Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Consecration

The sacrament of the ignition dates back to the apostolic times. Pupils of the Lord prayed over the patients, to enjoying them with consecrated butter - with a bare, which symbolizes the grace of Christ, and red grapes, resembling his blood, spilled on the cross, at the same time they called on the grace of God"s grace for healing from spiritual and bodily ailments and reserved forgotten sins. In the gospel of Mark, it is said that the twelve apostles "of many patients smeared oil and healed". In the message of the apostle James, it is said: Does any of you say, let him call the presbyters of the church, and let him pour over him, anointing him with a lot in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will heal the sore, and the Lord will restore him, and if he pretended to sins, they will set up.
The sacrament of the ignition is also called compassion, since according to custom, it is committed by the Cathedral of the family of priests, although their number can be less, and if necessary, a patient coals one priest - makes the sacrament of the entire church that he represents