Library › St Sarapion of Thmuis › Prayer-Book (Euchologion)
Prayer-Book (Euchologion)
St Sarapion of Thmuis, tr. Wordsworth, 1899
Chapter 21
21. Prayer on behalf of the Catechumens.1
Helper and Lord of all, deliverer (ἐλευθερωτά) of those who have been delivered, protector (προστάτα) of the rescued, the hope of those who have come under thy mighty hand: thou art he who hast put down lawlessness, who through thy only-begotten has brought Satan to nought and hast loosed his devices and released those who were bound by him: we thank thee on behalf the Catechumens, because thou hast called them through the only-begotten, and freely gavest to them thy knowledge. May they be confirmed in (this) knowledge, that they may know thee the only true God and him whom thou didst send (even) Jesus Christ (St. John xvii. 3). May they be continually guarded in what they have learnt and in clean wisdom (καθαρᾷ φρονήσει), and may they advance to become worthy of the washing of regeneration (Titus iii. 5), and of the holy mysteries, through the only-begotten Jesus Christ in holy Spirit, through whom to thee (is) the glory and the strength both now and to all the ages of the ages. Amen.
Notes
- This was no doubt followed by no. 28.