Baptismal Exorcism
The First Baptismal Exorcism
(From the Orthodox Euchologion)
The Lord has come into the world, has dwelled among men to break your tyranny, O Satan, and to liberate them. He triumphed on the Cross of your power when the sun was obscured and the earth trembled, when the tombs were opened and the bodies of the saints were raised up. In His death, he destroyed you, the one who had the power over death. I exorcise you in the name of God, who has shown the tree of life and who established the cherubim, the angels, with the sword of fire to protect it. Back, Satan! I exorcise you for the One who walks on the waves of the sea as well as on land and who commands the fury of the winds. I exorcise you for the One whose gaze dries up the abysses and whose threat causes the mountains to melt. It is still He who through us commands you. Remain in your fear, go out, get out of this creature, and do not come back here, do not meet her anymore, have no more influence on her, neither during the night or during the day, not in the morning or at noon; rather, return to your hell until the appointed day of the great judgment. God is enthroned upon the cherubim. He contemplates the abysses. In His presence the angels tremble: the thrones, the dominions, the principalities, the virtues, the powers, the cherubs with many eyes, and the seraphim with six wings. Before Him, heaven and earth tremble, the sea and all that enclose it. Go out and abandon the soldier who is elected by Christ our God and is marked by his seal. It is in Him that I exorcise you, through the One who advances on the wings of the wind and who makes flames of fire His servants. Get out of this creature; abandon her, you and your power and your angels, so that the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit may be glorified, now and forever and ever.
R. Amen.
The Second Baptismal Exorcism
(From the Orthodox Euchologion)
Through the holy, terrible, and glorious God, for the One who is incomprehensible and inconceivable in all His works and in His power, for the One who has destined you to the anguish of eternal begging, O devil, and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the true God, we His unworthy servants, command you and all the powers working with you. Through the power of Jesus Christ, who possesses all the power in heaven and on earth and who said to the deaf mute: “Come out of this man and return no more to him,” I exorcise you, impure, foreign, and evil spirit. I recognize the weakness of your power; you do not even have power over swine. Remember the One who ordered you, according to your request, to enter the herd of pigs. Fear God: by His command, the earth is fixed on the waters. He created heaven; He set the mountains on their level and the plains to their measure. He put sand as the limit of the sea and created a firm path in the waters. He touches the mountains and they cover themselves with smoke. He dresses the light like a cloak; He extends the sky like a tent. He covers the peak of His dwelling with the waters. He establishes the earth on its firmament. He calls the water of the seas and spreads them over the face of the earth. Go out of and abandon the one who is preparing for the holy illumination. I exorcise you through the redemptive Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, His venerable Body and Blood and His terrible return—because He will come to judge all the earth. He will punish you in the fire of hell, you and your power, and He will toss you into the darkness, where the worms crawl incessantly and where the fire never goes out; because power is with Christ, our God, with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, now and forever, world without end.
R. Amen.
Third Baptismal Exorcism
(From the Orthodox Euchologion)
Lord of hosts, O God, who heals from every evil and from every sickness look at Your servant and examine him, try him, distance from him each diabolical action. Punish the impure spirits and hunt them, purify the work of Your hands and through Your irresistible force, put Satan under your feet and give him victory over the devil and unclean spirits. May he be judged worthy of the heavenly and immortal mysteries after having received Your mercy and given You glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.
R. Amen
Fourth Baptismal Exorcism
(From the Orthodox Euchologion)
Lord and Master, You created man in your image and likeness; You gave him power to reach eternal life, and afterward You did not despised him or scorn him when he fell into sin. Rather, You gave him salvation in the world through the incarnation of your Son. You Yourself, after freeing Your creature from the slavery of the enemy, welcome him into Your heavenly kingdom, so that the light of Your gospel can shine on him; You join to his life an angel of light that liberates from all the evil of the enemy, from the encounter with the Evil One, from the noonday devil, and from perverse illusions. Cast out from him every evil and impure spirit that hides in his heart. Chase away from him the spirit of iniquity, the spirit of idolatry, the spirit of lies, boundless greed, and all impurity, all that is inspired by the devil’s instigations. Make of him an intelligent sheep of Your Christ’s holy flock, an honorable member of Your Church, a sanctified vessel, a child of light, and an heir of your kingdom, so that, after having lived according to your commandments, conserving intact your seal, and keeping his vestment immaculate, he may receive the happiness of Your saints in Your kingdom, through the grace, the compassion, and the love for men of your only Son, with whom You are blessed, together with Your holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and forever.
R. Amen.
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