“ O God, great and most high, who art worshipped by all creation, thou true fountain of wisdom, and impenetrable depth of goodness, and boundless ocean of benignity; do thou thyself, O man-loving Master, O God of things eternal and wonderful, whom none among men by thinking can comprehend, look upon us, and hearken unto us, thine unworthy servants, and wheresoever in thy great name we bring this oil, do thou send down thy gift of healing, and the remission of sins, and heal him in the plentitude of thy mercy. ”

“ Irmos.
With thy divine light, O Blessed One....
Like an oblation sacred, and human nature’s first-fruits, the martyrs, who were offer’d for God’s glorifying, for our salvation ever mediate.
Of heavenly dwelling, of grace’s distribution, thy faithful servant gone before, count worthy, Lord, and give him ransom from iniquities.
Glory.
Thou that alone by nature life-effector art, and grace’s trackless depth, him that is gone, count worthy of thy kingdom, Pitiful, thou sole immortal one. ”

“ Rest thou the babe, O Lord.
In Abraham’s bosom, in tabernacles of repose, where is their joy who ever festal keep, in places of refreshment where living water is, may Christ thee place, yea, he who for our sake became a child, even ours who unto him cry ceaselessly, O priests, extol him, and, O people, set him up for aye.
A constant cause of grief to us, yea, and for tears, thine ever thought on parting is in truth become; for ere the tasting in this life of things that give delight thou hast left earth, yea, and thy parents’ breasts. ”

“ Therefore let us, before the end, lift up our voice, and say, O Master Christ, him whom thou chosen hast, give rest with thine elect.
Behold, the elements, the heaven and earth shall be transform’d, and all creation shall with incorruption clothed be. Corruption shall be done away, and darkness at thine advent fly; for thou with glory art to come again, as it is written, to render unto each as he hath done. O Master Christ, him whom thou chosen hast, give rest with thine elect. ”

“ In the elect ones’ choir, and in the joy of paradise, O thou compassionate one, give rest to him whom thou from us in faith removed hast; for thou, our Saviour, hast divine repentance laid on all men who have sinn’d; and him, as Master, of thy kingdom worthy count.
According to thy might as God, thou art, in lordly wise, unto thy creature merciful, whom thou subjected hast to human law, O Lord, sole lover of mankind. Therefore remit, forgive the sins of him gone hence in faith, and him, O Saviour, of thy kingdom worthy count. ”

“ O Lord God Almighty, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who by thy word hast made every rational and irrational creature, and hast led all things into being from non-existence; to thee we pray, and on thee we call, Cleanse this thine handmaid, name, whom thou hast saved by thy will, and who cometh into thy holy church, from every sin and from every defilement, that she may be counted worthy to partake uncondemnedly of thy holy mysteries. ”

“ We are enflam’d when only hearing that everlasting light is there, there our life’s fount, and there eternal joy: the paradise is there where every soul rejoiceth with the just. We all in Christ shall gather’d be, that so to God we all may cry the Alleluia.
All-holy Virgin, thou unwedded one, who didst bring forth th’ approachless light, I pray, entreaty make, and beg, Cease not to pray the Lord concerning him, thy sleeping servant, thou most pure, that in the day of judgment he may find forgiveness there; for thou, as Queen all pure, to pray thy Son hast always boldness. ”

“ Forsaking all things we depart, and naked and abhorrent we become; for comeliness doth fade away as grass, but only do we men delude ourselves. Thou naked, wretched one, wast born, and altogether naked there shalt stand! Then be not prodigal in life, O man; but only always sigh with wailing, Alleluia.
If thou, O man, art merciful to man, he there shall mercy have to show to thee; and if to any orphan hast been kind, he there shall thee deliver out of need; if thou in life the naked clothed hast, he there shall clothing have to put on thee, and sing the psalm, the Alleluia. ”

