¹⁹And afterward, when he has come up [out of the water], he is anointed by the presbyter with the oil of thanksgiving, the presbyter saying:
I anoint thee with holy oil in the name of Jesus Christ.
²⁰And so each one, after drying himself, is immediately clothed, and then is brought into the church.
[22.][117] ¹Then the bishop, laying his hand upon them, shall pray, saying:
O Lord God, who hast made them worthy to obtain remission of sins through the laver of regeneration of [the] Holy Spirit, send into them thy grace, that they may serve thee according to thy will; for thine is the glory, to the Father and the Son, with [the] Holy Spirit in the holy church, both now and world without end. Amen.[118]
[²Then,] pouring the oil of thanksgiving from his hand and putting it on his forehead, he shall say:
I anoint thee with holy oil in the Lord, the Father Almighty and Christ Jesus and [the] Holy Ghost.
³And signing them on the forehead he shall say:
The Lord be with thee;
and he who is signed shall say: