Book of Needs of the Holy Orthodox Church

by Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov

And after the prayer the fifth priest straightway taketh a fifth 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.

And the sixth priest. Peace to all.

Prokimenon, tone vi.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to great mercy.

Verse. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

The epistle to the Galatians, section ccxiii.