼ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ Πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα. Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα. Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς. Καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρός. Καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος. Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸ Κύριον, τὸ ζωοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν. Εἰς μίαν, ἁγίαν, καθολικὴν καὶ ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. Ὁμολογῶ ἓν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν. Προσδοκῶ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν. Καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. [GOA] Ἀμήν.

When the holy Profession of faith has been completed the Priest asks three times:

Have you united yourself to Christ?

Συνετάξω τῷ Χριστῷ;

And the Catechumen, or Godparent, answers:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I have united myself to him.

Συνεταξάμην.

And the Priest says:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Bow down also and worship him.

Καὶ προσκύνησον αὐτῷ.

The candidate makes a prostration, saying:

Catechumen/ Sponsor

ΚΑΤΗΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ/ΑΝΑΔΟΧΟΣ

I worship Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided.

Προσκυνῶ Πατέρα, Υἱόν, καὶ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, Τριάδα ὁμοούσιον καὶ ἀχώριστον.

The Priest says:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Blessed is God who wishes all to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεός, ὁ πάντας ἀνθρώπους θέλων σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Master, Lord our God, call your servant N. to your holy Enlightenment and count him/her worthy of the great grace of your holy Baptism. Put off his/her old self and renew him/her for eternal life and fill him/her with the power of your Holy Spirit for union with your Christ, that he/she may no longer be a child of the body, but a child of your kingdom. Through the good pleasure and grace of your Only-begotten Son, with whom you are blessed, together with your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Δέσποτα, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, προσκάλεσαι τὸν δοῦλον (τὴν δούλην) σου (τόνδε) (τήνδε) πρὸς τὸ ἅγιόν σου φώτισμα, καὶ καταξίωσον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) τῆς μεγάλης ταύτης χάριτος τοῦ ἁγίου σου Βαπτίσματος. Ἀπόδυσον αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) τὴν παλαιότητα, καὶ ἀνακαίνισον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ πλήρωσον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) τῆς του Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος δυνάμεως, εἰς ἕνωσιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου· ἵνα μηκέτι τέκνον σώματος ᾖ, ἀλλὰ τέκνον τῆς σῆς Βασιλείας. Εὐδοκίᾳ καὶ χάριτι τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, μεθʼ οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ, σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

Service of Holy Baptism

ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ

The Priest enters the Sanctuary and vests in white vestments and the cuffs. While all the candles are being lit he takes the censer, goes to the Font and censes it in a circle. He hands the censer away and makes a bow.

Then the Deacon says:

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Master, give the blessing.

Bénis, père.

Εὐλόγησον, Δέσποτα.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Εὐλογημένη ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

En paix, prions le Seigneur.

Ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For the peace from on high and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.

Pour la paix d’en haut et le salut de nos âmes, prions le Seigneur.

Ὑπὲρ τῆς ἄνωθεν εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For the peace of the whole world, for the welfare of the holy Churches of God, and for the union of all, let us pray to the Lord.

Pour la paix du monde entier, la stabilité des saintes Églises de Dieu et l’union de tous, prions le Seigneur.

Ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης τοῦ σύμπαντος κόσμου, εὐσταθείας τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ τῆς τῶν πάντων ἑνώσεως τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For this holy house, and for those who enter it with faith, reverence and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.

Pour cette sainte maison, ceux qui y pénètrent avec foi, piété et crainte de Dieu, prions le Seigneur.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου οἴκου τούτου καὶ τῶν μετὰ πίστεως, εὐλαβείας καὶ φόβου Θεοῦ εἰσιόντων ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our Bishop (or Archbishop) (name) for the honoured order of presbyters, for the diaconate in Christ, for all the clergy and the people, let us pray to the Lord.

de notre patriarche (métropolite)

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου ἡμῶν (δεῖνος), τοῦ τιμίου πρεσβυτερίου, τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ διακονίας, παντὸς τοῦ κλήρου καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our nation (name), the President (name), civil authorities and armed forces, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς ἡμῶν γένους, τοῦ Προέδρου, πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας ἐν τῷ κράτει ἡμῶν, καὶ τοῦ κατὰ ξηράν, θάλασσαν καὶ ἀέρα φιλοχρίστου ἡμῶν στρατοῦ, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That this water may be sanctified by the power, operation and descent of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγιασθῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο, τῇ δυνάμει καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ καὶ ἐπιφοιτήσει τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That there may be sent down upon it the grace of redemption, the blessing of Jordan, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ καταπεμφθῆναι αὐτῷ τὴν χάριν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως, τὴν εὐλογίαν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That there may come down upon these waters the cleansing operation of the Trinity beyond being, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ καταφοιτῆσαι τοῖς ὕδασι τούτοις τὴν καθαρτικὴν τῆς ὑπερουσίου Τριάδος ἐνέργειαν τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That we may be enlightened with the enlightenment of knowledge and true religion through the descent of the Holy Spirit, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ φωτισθῆναι ἡμᾶς φωτισμὸν γνώσεως καὶ εὐσεβείας διὰ τῆς ἐπιφοιτήσεως τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That this water may shown to be a protection against every assault of visible and invisible enemies, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναδειχθῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο ἀποτρόπαιον πάσης ἐπιβουλῆς ὁρατῶν καὶ ἀοράτων ἐχθρῶν τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That the one to be baptized in it may become worthy of the incorruptible Kingdom, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἄξιον (ἀξίαν) γενέσθαι τῆς ἀφθάρτου βασιλείας τὸν (τὴν) ἐν αὐτῷ βαπτιζόμενον (βαπτιζομένην), τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For the one who now draws near for holy Enlightenment and for his/her safety and salvation, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ νῦν προσερχόμενου (τῆς νῦν προσερχομένης) τῷ ἁγίῳ Φωτίσματι καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς), τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That he/she may be shown to be a child of light and heir of eternal blessings, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναδειχθῆναι αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) υἱὸν (θυγατέρα) φωτὸς καὶ κληρονόμον τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That he/she may be rooted in, and be a partaker in the death and resurrection of Christ our God, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) σύμφυτον καὶ κοινωνὸν τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That he/she may preserve the garment of Baptism and the pledge of the Holy Spirit unsullied and undefiled on the dread Day of Christ our God, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ διαφυλαχθῆναι αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τὴν στολὴν τοῦ Βαπτίσματος, καὶ τὸν ἀῤῥαβῶνα τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἄσπιλον καὶ ἀμώμητον ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ φοβερᾷ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That this water may become for him/her a washing of rebirth for forgiveness of sins and a garment of incorruption, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ γενέσθαι αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο λουτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, καὶ ἔνδυμα ἀφθαρσίας, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That the Lord God would hearken to the voice of our supplication, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ εἰσακοῦσαι Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεως ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ἐλεῆσαι ἡμᾶς τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger and constraint, let us pray to the Lord.

Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι αὐτόν (αὐτήν) τε καὶ ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης θλίψεως, ὀργῆς, κινδύνου καὶ ἀνάγκης, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God, by your grace.

Secours-nous, sauve-nous, aie pitié de nous et garde-nous, ô Dieu par ta grâce.

Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς τῇ σῇ χάριτι.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Commemorating our all-holy, pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints, let us entrust ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

Faisant mémoire de la toute sainte, toute pure, bénie par-dessus tout, notre glorieuse Souveraine la Mère de Dieu et toujours Vierge Marie, avec tous les saints, confions-nous nous-mêmes et les uns les autres et toute notre vie au Christ notre Dieu.

Τῆς παναγίας, ἀχράντου, ὑπερευλογημένης, ἐνδόξου, δεσποίνης ἡμῶν, Θεοτόκου καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων μνημονεύσαντες, ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἀλλήλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ παραθώμεθα.

( To you, O Lord. )

( A toi, Seigneur. )

( Σοί, Κύριε. )

While the Deacon is saying this the Priest says this prayer quietly:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Compassionate and merciful God, you test minds and hearts and alone know the secrets of mortals, for no deed is hidden in your sight, but everything is naked and exposed to your eyes. You know all about me; do not then despise me or turn your face from me, but overlook my offences at this hour, you who overlook the sins of mortals for their repentance. Wash away the filth of my body and the defilement of my soul by the power of your invisible and spiritual right hand, lest, as I proclaim freedom to others and grant it by the perfect faith of your ineffable love for mankind, I myself, as a slave of sin, become unworthy of it. May I not, Master, alone good and lover of mankind, may I not be turned away humiliated and put to shame, but from on high send power out to me and give me strength for your great and heavenly Mystery which lies before me, and through my miserable person form your Christ in the one who is about to be reborn. Build him/her up on the foundation of your Apostles and Prophets, and do not pull him/her down, but plant him/her as a plant of truth in your holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and do not pull him/her out. So that by his/her progressing in true religion, your all-holy name, of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, may be glorified also through him/her, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. Amen.

Amen.

Ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος καὶ ἐλεήμων Θεός, ὁ ἐτάζων καρδίας καὶ νεφρούς, καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπιστάμενος μόνος· οὐ γάρ ἐστι πρᾶγμα ἀφανὲς ἐνώπιόν σου, ἄλλα πάντα γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου· ὁ γινώσκων τὰ κατʼ ἐμέ, μὴ βδελύξῃ με, μηδὲ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀποστρέψῃς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ἀλλὰ πάριδέ μου τὰ παραπτώματα ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ, ὁ παρορῶν ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτήματα εἰς μετάνοιαν, καὶ ἀπόπλυνόν μου τὸν ῥύπον τοῦ σώματος, καὶ τὸν σπίλον τῆς ψυχῆς, καὶ ὅλον με ἁγίασον ὁλοτελῆ τῇ δυνάμει σου τῇ ἀοράτῳ καὶ πνευματικῇ δεξιᾷ· ἵνα μή, ἐλευθερίαν ἄλλοις ἐπαγγελλόμενος καὶ ταύτην παρέχων πίστει τῇ ἠρτημένῃ τῆς σῆς ἀφάτου φιλανθρωπίας, αὐτὸς ὡς δοῦλος ἁμαρτίας ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι. Μή, Δέσποτα, ὁ μόνος ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, μὴ ἀποστραφείην τεταπεινωμένος καὶ κατῃσχυμένος· ἀλλʼ ἐξαπόστειλόν μοι δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους, καὶ ἐνίσχυσόν με πρὸς τὴν διακονίαν τοῦ προκειμένου σου Μυστηρίου, τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ ἐπουρανίου. Καὶ μόρφωσόν σου τὸν Χριστὸν ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι (ἐν τῇ μελλούσῃ) ἀναγεννᾶσθαι διὰ τῆς ἐμῆς ἐλεεινότητος· καὶ οἰκοδόμησον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν Ἀποστόλων καὶ Προφητῶν σου· καὶ μὴ καθέλῃς, ἀλλὰ φύτευσον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) φύτευμα ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ σου Καθολικῇ καὶ Ἀποστολικῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ, καὶ μὴ ἐκτίλῃς. Ὅπως προκόπτοντος αὐτοῦ (προκοπτούσης αὐτῆς) ἐν εὐσέβειᾳ, δοξάζηται καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) τὸ πανάγιον ὄνομά σου, τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

It is to be noted that the Priest says none of this out loud, but he even says the Amen to himself. Then he says the following prayer in a loud voice:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Great are you, O Lord, and wonderful are your works; and no word will be adequate to sing the praise of your wonders. (three times).

(3 fois)

Μέγας εἶ, Κύριε, καὶ θαυμαστὰ τὰ ἔργα σου, καὶ οὐδεὶς λόγος ἐξαρκέσει πρὸς ὕμνον τῶν θαυμασίων σου. (3)

For as by your will you brought the universe from non-existence into being, by your might you uphold creation and by your providence you direct the world. From four elements you composed the world, with four seasons you crowned the circle of the year. All the spiritual Powers tremble before you. The sun sings your praise, the moon glorifies you, the stars entreat you, the light obeys you, the deeps tremble before you, the springs are your servants. You stretched out the heaven like a curtain; you established the earth on the waters; you walled in the sea with sand; you poured out the air for breathing. Angelic Powers minister to you, the choirs of Archangels worship you, the many-eyed Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim, as they stand and fly around you, veil themselves in fear of your unapproachable glory. For you, God uncircumscribed, without beginning and ineffable, came upon earth taking the form of a slave, being found in the likeness of mortals. For through the compassion of your mercy, Master, you could not endure to watch the human race being tyrannized by the devil, but you came and saved us. We confess your grace, we proclaim your mercy, we do not conceal your benevolence. You set at liberty the generations of our nature, you sanctified a virgin womb by your birth. All creation sang your praise when you appeared. For you, our God, were seen on earth and lived among mortals. You also sanctified the streams of Jordan by sending down to them from heaven your all-holy Spirit, and you crushed the heads of the dragons that lurked there.

Σὺ γὰρ βουλήσει ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων εἰς τὸ εἶναι παραγαγὼν τὰ σύμπαντα, τῷ σῷ κράτει συνέχεις τὴν κτίσιν, καὶ τῇ σῇ προνοίᾳ διοικεῖς τὸν κόσμον. Σὺ ἐκ τεσσάρων στοιχείων τὴν κτίσιν συναρμόσας, τέτταρσι καιροῖς τὸν κύκλον τοῦ ἐνιαυτοὺ ἐστεφάνωσας. Σὲ τρέμουσιν αἱ νοεραὶ πᾶσαι Δυνάμεις· σὲ ὑμνεῖ ἥλιος· σὲ δοξάζει σελήνη· σοὶ ἐντυγχάνει τὰ ἄστρα· σοὶ ὑπακούει τὸ φῶς· σὲ φρίττουσιν ἄβυσσοι· σοὶ δουλεύουσιν αἱ πηγαί. Σὺ ἐξέτεινας τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡσεὶ δέῤῥιν· σὺ ἐστερέωσας τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων· σὺ περιετείχισας τὴν θάλασσαν ψάμμῳ· σὺ πρὸς ἀναπνοὰς τὸν ἀέρα ἐξέχεας. Ἀγγελικοὶ Δυνάμεις σοὶ λειτουργοῦσιν, οἱ τῶν Ἀρχαγγέλων χοροὶ σὲ προσκυνοῦσι, τὰ πολυόμματα Χερουβίμ, καὶ τὰ ἑξαπτέρυγα Σεραφίμ, κύκλῳ ἑστῶτα, καὶ περιϊπτάμενα, φόβῳ τῆς ἀπροσίτου σου δόξῃς κατακαλύπτεται. σὺ γάρ, Θεὸς ὢν ἀπερίγραπτος ἄναρχός τε καὶ ἀνέκφραστος, ἦλθες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μορφὴν δούλου λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος· οὐ γὰρ ἔφερες, Δέσποτα, διὰ σπλάγχνα ἐλέους σου, θεᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου τυραννούμενον τὸ γένος τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλʼ ἦλθες καὶ ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς. Ὁμολογοῦμεν τὴν χάριν, κηρύττομεν τὸν ἔλεον, οὐ κρύπτομεν τὴν εὐεργεσίαν. Τάς τῆς φύσεως ἡμῶν γονὰς ἠλευθέρωσας, παρθενικὴν ἡγίασας μήτραν τῷ τόκῳ σου, πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις ὕμνησέ σε ἐπιφανέντα· σὺ γάρ, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὤφθης καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφης· σὺ καὶ τὰ Ἰορδάνεια ῥεῖθρα ἡγίασας, οὐρανόθεν καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πανάγιόν σου Πνεῦμα, καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν ἐκεῖσε ἐμφωλευόντων συνέτριψας δρακόντων.

Therefore, O King, lover of mankind, be present now too, through the visitation of your Holy Spirit, and sanctify this water. (three times).

(3 fois)

Αὐτὸς οὖν, φιλάνθρωπε Βασιλεῦ, πάρεσο καὶ νῦν διὰ τῆς ἐπιφοιτήσεως τοῦ Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος καὶ ἁγίασον τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο. (3)

Give it the grace of redemption, the blessing of Jordan. Make it a source of incorruption, a gift of sanctification, an deliverance from sins, a destruction of demons. Make it unapproachable by hostile powers and filled with angelic strength. Let those that conspire against your creature flee from it, because I, Lord, have called upon your Name, which is wondrous and glorious and fearful to adversaries.

Καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ τὴν χάριν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως, τὴν εὐλογίαν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. Ποίησον αὐτὸ ἀφθαρσίας πηγήν, ἁγιασμοῦ δῶρον, ἁμαρτημάτων λυτήριον, νοσημάτων ἀλεξιτήριον, δαίμοσιν ὀλέθριον, ταῖς ἐναντίαις δυνάμεσιν ἀπρόσιτον, ἀγγελικῆς ἰσχύος πεπληρωμένον. Φυγέτωσαν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ οἱ ἐπιβουλεύοντες τῷ πλάσματί σοι· ὅτι τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐπεκαλεσάμην, τὸ θαυμαστὸν καὶ ἔνδοξον καὶ φοβερὸν τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις.

And breathing on the water three times, with two fingers he makes the sign of the Cross in it three times and prays over it, saying:

Let all adverse powers be crushed beneath the sign of the image of your Cross. (three times).

