He that hath put on thee, O Christ our God, with us boweth his head to thee; and do thou keep him that he may abide a combatant unovercome against them that bear vain enmity against him and us, and by thy crown of incorruption at the last declare us all to be victorious ones. For it is thine to have mercy and to save, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages.
Choir. Amen.
And he looseneth the child’s girdle and garment, and, joining the ends of these, soaketh them with clean water, and sprinkleth the child, saying,
Thou art justified. Thou art illuminated. Thou art sanctified. Thou art washed, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.
And he taketh a new sponge dipped in water, and wipeth his face, as also his head, and breast, and the rest, saying,
Thou art baptized. Thou art illuminated. Thou art anointed with myrrh. Thou art sanctified. Thou art washed. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer at the tonsure of the hair.
Deacon. Let us pray to the Lord.
Choir. Lord have mercy.