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Euchologion >

The Conclusion of the Baptismal Ceremonies (with 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 deacon intones the small litany: 

Deacon:       Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord.

Response:    Lord, have mercy.

Deacon:       Protect us, save us, have mercy on us, and preserve us, O God, by your grace.

Response:    Lord, have mercy.

Deacon:       Commemorating our most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

Response:    To you, O Lord.

Priest:          For you are holy, our God, and we give glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever

Deacon:       And forever.

Response:    Amen.

Then 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 while the cantor and faithful sing:

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.  Have been clothed with Christ.  Alleluia!

All you who have been baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.Alleluia! 

Then the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom or Saint Basil the Great proceeds as usual.

On feasts of the Lord or the Theotokos, and on the Sundays from Pascha to All Saints, the  prokeimenon, Apostolic Reading, Alleluia, and Gospel of the feast or Sunday are used.  On all other days, the prokeimenon, Apostolic Reading, Alleluia, and Gospel of holy baptism are used, namely:

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?

Epistle:        Romans 6:3-11

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.

Gospel:       Matthew 28:16-20

The Divine Liturgy continues with the homily and the Litany of Fervent Supplication.  The following special petition is added to the Litany of Fervent Supplication, after the petition “for our government and for all in the service of our country:”

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)

At Communion, the newly-enlightened and the sponsors are the first to be communicated after the priest and deacon.

After the Ambon Prayer, the newly enlightened 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-baptized, 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 Divine Liturgy concludes with the singing of “Blessed be the name of the Lord” and  the dismissal.