(3 fois)

Συντριβήτωσαν ὑπὸ τὴν σημείωσιν τοῦ τύπου τοῦ τιμίου Σταυροῦ σου πᾶσαι αἱ ἐνάντιαι δυνάμεις. (3)

We pray you, Lord, let all airy and invisible specters withdraw from us, and do not let a demon of darkness hide itself in this water, and do not let an evil spirit, bringing darkening of thoughts and disturbance of mind, go down into it with the one who is being baptized. But do you, Master of all things, declare this water to be water of redemption, water of sanctification, cleansing of flesh and spirit, untying of bonds, forgiveness of offences, enlightenment of soul, washing of rebirth, renewal of spirit, gift of adoption, garment of incorruption, source of life. For it was you, Lord, who said, ‘Wash and be made clean, and put away evils from your souls’. It is you who have given us the grace of rebirth from on high through water and Spirit. Manifest yourself, Lord, in this water, and grant that the one being baptized in it may be transformed for the putting off of the old self that is corrupted after the desires of deception, and may put on the new that is renewed after the image of the One who created him/her. So that, planted in the likeness of your death through Baptism, he/she may also become a partaker in your Resurrection, and having guarded the gift of the Holy Spirit and increased the deposit of grace, may receive the prize of his/her high calling and be numbered with the firstborn, whose names are inscribed in heaven, in you our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Ὑποχωρησάτωσαν ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ ἐναέρια καὶ ἀφανῆ εἴδωλα, καὶ μὴ ὑποκρυβήτω τῷ ὕδατι τούτῳ δαιμόνιον σκοτεινόν, μηδὲ συγκαταβήτω τῷ βαπτιζομένω (τῇ βαπτιζομένῃ), δεόμεθά σου, Κύριε, πνεῦμα πονηρόν, σκότωσιν λογισμῶν καὶ ταραχὴν διανοίας ἐπάγον. Ἀλλὰ σύ, Δέσποτα τῶν ἁπάντων, ἀνάδειξον τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦτο, ὕδωρ ἀπολυτρώσεως, ὕδωρ ἁγιασμοῦ, καθαρισμὸν σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἄνεσιν δεσμῶν, ἄφεσιν παραπτωμάτων, φωτισμὸν ψυχῆς, λουτρὸν παλλιγγενεσίας, ἀνακαινισμὸν πνεύματος, υἱοθεσίας χάρισμα, ἔνδυμα ἀφθαρσίας, πηγὴν ζωῆς· σὺ γὰρ εἶπας, Κύριε· Λούσασθε, καὶ καθαροὶ γίνεσθε, ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν· σὺ ἐχαρίσω ἡμῖν τὴν ἄνωθεν ἀναγέννησιν, διʼ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος. Ἐπιφάνηθι, Κύριε, τούτῳ· καὶ δὸς μεταποιηθῆναι τὸν ἐν αὐτῷ βαπτιζόμενον (βαπτιζομένην), εἰς τὸ ἀποθέσθαι μὲν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον, τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης, ἐνδύσασθαι δὲ τὸν νέον, τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν· ἵνα, γενόμενος (γενομένη) σύμφυτος τῷ ὁμοιώματι τοῦ θανάτου σου διὰ τοῦ Βαπτίσματος, κοινωνὸς καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεώς σου γὲνηται καὶ φυλάξας (φυλάξασα) τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος καὶ αὐξήσας (αὐξήσασα) τὴν παρακαταθήκην τῆς χάριτος, δέξηται τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως, καὶ συγκαταριθμηθῇ τοῖς πρωτοτόκοις, τοῖς ἀπογεγραμμένοις ἐν οὐρανῷ, ἐν σοὶ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ.

Because to you belong glory, might, honour and worship, together with your Father who is without beginning and your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι σοὶ πρέπει δόξα, κράτος, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, ἅμα τῷ ἀνάρχῳ σου Πατρί, καὶ τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Paix à tous.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Et à ton esprit. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us bow our heads to the Lord.

Inclinez la tête devant le Seigneur.

Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.

( To you, O Lord. )

( A toi, Seigneur. )

( Σοί, Κύριε. )

The Priest breathes on the container of oil three times and signs the oil three times as it held by the Deacon [or Godparent].

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

The Priest says the following prayer quietly:

Prayer of the Oil

ΕΥΧΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΛΑΙΟΥ

Master, Lord God of our fathers, who sent out a dove to those in Noah’s ark, with a branch of olive in its beak as sign of reconciliation and salvation from the flood, and through these things prefigured the Mystery of grace; who have given the fruit of the olive for the completion of your holy Mysteries; who through it both filled those under the Law with the Holy Spirit, and make perfect those under grace; do you yourself bless this olive oil also by the power, operation and descent of your Holy Spirit, so that it may become an anointing of incorruption, a weapon of righteousness, renewal of soul and body, a driving away of every operation of the devil, for the removal of all evils from those who are anointed with it in faith, or who partake of it.

Δέσποτα, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὁ τοῖς ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ τοῦ Νῶε περιστερὰν ἀποστείλας, κάρφος ἐλαίας ἔχουσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος, καταλλαγῆς σύμβολον, σωτηρίας τε τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ, καὶ τὸ τῆς χάριτος μυστήριον διʼ ἐκείνων προτυπώσας· ὁ καὶ τῆς ἐλαίας τὸν καρπὸν εἰς πλήρωσιν τῶν ἁγίων σου Μυστηρίων χορηγήσας, ὁ διʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἐν νόμῳ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου πληρώσας καὶ τοὺς ἐν χάριτι τελειῶν· Αὐτὸς εὐλόγησον καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔλαιον, τῇ δυνάμει καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ καὶ ἐπιφοιτήσει τοῦ Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος, ὥστε γενέσθαι αὐτὸ χρίσμα ἀφθαρσίας, ὅπλον δικαιοσύνης, ἀνακαινισμὸς ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος, πάσης διαβολικῆς ἐνεργείας ἀποτρόπαιον, εἰς ἀπαλλαγὴν κακῶν, πᾶσι τοῖς χριομένοις αὐτὸ ἐν πίστει, ἢ καὶ μεταλαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

To your glory and that of your Only-Begotten Son and your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Εἰς δόξαν σήν, καὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ παναγίου καὶ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ζωοποιοῦ σου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Soyons attentifs.

