Contents
Table of Contents
Book of Needs of the Holy Orthodox Church
Chapter I. Prayers on the first day after a child is born to a woman
Chapter III. Prayers for a parturient woman after forty days
Chapter IV. Prayer for a woman when she hath aborted a child
Chapter V. Prayers at the making of a catechumen
Chapter VI. The order of holy baptism
And a prayer for holy baptism, that is, how briefly to baptize a child because of fear of death
Concerning how it behoveth a spiritual person to behave himself
Chapter VII. The order concerning confession
Chapter VIII. Prayer on the releasing from prohibition
Chapter IX. The order that is used at betrothals
Chapter X. The order of the coronation.
Chapter XI. Prayer at the taking off of the crowns on the eighth day
Chapter XII. The order for a second marriage
Chapter XIII. The order of the sanctification of the holy oil
Chapter XIV. The office when in extreme urgency occasion ariseth to give communion to a sick person
And the prayer at the departure of a soul
Chapter XVI. The mortuary order over lay bodies
The mortuary order over a departed priest
Chapter XIX. The office of the burial of a babe
Chapter XX. The order of the lesser sanctification of water
Chapter XXI. The order of the sanctification of water on the holy Theophany
Chapter XXIV. Prayer at the blessing of flesh-meat
Chapter XXV. Prayer at the blessing of cheese and eggs
Chapter XXVI. Prayer at the partaking of grapes on the vith day of august
Chapter XXVII. Prayer for them that gather first-fruits
Chapter XXVIII. Prayer at the laying of the foundation of a new house
Chapter XXIX. Prayer when one entereth into a new house
Chapter XXXIII. Prayer for one that purposeth to go on a journey
Appendix. The laying on of hands
The office for the appointment of a reader and singer
The office that is used at the laying on of hands of a subdeacon
The office that is used at the laying on of hands of a deacon
The office that is used at the appointment of an archdeacon and a protodeacon
The office that is used at the laying on of hands of a presbyter
The office that is used at the appointment of an abbot
The office that is used at the appointment of an archimandrite