At each invocation he immerseth him, and raiseth him again. And after the baptism the priest washeth his hands, singing with the people psalm xxxi.
Blessed are they whose transgressions....
And this whole psalm is said thrice; and, vesting him with the robe, he saith,
The servant of God, name, is invested with the robe of righteousness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
And the troparion is sung in tone viii.
Give unto me a shining robe, thou that art invested with light as with a garment, O most merciful Christ our God.
And after investing him, the priest prayeth, saying this prayer.
Blessed art thou, O Lord God Almighty, fountain of good things, sun of righteousness, who shinest to them that are in darkness the light of salvation, through the manifestation of thine only-begotten Son, and our God, and grantest unto us, unworthy ones, blessed cleansing in holy water, and divine sanctification in life-effecting anointing; and who art now well-pleased for thy servant, the newly-illuminated, to be born again through water and the spirit, and who grantest unto him remission of voluntary and involuntary sins; do thou thyself, O Master, thou loving-kind supreme King, bestow upon him also the seal of thine omnipotent and adorable Holy Ghost, and the communion of the holy body and the precious blood of thy Christ; keep him in thy sanctification, confirm him in the orthodox faith; deliver him from the evil one and all his devices; and preserve his soul, through thy saving fear, in purity and righteousness, that, in every work and word, being acceptable unto thee, he may become a son and heir of thine heavenly kingdom.
With a loud voice. For thou art our God, the God of mercy and salvation, 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.