Chapter 44

1Similarly let a subdeacon be appointed ® who is chaste,* the bishop praying over him. Let the bishop say over him on the first day of the week, in the hearing of all the people, thus: 3B. omits: Amen. 4 §rrodtdxovos transliterated. Thou, O N., minister and hear the Gospel in the fear of God. Cultivate? holily the knowledge of thy soul; keep pureness ; discipline thyself; observe and obey and hear meekly ; neglect not prayers and? fasts, so that the Lord may give thee rest and make thee worthy of a higher degree.® And let all the priests say: So be it, so be it, so be it.