Myron (sacrament)

The Myron 's modern counting the second of the seven mysteries (Latin Sacraments ) of the Orthodox churches . The focus is on the scented oil ( Myron ), sacred in the celebration of the consecration of Myron , with which ritual anointings are carried out on various occasions, for example at baptism and altar consecration , in late Byzantine times also at the coronation of emperors and derived from this at the anointing of a Russian tsar .

During the celebration of integration into the church (initiation sacraments), the anointing (“chrismation”) with Myron in the Orthodox churches is performed immediately after baptism. Liturgically this corresponds ritual of Confirmation in the Catholic Church , which also simultaneously takes place in adult baptism with baptism in a celebration.

Web links

• The Sacrament of Myrosal anointing. Russian Orthodox German-speaking parish Hamburg-Bergedorf, accessed on June 15, 2018 . 

literature

• Leo von Rudloff: Baptism and Confirmation in the Byzantine Rite . (Holy celebrations of the Eastern Church 1). Schöningh, Paderborn 1938.
• Lothar Heiser: Baptism in the Orthodox Church. History, donation and symbolism according to the teaching of the fathers . (Sophia 25). Paulinus, Trier 1987. ISBN 3-7902-1411-6
• The worship of the sacraments of baptism and anointing . Compiled, translated and introduced by Theodor Nikolaou (Liturgical Texts and Studies 4). Munich 2001 (Greek-German).