Πρόσχωμεν.

PEOPLE

CHOEUR

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Alléluia, alléluia, alléluia.

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα.

As the Priest says Alleluia three times with the People, he makes three Crosses with the oil in the water. Then he proclaims:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Blessed is God, who enlightens and sanctifies everyone who comes into the world, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεός, ὁ φωτίζων καὶ ἁγιάζων πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

The one to be baptized is brought forward. The Priest takes some of the oil and makes the sign of the Cross on the forehead, breast and back of the candidate, saying:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The servant of God, N., is anointed with the oil of gladness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Χρίεται ὁ δοῦλος (ἡ δούλη) τοῦ Θεοὺ (ὁ ἢ ἡ δεῖνα), ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως, εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος.

As he signs their breast and back he says:

For healing of soul and body.

Εἰς ἴασιν ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος.

On the ears:

For the hearing of faith.

Εἰς ἀκοὴν πίστεως.

On the feet:

For your feet to walk.

Τοῦ πορεύεσθαι τὰ διαβήματά σου.

On the hands:

Your hands made me and fashioned me.

Αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐποίησάν με, καὶ ἔπλασάν με.

And when the whole body has been anointed the Priest baptizes the person, holding them upright and facing East, as he says:

The servant of God N. is baptized, in the name of the Father.

Βαπτίζεται ὁ δοῦλος (ἡ δούλη) τοῦ Θεοῦ (ὁ ἢ ἡ δεῖνα) εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός·

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And of the Son.

καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ·

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And of the Holy Spirit.

καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

At each invocation the Priest immerses them and raises them again. After the baptism the Priest washes, as he and the People chant: (three times).

(3 fois)

(3)

Psalm 31

Ψαλμὸς ΛΑʹ (31).

Tone 1.

Ἦχος αʹ.

Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (three times).

[[FRA]] (3 fois)

Μακάριοι ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι. (3)

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile. Because I kept silence, my bones grew old from my crying out all the day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; I was turned to misery while the thorn stuck fast in me. I acknowledged my sin, and did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. For this shall everyone who is holy pray to you in a seasonable time: Only that in the flood of great waters, they should not come near him. You are my refuge from the trouble that besets me, and my joy; deliver me from those who surround me. Diapsalm. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will fix my eyes upon you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, Whose cheeks you must constrain with bit and bridle, or they will not come near you. Many are the scourges of the sinner; but mercy shall surround the one who trusts in the Lord. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O you righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Μακάριος ἀνήρ, ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος. Ὅτι ἐσίγησα, ἐπαλαιώθη τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ τοῦ κράζειν με ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν. Ὅτι ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐβαρύνθη ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ χείρ σου, ἐστράφην εἰς ταλαιπωρίαν ἐν τῷ ἐμπαγῆναί μοι ἄκανθαν. Τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου ἐγνώρισα καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου οὐκ ἐκάλυψα· εἶπα· ἐξαγορεύσω κατʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ σὺ ἀφῆκας τὴν ἀσέβειαν τῆς καρδίας μου. Ὑπὲρ ταύτης προσεύξεται πρὸς σὲ πᾶς ὅσιος ἐν καιρῷ εὐθέτῳ· πλὴν ἐν κατακλυσμῷ ὑδάτων πολλῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγγιοῦσι. Σύ μου εἶ καταφυγὴ ἀπὸ θλίψεως τῆς περιεχούσης με· τὸ ἀγαλλίαμά μου, λύτρωσαί με ἀπὸ τῶν κυκλωσάντων με. Συνετιῶ σε καὶ συμβιβῶ σε ἐν ὁδῷ ταύτῃ, ᾗ πορεύσῃ, ἐπιστηριῶ ἐπὶ σὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου. Μὴ γίνεσθε ὡς ἵππος καὶ ἡμίονος, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι σύνεσις, ἐν κημῷ καὶ χαλινῷ τὰς σιαγόνας αὐτῶν ἄγξαις τῶν μὴ ἐγγιζόντων πρὸς σέ. Πολλαὶ αἱ μάστιγες τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, τὸν δὲ ἐλπίζοντα ἐπὶ Κύριον ἔλεος κυκλώσει. Εὐφράνθητε ἐπὶ Κύριον καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, δίκαιοι, καὶ καυχᾶσθε, πάντες οἱ εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ.

And as he clothes the newly baptized, the Priest says:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The servant of God N. is clothed with a tunic of righteousness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Ἐνδύεται ὁ δοῦλος (δούλη) τοῦ Θεοῦ (ὁ ἢ ἡ δεῖνα) χιτῶνα δικαιοσύνης, εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος.

Then the following is chanted in Tone 8:

PEOPLE

CHOEUR

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Tone 8.

Grant me a tunic of light, O most merciful, Christ our God, who wrap yourself in light as in a garment. [EL] (three times).

[[FRA]] (3 fois)

Χιτῶνά μοι παράσχου φωτεινόν, ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενος, φῶς ὡς ἱμάτιον, πολυέλεε Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν. (3)

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Blessed are you, Lord God Almighty, the source of blessings, the Sun of righteousness, who have made the light of salvation shine for those in darkness through the appearing of your Only-Begotten Son and our God, and have granted us, unworthy though are, the grace of blessed cleansing by holy Baptism, and divine sanctification by life-giving Anointing. And you have now been well-pleased to make your newly-enlightened servant to be born again through water and Spirit, and have granted him/her forgiveness of sins both voluntary and involuntary. Do you then, Master, compassionate, universal King, grant him/her also the Seal of the gift of your holy, all-powerful and adorable Spirit and the Communion of the holy Body and precious Blood of your Christ. Keep him/her in your sanctification; confirm him/her in the Orthodox Faith; deliver him/her from the evil one and all his devices, and by your saving fear guard his/her soul in purity and righteousness; so that being in every deed and word well-pleasing to you, he/she may become a child and heir of your heavenly Kingdom.

Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Παντοκράτωρ, ἡ πηγὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ὁ ἥλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ὁ λάμψας τοῖς ἐν σκότει φῶς σωτηρίας, διὰ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου Υἱοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ χαρισάμενος ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀναξίοις τὴν μακαρίαν κάθαρσιν ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ Βαπτίσματι, καὶ τὸν θεῖον ἁγιασμὸν ἐν τῷ ζωοποιῷ χρίσματι· ὁ καὶ νῦν εὐδοκήσας ἀναγεννῆσαι τὸν δοῦλόν σου τὸν (τὴν δούλην σου τὴν) νεοφώτιστον διʼ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἑκουσίων καὶ ἀκουσίων ἁμαρτημάτων ἄφεσιν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) δωρησάμενος· Αὐτὸς οὖν, Δέσποτα παμβασιλεῦ εὔσπλαγχνε, χάρισαι αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν σφραγῖδα τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ παντοδυνάμου, καὶ προσκυνητοῦ σου Πνεύματος, καὶ τὴν μετάληψιν τοῦ ἁγίου Σώματος, καὶ τοῦ τιμίου Αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ σου. Φύλαξον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν τῷ σῷ ἁγιασμῷ· βεβαίωσον ἐν τῇ Ὀρθοδόξῳ πίστει ῥῦσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ σου φόβῳ, ἐν ἁγνείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) διατήρησον ἵνα, ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ εὐαρεστῶν (εὐαρεστοῦσά) σοι, υἱὸς (θυγατέρα) καὶ κληρονόμος τῆς ἐπουρανίου σου γὲνηται βασιλείας.

Because you are our God, a God who has mercy and who saves, and to you we give glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, Θεὸς τοῦ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σῴζειν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρί, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And after the Prayer he anoints the newly baptized with the holy Myron, making a sign of the Cross on the forehead, the eyes, the nostrils, the mouth, the two ears, the breast, the hands and the feet, and saying:

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Σφραγὶς δωρεᾶς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

In many places it is the custom for the Priest to place the baptismal Cross, after blessing it in the Baptismal Water, round the neck of the newly baptized and to give them a lighted candle.

At the giving of the Cross and the Candle many priests say, for the Cross, If anyone would be my disciple, let them deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.

for the Candle, So let your light shine before your fellows, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven.

Then the Priest, having washed his hands, censes the Font, going round it in a circle, with the Godparent and the Newly-baptized following and standing opposite him, while we chant:

PEOPLE

CHOEUR

ΧΟΡΟΣ

Tone 1.

Ἦχος αʹ.

As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia. [EL] (three times).

[[FRA]] (3 fois)

Ὅσοι εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε. Ἀλληλούϊα. (3)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Gloire au Père et au Fils et au Saint Esprit. Et maintenant et toujours et aux siècles des siècles. Amen.

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Have put on Christ. Alleluia.

Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε. Ἀλληλούϊα.

As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia.

Ὅσοι εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε. Ἀλληλούϊα.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Paix à tous.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Et à ton esprit. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

Κύριος φωτισμός μου καὶ σωτήρ μου· τίνα φοβηθήσομαι;

Verse:

Στίχ. Κύριος ὑπερασπιστὴς τῆς ζωῆς μου· ἀπὸ τίνος δειλιάσω;

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom.

Sagesse.

Σοφία.

READER

LECTEUR

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

The reading is from

τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Soyons attentifs.

Πρόσχωμεν.

READER

LECTEUR

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

[[FRA]]

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to you.

Paix à toi qui as lu.

Εἰρήνη σοι τῷ ἀναγνόντι.

PEOPLE

CHOEUR

ΧΟΡΟΣ

And to your spirit.

Et à ton esprit.

Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. [EL]

Alléluia, alléluia, alléluia. [[FRA]]

Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀλληλούϊα. [GOA]

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Wisdom. Stand upright. Let us listen to the Holy Gospel.

Sagesse. Tenons-nous droit. Écoutons le saint Évangile.

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί. Ἀκούσωμεν τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Paix à tous.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Et à ton esprit. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

The reading is from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. .

Lecture du saint Évangile selon Saint ...

Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Gloire à toi, Seigneur, gloire à toi. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us attend.

Soyons attentifs.

Πρόσχωμεν.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Mt. 28:16 – 20

At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. Amen.” [RSV]

[[FRA]]

( Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you. )

( Gloire à toi, Seigneur, gloire à toi. )

( Δόξα σοι, Κύριε, δόξα σοι. )

Then Litany and Dismissal. (Frequently the Ablution and Tonsure are done before the Litany.)

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Aie pitié de nous, ô Dieu, dans ta grande miséricorde, nous t’en prions, écoute-nous et prends pitié de nous.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and forgiveness of sins for the servant of God, the Sponsor N.

Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ ἐλέους, ζωῆς, εἰρήνης, ὑγιείας καὶ σωτηρίας τῶν δούλων σου, τοῦ (τῆς) νεοφώτιστου (δεῖνος), τοῦ ἀναδόχου (δεῖνος), καὶ παντὸς τοῦ περιεστῶτος λαοῦ.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Again we pray for the newly enlightened servant of God N.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

That he/she may be kept in the faith of a pure confession, in all godliness and in the fulfilling of the commandments of Christ all the days of his/her life.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and forgiveness of sins for the servants of God, the Sponsor N. and the newly enlightened N.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

For you, O God, are good and love mankind, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Car tu es un Dieu bon et ami des hommes, et nous te rendons gloire, Père, Fils et Saint Esprit, maintenant et toujours et aux siècles des siècles.

