O Lord our God, who, through the completion of the bath, hast, by thy goodness, sanctified them that believe in thee; do thou bless the present child, and may thy blessing come down upon his head. And as by Samuel the prophet thou didst bless David the King, so also bless the head of thy servant, name, by the hand of me, a sinner, visiting him with thy Holy Ghost, that he may increase unto maturity, and in the grey hairs of old age may ascribe glory unto thee, and may see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of his life.
For to thee is due all glory, honour, and worship, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages.
Choir. Amen.
And he sheareth him in the form of a cross, saying,
The servant of God, name, is shorn, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Choir. Amen.
Then the ectenia, in which after THE EMPEROR, the sponsor is commemorated together with the newly-illuminated.
Have mercy upon us, O God, according to thy great mercy....
Furthermore let us pray for mercy, life, peace, health, and for the salvation of the servant of God, name, the sponsor, and, name, the newly-illuminated.