tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post7336895477399408126..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: Celebrations, Day TwoAnastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-11715956421299588882012-11-01T13:01:31.030-04:002012-11-01T13:01:31.030-04:00Waiting until baptism for a name seems odd when a ...Waiting until baptism for a name seems odd when a name is given to the child as part of the Naming Service of Prayer on the eighth day, which was also a traditional day for the child to be baptized and named. (Churching still happened on the 40th day with the child not entering church prior to that time, but that's because baptisms are called to be done in running water preferably[outside, in a lake or river] and only in still water indoors if necessary - but baptisms were conducted in separate baptistries, not in the church proper.)<br /><br /><br /><br />According to Archimandrite Seraphim of St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (GOA), Hayesville, OH, the prayer on the eighth day refers to the child by name: "O Lord our God, we entreat You, and we supplicate You, that the light of Your countenance be signed on this, Your servant/handmaid, [NAME], and that the Cross of Your Only-begotten Son be signed in his/her heart and understanding, so that he/she may flee from the vanity of the world and from every evil snare of the enemy, and may follow after Your commandments. And grant, O Lord, that Your holy name may remain unrejected by him/her, and that, in due time, he/she may be joined to Your Holy Church, and that he/she may be perfected by the dread Mysteries of Your Christ, so that, having lived according to Your commandments, and having preserved the seal unbroken, he/she may receive the blessedness of the elect in Your kingdom: By the grace and love for mankind of Your Only-begotten Son, with Whom You are blessed, together with Your Most-holy, Good and Lifegiving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages."<br /><br />http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/inchurch/namingservice.htm123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.com