Ὅτι ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

PRAYERS OF THE ABLUTION

ΕΥΧΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΛΥΣΕΩΣ

After seven days they again bring the newly baptized to Church for the Ablution. The Priest loosens the linen cloth and girdle saying the following Prayers:

Master and Lord, who have granted your servant forgiveness of sins through holy Baptism, and given him/her the grace of a life of rebirth, be well pleased for the illumination of your face to shine for ever in his/her heart; keep the shield of his/her faith safe from attack by foes; preserve on him/her the garment of incorruption, which he/she has put on, undefiled and unstained; by your grace keeping the spiritual seal unbroken in him/her, and being merciful to him/her and to us.

Ὁ λύτρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Βαπτίσματος, τῷ δούλῳ (τῇ δούλῃ) σου δωρησάμενος, καὶ ζωὴν ἀναγεννήσεως αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) χαρισάμενος· Αὐτός, Δέσποτα Κύριε, τὸν φωτισμὸν τοῦ προσώπου σου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) ἐναυγάζειν διὰ παντὸς εὐδόκησον· τὸν θυρεὸν τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) ἀνεπιβούλευτον ἐχθροῖς διατήρησον· τὸ τῆς ἀφθαρσίας ἔνδυμα, ὃ περιεβάλετο, ἀῤῥύπωτον ἐν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) καὶ ἀμόλυντον διαφύλαξον· ἄθραυστον ἐν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τὴν πνευματικὴν σφραγῖδα τῇ χάριτί σου διατηρῶν, καὶ ἵλεως αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τε καὶ ἡμῖν γενόμενος, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου.

For blessed and glorified is your all-honoured and majestic Name, of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι ηὐλόγηται καὶ δεδόξασται τὸ πάντιμον καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὄνομά σου, τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Master, Lord our God, who through the font grant heavenly radiance to those who are baptized, who have given your newly enlightened servant rebirth through water and Spirit, and granted him/her forgiveness of sins both voluntary and involuntary, lay your mighty hand on him/her and guard him/her by the power of your loving kindness; preserve the pledge inviolate; and count him/her worthy of eternal life and your good pleasure.

Δέσποτα Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ διὰ τῆς κολυμβήθρας τὴν οὐράνιον ἔλλαμψιν τοῖς βαπτιζομένοις παρέχων· ὁ ἀναγεννήσας τὸν δοῦλον (τὴν δούλην) σου τὸν (τήν) νεοφώτιστον δʼ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἑκουσίων καὶ ἀκουσίων ἁμαρτημάτων ἄφεσιν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) δωρησάμενος, ἐπίθες αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τὴν χεῖρά σου τὴν κραταιάν, καὶ φύλαξον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τῆς σῆς ἀγαθότητος· ἄσυλον τὸν ἀῤῥαβῶνα διαφύλαξον καὶ ἀξίωσον αὐτὸν (αὐτὴν) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ εἰς τὴν σὴν εὐαρεστίαν.

For you are our sanctification, and to you we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Let us bow our heads to the Lord.

Inclinez la tête devant le Seigneur.

Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.

( To you, O Lord. )

( A toi, Seigneur. )

( Σοί, Κύριε. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

The one who has put you on, Christ our God, has bowed his/her head to you with us. Guard him/her always to remain an invincible warrior against those that in vain bear enmity against him/her and us, and with your incorruptible crown declare us all to be victors unto the end.

Ὁ ἐνδυσάμενος (ἡ ἐνδυσαμένη) σε, τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ Θεὸν ἡμῶν, σοὶ ὑπέκλινε σὺν ἡμῖν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ (ἑαυτῆς) κεφαλὴν ὃν διαφύλαξον ἀήττητον ἀγωνιστὴν διαμεῖναι κατὰ τῶν μάτην ἔχθραν φερομένων κατʼ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) τε καὶ ἡμῶν, τῷ δὲ σῷ ἀφθάρτῳ στεφάνῳ μέχρι τέλους νικητὰς πάντας ἀνάδειξον.

Because yours it is to have mercy and to save us, and to you we give glory, with your Father who is without beginning and your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι σόν ἐστι τὸ ἐλεεῖν καὶ σῴζειν ἡμάς, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, σὺν τῷ ἀνάρχῳ σου Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ παναγίῳ καὶ ἀγαθῷ καὶ ζωοποιῷ σου Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And he unties the girdle and linen cloth of the newly baptized, and having joined their ends he wets them with water and sprinkles the newly baptized, saying:

You have been justified. You have been enlightened. You have been sanctified. You have been washed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God.

Ἐδικαιώθης, ἐφωτίσθης.

And taking a new sponge with water he sponges the face of the newly baptized, together with his/her head, breast and the rest, saying:

You have been baptized. You have been enlightened. You have been anointed with chrism. You have been sanctified. You have been washed clean. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Ἐβαπτίσθης, ἐφωτίσθης, ἐμυρώθης, ἡγιάσθης, ἀπελούσθης εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος.

PRAYERS FOR THE TONSURE

ΕΥΧΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΡΙΧΟΚΟΥΡΙΑΝ

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Master, Lord our God, who honoured mortals with your image, furnishing them with a rational soul and a comely body, so that the body might serve the rational soul, you placed the head at the very top and in it you planted the majority of the senses, which do not interfere with one another, while you covered the head with hair so as not to be harmed by the changes of the weather, and you fitted all the limbs most suitably to each one, so that through them all they might give thanks to you, the master craftsman. Do you yourself, Master, who through your vessel of election, the Apostle Paul, ordered us to do all things to your glory, bless your servant N. who has come to make a first offering by the cutting of the hair of his/her head. Bless his/her Sponsor also and grant that they may always meditate on your law and do what is well-pleasing to you.