“ The angelic powers minister unto thee, the choirs of archangels worship thee, the many-eyed cherubim, and the six-winged seraphim, standing and flying around, cover themselves with fear of thine unapproachable glory. For thou, being the uninscribable, unbeginning and unspeakable God, didst come down upon earth, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; for thou, O Master, through the tenderness of thy mercy, didst not endure to behold the race of men tormented by the devil, but thou didst come and save us. ”

“ For thou by thy will hast from nothingness brought all things into being, and by thy power thou sustainest creation, and by thy foreknowledge, directest the world. Thou from four elements hast formed creation, and hast crowned the circle of the year with four seasons. All the spiritual powers tremble before thee, the sun praiseth thee, the moon glorifieth thee, the stars make intercession with thee, the light hearkeneth unto thee, the depths shudder at thy presence, the springs of water serve thee. ”

“ And wash me from the defilement of my body and from the stain of my soul, and sanctify me wholly by thine all-effectual invisible might, and by thy spiritual right hand, lest, preaching liberty to others, and offering this in the perfect faith of thine unspeakable love to man, I myself may be condemned as a servant of sin. Nay, O Master, who alone art good and man-loving, let me not be turned back humbled ”

“ We give thanks unto thee, O Lord our God, for thine alone it is to have immortal life, and inaccessible glory, and unspeakable love to man, and an uninheritable kingdom, and there is no respect of persons with thee; for thou hast appointed unto all men a common limit of life, when life hath been fulfilled. Therefore we beseech thee, O Lord, Rest thy servant, and our fellow minister, name, who hath fallen asleep in hope of the resurrection of eternal life, in the bosom of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob. ”

“ Open, my Saviour, I beseech thee, unto him gone hence thy mercy’s door, that he, O Christ, in glory may in chorus sing, partaking of the gladness of thy mightiness.
Glory.
Deliver, Saviour, from iniquities thy servant for thy mercy’s sake, him whom thou now removed hast in faith; for none is justified by human works, O lover of mankind.
Both now. Theotokion.
The slayer of death and looser of the curse in flesh thou broughtest forth, God-bearing [188] one, and all that die in faith he saves, as being good and lover of mankind. ”

“ Now all the organs of the body idle are beheld, which active were but late, all without motion, without feeling, dead; for closed are the eyes, the feet are bound, the hands are listless, and with them the ears; the tongue is clos’d in silence, consigned to the grave: all human things are vanity indeed.
Save them that put their trust in thee, O Mother of the Sun that setteth not, thou Bringer-forth of God: with thine entreaties, we beseech thee, pray the most good God to rest him now departed hence where rest the righteous souls ”

“ O Lord our God, mighty in counsel, and wonderful in works, Maker of all creation, who keepest thy covenant and thy mercy towards them that love thee and that keep thy commandments, who acceptest the piteous tears of all them that are in need ”

“ Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness’ sake....
Christ rest thee in the land of living ones, and open paradise’s gates to thee, and of the kingdom thee declare a citizen, and give thee pardon of those things wherein in life thou sinned hast, O thou of Christ belov’d.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you....
Let us go forth and muse among the graves; for man is naked bones, the food of worms, and of an odour ill; and let us learn what riches are, yea, beauty, strength, and comeliness. ”

“ If into the grave thou didst descend, Immortal One, yet didst thou overthrow the might of hades, and, as victor, rise, Christ God, unto the women bearing myrrh exclaiming, Hail! and giving peace to thine apostles, O thou that grantest resurrection unto them that fallen be. ”

“ Master Almighty, holy King, who chastenest, and killest not, who supportest them that are falling, and settest up them that are cast down, who restorest the bodily afflictions of men; we entreat thee, O our God, that thou wouldest send down thy mercy upon this oil, and upon them that are anointed therewith in thy name, that it may be to them for the healing of soul and body, and for the cleansing and removal of every passion, and of every sickness and wound, and of every defilement of flesh and spirit. ”