Blessed be God, who desireth that all men should be saved, and come to a knowledge of the truth, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen. _Then he saith this prayer._ Let us pray to the Lord. Master, Lord our God, call thy servant, _name_, to thy holy illumination, and count him worthy of this great grace of thy holy baptism: put off from him the old man, and renew him unto everlasting life, and fill him with the power of thy Holy Ghost, in the unity of thy Christ, that he may be no longer a child of the body, but a child of thy kingdom; through the goodwill and grace of thine only-begotten Son, 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. [Illustration] _Chapter VI._ THE ORDER OF HOLY BAPTISM. _The priest entereth, and vesteth himself with the white sacerdotal garment, and the maniples, and all the tapers are lighted, and he taketh the censer, and goeth to the font and censeth round, and giveth up the censer, and boweth himself._ _Then saith the deacon,_ Bless, master. _And the priest, with a loud voice,_ Blessed be the kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. _Choir._ Amen. _And the deacon straightway saith the ectenia._ In peace let us pray to the Lord. For the peace that is from above.... For the peace of the whole world.... For this holy temple.... For the Most Holy Governing Synod.... For our Most Pious.... That this water may be hallowed by the might, and operation, and descent of the Holy Ghost, let us pray to the Lord. That there may be sent down into it the grace of redemption, the blessing of Jordan, let us pray to the Lord. That there may come down into this water the cleansing operation of the supersubstantial Trinity, let us pray to the Lord. That we may be illuminated with the illumination of understanding and piety through the descent of the Holy Ghost, let us pray to the Lord. That it may be manifested the averting of every counsel of visible and invisible enemies, let us pray to the Lord. That he that is baptized therein may be worthy of the incorruptible kingdom, let us pray to the Lord. For him that now cometh to holy illumination, and for his salvation, let us pray to the Lord. That he may be manifested a son of light, and an inheritor of eternal good things, let us pray to the Lord. That he may be planted with, and become a partaker of the death and resurrection of Christ our God, let us pray to the Lord. That he may preserve the garment of baptism, and the earnest of the Spirit undefiled and unblameable in the terrible day of Christ our God, let us pray to the Lord. That this water may be to him the bath of regeneration, unto the forgiveness of sins, and the putting on of incorruption, let us pray to the Lord.