Δέσποτα Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τῇ εἰκόνι σου τιμήσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἐκ ψυχῆς λογικῆς καὶ σώματος εὐπρεποῦς κατασκευάσας αὐτόν, ὡς ἂν τὸ σῶμα ἐξυπηρετῆσαι τῇ λογικῇ ψυχῇ· κεφαλὴν μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλοτάτων θείς, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τὰς πλείστας τῶν αἰσθήσεων καθιδρύσας, μὴ παρεμποδιζούσας ἀλλήλαις· ταῖς δὲ θριξὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὀροφώσας, πρὸς τὸ μὴ βλάπτεσθαι ταῖς μεταβολαῖς τῶν ἀέρων, καὶ πάντα τὰ μέλη αὐτῷ χρησίμως ἐμφυτεύσας, ἵνα διὰ πάντων εὐχαριστῇ σοι τῷ ἀριστοτέχνῃ. Αὐτός, Δέσποτα, ὁ διὰ τοῦ σκεύους τῆς ἐκλογῆς σου Παύλου τοῦ Ἀποστόλου ἐντειλάμενος ἡμῖν πάντα εἰς δόξαν σὴν ποιεῖν, τὸν προσελθόντα (τὴν προσελθοῦσαν) δοῦλον (δούλην) σου ἀπαρχὴν ποιήσασθαι κείρασθαι τὴν κόμην τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς), εὐλόγησον, ἅμα τῷ αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς) ἀναδόχῳ· καὶ δὸς αὐτοῖς πάντα μελετᾶν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ σου καὶ τὰ εὐάρεστά σοι πράττειν.

For you, O God, are merciful and love mankind, and to you we give glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Θεὸς ὑπάρχεις, καὶ σοὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀναπέμπομεν, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Peace to all.

Paix à tous.

Εἰρήνη πᾶσι.

( And to your spirit. )

( Et à ton esprit. )

( Καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου. )

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Let us bow our heads to the Lord.

Inclinez la tête devant le Seigneur.

Τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ κλίνωμεν.

( To you, O Lord. )

( A toi, Seigneur. )

( Σοί, Κύριε. )

Let us pray to the Lord.

Prions le Seigneur.

Τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

( Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Lord our God, who through your loving kindness have sanctified from the fullness of the font those who believe in you, bless this child here present, and let your blessing come down upon his/her head. As you blessed King David through Samuel the Prophet, bless too the head of your servant N. through the hand of me, a sinner, visiting him/her with your Holy Spirit, so that as he/she advances to mature years and to the grey hairs of old age, he/she may give glory to you and see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of his/her life.

Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος τῆς κολυμβήθρας διὰ τῆς σῆς ἀγαθότητος ἁγιάσας τοὺς εἰς σὲ πιστεύοντας, εὐλόγησον τὸ παρὸν νήπιον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἡ εὐλογία σου καταβήτω. Καὶ ὡς εὐλόγησας διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Σαμουήλ, Δαυῒδ τὸν βασιλέα, εὐλόγησον καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ δούλου (τῆς δούλης) σου (τοῦδε ἢ τῆσδε), διὰ χειρὸς ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἐπιφοιτῶν αὐτῷ (αὐτῇ) τῷ Πνεύματί σου τῷ Ἁγίῳ, ὅπως προκόπτων (προκόπτουσα) ἐν ἡλικίᾳ καὶ πολιᾷ γήρως, δόξαν σοι ἀναπέμψῃ, καὶ ἴδῃ τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ (αὐτῆς).

For to you belong all glory, honour and worship, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

Ὅτι πρέπει σοι πᾶσα δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

And the Priest tonsures him/her in the form of a cross, saying;

The servant of God N. is tonsured, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

DEACON

DIACRE

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Aie pitié de nous, ô Dieu, dans ta grande miséricorde, nous t’en prions, écoute-nous et prends pitié de nous.

Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, δεόμεθά σου, ἐπάκουσον καὶ ἐλέησον.

( Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. )

( Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. )

( Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. )

Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and forgiveness of sins for the servants of God, the Sponsor N. and the newly enlightened N.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

For you, O God, are merciful and love mankind, and to you we give glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )

Dismissal

CONGÉ

ΑΠΟΛΥΣΙΣ

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

Glory to you, Christ God, our hope, glory to you.

Gloire à toi, ô Christ notre Dieu, gloire à toi.

Δόξα σοι, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.

READER

LECTEUR

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Holy Master, bless.

Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Seigneur, aie pitié. Père, daigne bénir.

Δόξα· καὶ νῦν. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Δέσποτα ἅγιε, εὐλόγησον.

PRIEST

PRÊTRE

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

May he who accepted to be baptized by John in the Jordan, Christ, our true God, through the prayers of his most pure and holy Mother, through the intercessions of the honoured, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John, of the holy, glorious and all-praised Apostles, of the holy and righteous forebears of God, Joachim and Anna, of Saint N., the Saint of the Newly-baptized, of Saint N. to whom the Church is dedicated, of Saint N. whose memory we keep today, and of all the Saints, have mercy on us and save us, for he is good and loves mankind.

le Christ notre vrai Dieu, Par les prières de sa très sainte Mère, des saints, glorieux et illustres apôtres, des saints et justes ancêtres de Dieu, Joachim et Anne, de saint N. (patron de la paroisse), et de tous les saints, ait pitié de nous et nous sauve, lui qui est infiniment bon et ami des hommes.

Ὁ ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου βαπτισθῆναι καταδεξάμενος, διὰ τὴν ἡμῶν σωτηρίαν, Χριστὸς ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς παναχράντου καὶ παναμώμου ἁγίας αὐτοῦ Μητρός, τοῦ τιμίου, ἐνδόξου, προφήτου, προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου, τῶν ἁγίων ἐνδόξων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων, τῶν ἁγίων καὶ δικαίων θεοπατόρων Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ Ἄννης, (τοῦ ἁγίου οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ἔλαβεν ὁ νεοφώτιστος), (τοῦ ἁγίου τοῦ ναοῦ·) ὧν καὶ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιτελοῦμεν, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἐλεήσαι καὶ σώσαι ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος καὶ ἐλεήμων Θεός.

Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy upon us.

Par les prières de nos saints Pères, Seigneur Jésus Christ notre Dieu, aie pitié de nous et sauve-nous.

Διʼ εὐχῶν τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων ἡμῶν, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

( Amen. )

( Ἀμήν. )