Service on the Giving a Name to the Child on the Eighth Day

The Greek Orthodox Service Book

Source: The Priest's Service Book ed. Evagoros Constantinides (Merrilville, Indiana, 1989), 16-17

Priest: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (3).

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

All-Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord be merciful to our sins. Master, forgive our transgressions. Holy One, visit us and heal our infirmities, for your name's sake.

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Then the Dismissal Hymn of the day or the Patron Saint(s) of the Church, and then:

By the intercessions, Lord, of all the Saints and the Theotokos, grant us your peace and have mercy on us as the only compassionate one.

Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.

Mother: Lord, have mercy.

Priest:

O Lord our God, we pray to you and beseech you let the light of your countenance shine upon your servant N and let the Cross of your only-begotten Son be sealed in his (her) heart and in his (her) thoughts, so as to escape the vanity of the world and every evil plot of the enemy and follow your commandments. And grant, O Lord, that your holy name shall remain indelible upon him (her), so that at the proper time he (she) will be attached to your Church and be perfected by the awesome mysteries of your Christ; so that having lived in accordance with your commandments, and having kept the seal inviolate, he (she) may achieve the blessedness of your chosen ones in your kingdom.
Through the grace and love for man of your only-begotten Son with whom you are blessed, together with your all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

And he chants:

Rejoice full of grace, Virgin Theotokos,
Because from you has risen the only Sun of justice:
Christ our God, giving light to those in the darkness.
Rejoice as well O Elder righteous.
For having received in your arms the Deliverer of our souls,
Who grants also resurrection to us.

Through the prayers of our holy Father, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.



This text marked up by Michael Fraser, April 1995