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Psalm 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies. You anoint
my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Matthew 6:17
But when you fast, put oil on your
head and wash your face,
Mark 6:13
They drove out many demons and
anointed many sick people with oil
and healed them.
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and
hated wickedness; therefore God,
your God, has set you above your
companions by anointing you
with the oil of joy.”
“Is any among you sick,
let him call for the priests of the church,
Το Μυστήριο του and let them pray over him,
Ιερού Ευχελαίου anointing him with oil in
the name of the Lord;
the sacrament of and the prayer of faith
will save the sick man,
holy unction and the Lord will raise him up;
and if he has committed sins,
he will be forgiven.”
James 5:14-16
Holy Anointing, or Unction, is 1 of the 7 great
Mysteries of the Orthodox Church mentioned
in Holy Scripture (The Bible ) given for the
healing of body and soul as well as for the
forgiveness of our sins.
This service is performed by the priests who
act as vessels of the power of God by an
unbreakable chain of holy tradition all the
way back to Christ and His disciples
to bring healing to the world. We read,