Does the Orthodox Church have a form for exorcism?

[ikonographics]

You can see a Greek Orthodox exorcism here

When I was in South Africa and we were preparing a group of people for baptism, while the were rehearsing the service when we got to the exorcism, one woman started shrieking numbers. Everyone else was terrified, but we told them to make the sign of the cross and immediately she stopped. This same woman did the same thing on another occasion while we were teaching them to sing the Trisagion hymn. She always has a wild look about her, but when she was baptized she was transfigured not only spiritually but physically.

 

[xuxana]

yes, indeed. in the antiochian service book there is an exorcism procedure done at the reception of cathecumens. i think it's four steps, or four prayers? it's rather very beautiful actually. it is done to rebuke the devil and rid the cathecumen of "bad energy", so to speak. in one of the prayers, the priest casts out the demons by describing the triumph of our Lord and even citing luke 8:32-33 where Jesus casted out demons from a man & the evil spirits went into a herd of pigs.

it is so cool. and it's nothing like the linda blair movie at all.