_And the deacon straightway saith this ectenia._
Have mercy upon us, O God....
Furthermore let us pray for mercy, life....
That to him may be remitted....
_And, with a loud voice_, For a merciful....
_Deacon._ Let us pray to the Lord.
_The priest saith the prayer._
Master Almighty, holy King, who chastenest, and killest not, who
supportest them that are falling, and settest up them that are cast
down, who restorest the bodily afflictions of men; we entreat thee, O
our God, that thou wouldest send down thy mercy upon this oil, and upon
them that are anointed therewith in thy name, that it may be to them for
the healing of soul and body, and for the cleansing and removal of every
passion, and of every sickness and wound, and of every defilement of
flesh and spirit. Yea, O Lord, send down from heaven thy healing power;
touch the body; allay the fever; soothe the suffering; and banish every
lurking weakness. Be the physician of thy servant, _name_, raise him
from a bed of suffering, and from a couch of ailment whole and perfectly
restored, granting him in thy church to be acceptable, and one that doeth
thy will.
_Exclamation._
For it is thine to have mercy and to save us, O our God, and to thee we
ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now
and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.
_And after the prayer the third priest taketh a third twig, and, dipping
it in the holy oil, anointeth the sick person, saying the prayer,_
Holy Father, physician of souls and bodies....
_Vide page 101._
_Deacon._ Let us attend.
_The fourth priest._
Peace to all.
_Prokimenon, tone iv._
In whatsover day that I call upon thee, O hearken unto me speedily.
_Verse._ O Lord, hearken unto my prayer, and unto my crying.
_The epistle to the Corinthians, section clxxxii._