_Thrice._ And grant unto all them that touch it, and partake thereof, and are sprinkled therewith, sanctification, healing, cleansing, and blessing. Save, O Lord, thy Servant, our Most Pious, Autocratic Great Lord, THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVITCH of all Russia, _thrice_. And his Consort, the Most Pious Lady, THE EMPRESS MARIA THEODOROVNA. And His Heir, the Right-believing Lord, the Cesarevitch and Grand Duke, NICOLAUS ALEXANDROVITCH, and all the Reigning House. Save, O Lord, and have mercy upon the Most Holy Governing Synod. And keep them under thy protection in peace, subdue under Them every enemy and adversary, grant unto Them all desires for salvation and eternal life, that by elements, and by men, and by angels, and by things visible and invisible thy most holy name may be glorified, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Priest._ Peace to all. _Deacon._ Bow your heads to the Lord. _Priest, the bowing down prayer._ Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hearken unto us, thou that didst vouchsafe to be baptized in Jordan, and didst hallow the waters; and bless us all, who through the bending of our necks indicate the representation of service; and count us worthy to be filled with thy sanctification through partaking of this water; and may it be to us, O Lord, for the healing of soul and body. _Exclamation._ For thou art our sanctification, and to thee we ascribe glory, and thanksgiving, and worship, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy Most Holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _And straightway, blessing the water crosswise with the honourable cross, he dippeth it perpendicularly, sinking it in the Water and raising it, holding it with both hands, and singing the present troparion in tone i._ In Jordan when thou wast baptized, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was manifested; for the Parent’s voice bore witness unto thee, naming thee the well-beloved Son; and the Spirit, in appearance of a dove, testified to the surety of the word. Thou who wast manifested, O Christ God, and enlightenest the world, glory to thee. _And the same is sung by the singers._ _Again a second time in like manner he signeth the water. And a third tune in like manner. And the priest, having taken of the sanctified water in a salver, turneth himself with his face towards the west, holding the cross in his left hand and the aspergillus in his right. And first the president approacheth, and kisseth the honourable cross, and the priest signeth him in the face with the aspergillus with the sanctified water. Then the priests come forward in their order. And after this all the brotherhood in order._ _And the troparion,_