The anointing of the sick - Meyendorff, Paul (Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2009)
Introduction -- The healing ministry of the church. Jesus the healer -- The healing ministry in the apostolic church -- Baptism: sacrament of healing -- Eucharist: medicine of immortality -- The life in Christ -- A brief history of the rite of anointing the sick. The early church -- The Byzantine tradition -- The contemporary rite -- The celebration of the rite -- Theology of the rite of anointing. Sickness and sin -- The experience of sickness -- Healing -- What can be done? Some pastoral suggestions. Restoring the ministry of healing in the parish -- The general anointing on Holy Wednesday -- Celebrating the rite -- What about ministry to non-Orthodox? -- Conclusion: Christ's ultimate victory -- Appendix I. The rite of anointing of the sick -- Appendix II. An abbreviated rite of anointing.
Keywords: Orthodox Eastern Church.Church work with the sick Orthodox Eastern Church.Healing Religious aspects Orthodox Eastern Church