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Prayer-Book (Euchologion)

St Sarapion of Thmuis, tr. Wordsworth, 1899

Chapter 30

30. Laying on of hands (Benediction) of sick persons.

O Lord God of compassions, stretch out thine hand and grant that all the sick may be healed. Grant them to be counted worthy of health. Free them from the sickness which lies upon them. Let them be healed in the name of thy only-begotten. May his holy name be to them a medicine for health and soundness, because through him to thee (is) the glory and the strength in holy Spirit both now and to all the ages of the ages. Amen.

All these prayers are performed before the Offertory prayer.