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Orthodox Terminology


CHRISM, HOLY PDF Print E-mail
CHRISM, HOLY? (Sl. Myrrho) Holy Oil composed of many ingredients, used in the Sacrament of Chrismation. It is mixed and blessed by a group of bishops on Thursday of the Holy Week.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers


Abba Doulas, the disciple of Abba Bessarion said, 'One day when we were walking beside the sea I was thirsty and I said to Abba Bessarion, "Father, I am very thirsty." He said a prayer and said to me, "Drink some of the sea water." The water proved sweet when I drank some. I even poured some into a leather bottle for fear of being thirsty later on. Seeing this, the old man asked me why I was taking some. I said to him, "Forgive me, it is for fear of being thirsty later on." Then the old man said, "God is here, God is everywhere." '

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