Bless, O Lord, this new fruit of the vine, which through the salubrity of the air, and through showers of rain and temperate weather, thou art well-pleased should at this time attain unto maturity. May our partaking of this new growth of the vine be for gladness, and for the offering of a gift unto thee for the cleansing of sins, through the sacred and holy body of thy Christ, with whom thou art blessed, together with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _And be it known that this prayer is said, where there are vineyards, over grapes, and these are brought into the temple for a blessing on this sixth day of August. But here in great Russia, where, vineyards are not found, apples are this day brought into the temple, and the prayer for them that offer first-fruits is said, of which the beginning is,_ Master, Lord our God.... _And likewise other fruits, let each be brought in their season to the temple for a blessing, and then let the prayer be said over them._ _Chapter XXVII._ PRAYER FOR THEM THAT OFFER FIRST-FRUITS. Master, Lord our God, who biddest everyone according to their purpose to offer unto thee thine own of thine own, and bestowest upon them in return thine everlasting blessings, who didst favourably accept the offering of as much as she could of the widow; do thou now also accept the things offered by thy servant, _name_, and vouchsafe to lay up the same in thine eternal treasury, and grant unto him abundant possession of thy worldly blessings, together with all things that are serviceable unto him. For blessed is thy name, and glorified is thy kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Chapter XXVIII._ PRAYER AT THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF A HOUSE. O God Almighty, who didst make the heaven in understanding, and didst found the earth on its firmness, thou builder and creator of all; look upon thy servant, _name_, who purposeth, in the might of thy strength, to erect a house for habitation, and to set it up with a building. Do thou stablish the same on a firm rock, and, according to thy divine evangelical voice, so found it that neither wind nor water, nor anything whatsoever may be able to injure it. Be pleased to bring it to completion, and deliver them that desire to live therein from every snare of the enemy. 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 XXIX._ PRAYER WHEN ONE ENTERETH INTO A NEW HOUSE.