Blessing Of Throats

BLESSING OF THROATS The Feast of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr.

Bishop Blaise, believed martyred in the persecution of Lincinius, in the early 4^th Century. He was the Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, and is associated with the healing of throats.

This feast is celebrated on February 03. The blessed candles of February 02, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord are crossed in the shape of the Cross of Christ and blessed with the following prayer:

Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr

May God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.