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Holy water can also be blessed at any other time of the year if there is a need, and this is usually done on the first day of a month. The holy water used for a baptism is blessed as part of the baptism service.
==Great Blessing of Water==
On the feast of Holy Theophany holy water is blessed twice, at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgies both on the eve and on the feast itself. After processing to the place where the vessel of water is prepared to the singing of appropriate [[troparion|troparia]] there are a group of [[Bible|Scripture]] readings culminating in the baptism account from the [[Gospel]] of [[Apostle Mark the Evangelist|Saint Mark]] (1:9-11) followed by the [[Great Litany]]. This is sung just as for the Liturgy, but with the following additional petitions which make clear what is being asked of God and what the use, purpose, and blessing of the water is believed to entail.
:That these waters may be sanctified by the power, and effectual operation, and descent of the [[Holy Spirit]]:
