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Order of Holy Unction

(From the Canon of Arsenius)

Ode III

σὺ μόνος ὢν θαυμαστὸς, καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώποις τοῖς πιστοῖς ἵλεως

I Thou Christ alone art great, In Thee we ever find Infinite love and tenderness, And mercy wondrous kind.

II Now in Thy love divine, Come to the sufferers' aid; In mercy Lord be merciful, On Whom our wounds were laid.

III Thy sanctifying grace, O Christ send from above; Seal Thou our souls and bodies now, And heal us all in love.