589

the mystery of salt; sacred salt (Latin).—287.

590

See: Prayer for the Nativity of Christ by the Son of the Spirit // Trebnik: V 2 ch. Ch. 2. Moscow, 1915. L. 6 rev.—287.

591

Ibidem. L. 8-8 rev.—287.

592

Ibidem. L. 8 rev.—287.

593

Ibidem. L. 8 rev.—9.—287.

594

Ibidem. L. 11 rev.—12.—287.

595

See: Petition of the Great Litany// Service Book. Ed. 6-e. St. Petersburg, 1905. Pp. 99.-287.

596

Trebnik: V 2 ch. Ch. 2. Moscow, 1915. L. 11 rev.—287.

597

Ibidem. L. 12-12 ob. Cm. See also: Rite of Blessing of the Beginnings of New Vegetables // Trebnik of Metropolitan Petro Mohyla. Part 2. Kiev, 1646. Pp. 222—223.—287.

598

Probably, this refers to the passage from chapter 31: "... St. Dionysius calls this very oil myrrh, as a harbinger of peace" // The Writings of the Holy Fathers and Teachers of the Church, relating to the interpretation of Orthodox worship. T. 2. Writings of Blessed Simeon, Archbishop of Thessalonica. St. Petersburg, 1856. Pp. 66.—288.

599

218 This refers to the "Prayer for the tonsure of a child with hair, for his first shearing", which was performed, as a rule, at the age of 7 (sometimes at the age of 3 or 5) and was combined with the custom of mounting a horse. At this haircut, a special name was given to the youth. The rite of tonsure of a boy applied to all youths without distinction of their rank, position, condition, since it meant the entry of the youth into civil rights, into the number of equestrians (the youth-prince with this rank was seated on the prince's table). In this way, the Church sanctified the civil rite by the church rite. "The rite of tonsure with hair..." was published in the Moscow Service Book of 1616 and in the Moscow Potrebniki of 1625, 1636, [1639], 1654 — Nikolsky K. On the Services of the Russian Church, Which Were in the Former Printed Liturgical Books. St. Petersburg, 1885. Pp. 342—355.

In Florensky's rough materials, the text of the prayer has been preserved, written out by him from the Potrebnik of 1639.

Prayer for the tonsure of a child with hair, in the first shearing of his hair