Strange "Anointing" at the end of the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

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5Loaves said:
Usually we would say that the prayers give us the teaching, although of course there are other opportunities to talk about whatever has gone on. I believe all of us East and West if we are sincely engaging in the services have more revealed to us all the time. This is all part of our theosis/divinization. 🙂

You can read about the Vigil service here.

And the prayers which are included in that article are

(I usually see the priest kiss the bread as well.)

I hope that helps.

Last week, after the akathist to St. John the Wonderworker was chanted before his holy relics we were all anointed by the Bishop, well he anointed the first group and then another priest took over, which is typical there, There was no blessing of the oil done then because we were anointed with the oil from the lampada that burns over St John’s incorrupt body there in the Cathedral, considered already blest by virtue of it being in the lamp with his holy relics. Such lampada oil is another means by which in the East an oil is considered blest.
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Sirach2 In looking at some images I also found this more extensive article on the St Elias parish blog.

The table can be a simple table like the one on the left. We use a special metal (silver, or brass, or I suppose in some places gold) stand, as they also have in the blog photos.
 
Sirach2 said:
You folks have said that there is an anointing on special feasts, but nobody has said what it signifies. Does anyone know? How can a person benefit if they receive a blessing about which they have no information? When RC’s are blessed with candles at their throat on the feast of St. Blase, we know what it means. When we receive ashes at the beginning of lent, likewise, we know the meaning. Etc.
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I must agree with Uncle Bill about this sounding like a Baptist. BTW- If you ask around you will find many RC’s who get the St. Blase blessing or receive the ashes without understanding why. Some of the answers you will get will actually be pretty comical!
 
5Loaves said:
The Russians here usually have rose scented oil. I’m not sure I’ve noticed a scent with the Greeks, I’ve been fewer times for this with them.
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The Greeks and Antiochenes tend not to put a fragrance in the oil…you will often see them dip the bread in the oil as well as the wine.
 
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