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§ 1. blessed  in His sacraments has given us the medicine of life for our death; and, behold, this medicine is dispensed in the Church. Come, therefore, ye who are dead, draw near, partake of it, and live." From the service appointed in the Khudhra for the fourth Friday of the Sanctification of the Church.

§ 2. "Sing praises, holy Church, to the Bridegroom Who hath affianced thee, Who hath taken thee into His wedding chamber, and hath given thee His sacraments as pledges of the pardon of Thy children, and Who hath purified and sanctified