In Jordan when thou wast baptized, O Lord.... _is sung many times, until all the brotherhood are sanctified with the sprinkling of the water_. _And straightway we go into the temple, singing the idiomelon, tone vi._ Ye faithful, let us sing the greatness of God’s providence for us; for he that for our sins became a man, in Jordan for our cleansing cleansed was, himself alone being pure and uncorrupt, me hallowing and the waters, and the dragons’ heads crushing the water in. Then, brethren, let us water draw with joy; for unto them that draw in faith the Spirit’s grace invisibly is given by Christ, the God and Saviour of our souls. _Then_, Blessed be the name of the Lord.... _thrice_. _And Psalm xxxiii._ I will bless the Lord at all times.... _And, first having drunk of the sanctified water, we receive the antidoron from the priest. And he maketh the full dismissal._ He that vouchsafed to be baptized in Jordan for our salvation, Christ our true God, through the prayers of his Most Pure Mother, and of all the Saints, have mercy upon us and save us, as being good and the lover of mankind. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] _Chapter XXIV._ PRAYER AT THE BLESSING OR FLESH-MEAT ON THE HOLY AND GREAT SUNDAY OF PASCHA. _The priest maketh,_ Blessed be our God.... Christ is risen.... _thrice_. _Then_, Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, look thou upon flesh-meat, and sanctify it, as thou didst sanctify the ram which the faithful Abraham brought unto thee, and as the lamb which Abel offered unto thee as a holocaust, likewise also as the fatted calf which thou didst bid to be killed for thy prodigal son when he returned again to thee, that as he was counted worthy to enjoy thy grace, so may we also enjoy those things that are sanctified and blessed by thee for the nourishment of us all. For thou art the true nourishment, and the giver of good things, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Chapter XXV._ PRAYER AT THE BLESSING OF CHEESE AND EGGS. Master, Lord our God, author and creator of all things, bless thou the curdled milk, and with this also the eggs, and preserve us in thy goodness, that, as we partake of these, we may be filled with thine ungrudgingly bestowed gifts, and with thine unspeakable goodness. For thine is the might, and thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Chapter XXVI._ PRAYER AT THE PARTAKING OF GRAPES ON THE VITH DAY OF AUGUST. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy.