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Euchologion >

The Conclusion of the Baptismal Ceremonies (without Divine Liturgy)

The following texts, translated from the Roman Malyj Trebnyk (1952), are based on the work of the Inter-Eparchial Liturgical Commission of the Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, and being made available for study by cantors enrolled in the courses of the Metropolican Cantor Institute. These texts are unofficial and provisional, and you should obtain episcopal permission before using them for any purpose other than private self-study.

After the anointing with chrism, the priest leads the newly-baptized in procession around the font, three times. (If the newly baptized is an infant or very young child, one of the sponsors carries him or her.) During the procession, the cantor and faithful sing:

All you who have been baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. Alleluia! (three times).

If there is a baptistery, the procession is made from the font into the church. The priest and deacon enter the sanctuary through the southern door and go to their usual places.

          Deacon:      Let us be attentive!

          Priest:         Peace be to all!

          Deacon:      Wisdom!  Be attentive!

Prokeimenon, Tone 3 (Ps. 26:1):The Lord is my light and my help; whom shall I fear?
 v. The Lord is the stronghold of my life; before whom shall I shrink?

          Lector:        A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Romans.

          Deacon:      Let us be attentive!

The lector reads Romans 6:3-11.

          Priest:         Peace be to you, reader.

          Deacon:      Wisdom!  Be attentive!

Alleluia Tone 8 (Psalm 92:1):Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
v. The Lord reigns, he is clothed in majesty; robed is the Lord and girt about with strength
v. The world he made firm, not to be moved.

During the Alleluia, the deacon censes as usual before the Gospel reading.

          Priest:         Wisdom! Let us stand and listen to the holy Gospel.  Peace be to all!

Response:    And to your spirit.

          Deacon:      A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

          Response:    Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

          Priest:         Let us be attentive!

          The deacon reads Matthew 28:16-20.

Response:    Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you.

Following the homily, the deacon intones the Litany of Fervent Supplication:

Deacon:      Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you, hear and have mercy.

Response:    Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Deacon:      Again we pray for our holy father (Name), Pope of Rome, and for our most reverend Metropolitan (Name), for our God-loving Bishop (Name), for those who serve and have served in this holy church, for our spiritual fathers, and for all our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Response:    Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Deacon:      Again we pray for our government and for all in the service of our country.

Response:    Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Deacon:      Again we pray for the newly enlightened servant of God (name), that he (she) be protected in the pure profession of faith, in all piety and in the fulfillment of the commandments of Christ all the days of his (her) life.

Response:    Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Deacon:      Again we pray for the people here present who await your great and abundant mercy, for those who show us mercy, and for all Christians of the true faith.

Response:    Lord, have mercy. (Three times)

Priest:         For you are a merciful and loving God, and we give glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever.

Response:    Amen.

Holy Communion from the reserved Eucharist is now given to the one who has been baptized, saying only the usual formula.

Then the one who has been baptized comes before the holy doors (or is brought by the sponsors).

Sprinkling the newly-enlightened with clean water, the priest prays:

You are justified. You are enlightened. You are sanctified.You are washed in the name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

          Washing the places where the newly-enlightened was anointed, the priest prays:  

You are baptized. You are enlightened. You are chrismated. You are sanctified. You are washed in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

With scissors, the priest cuts some hair in the form of a cross from the head of the newly-enlightened, saying:

The servant of God (name) is tonsured in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Response:    Amen.

The dismissal follows immediately:

Priest:         Glory to you, O Christ God, our hope, glory to you.

Response:    Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever, amen. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Give the blessing.

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Throughout Pascha, the following is said in place of “Glory to the Father.”

Response:  Christ is risen from the dead!  By death he trampled Death; and to those in the tombs he granted life. Lord, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.  Give the blessing.

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Priest:         May Christ our true God, who for our salvation deigned to be baptized by John in the Jordan, have mercy on us and save us through the prayers of his most pure Mother, and of all the saints; for Christ is good and loves us all.

Response:    Amen.