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In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church Orthodox Church], benedictions will occur at both the beginning and the end of each service, and there may be other benedictions during the course of the service. The final benediction (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_(liturgy) dismissal]) is the most important, and will often entail mention of the feast or saint being commemorated that day. The [[priest]] will bless with his right hand, and the bishop will bless with both hands. In both cases, the hand is held so that the fingers form the initials IC XC (the abbreviation for "Jesus Christ" in Greek), and he traces the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross Sign of the Cross] in the air with his hand. If a bishop or abbot is holding his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozier crozier] while making the benediction, he will raise his right hand and trace the Sign of the Cross with both his crozier and right hand, crossing the one in front of the other. More solemn benedictions, such as that which comes at the end of the Divine Liturgy, will be made with a blessing cross rather than the hand.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benediction]

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church Orthodox Church], benedictions will occur at both the beginning and the end of each service, and there may be other benedictions during the course of the service. The final benediction (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_(liturgy) dismissal]) is the most important, and will often entail mention of the feast or saint being commemorated that day. The [[priest]] will bless with his right hand, and the bishop will bless with both hands. In both cases, the hand is held so that the fingers form the initials IC XC (the abbreviation for "Jesus Christ" in Greek), and he traces the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross Sign of the Cross] in the air with his hand. If a bishop or abbot is holding his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozier crozier] while making the benediction, he will raise his right hand and trace the Sign of the Cross with both his crozier and right hand, crossing the one in front of the other. More solemn benedictions, such as that which comes at the end of the Divine Liturgy, will be made with a blessing cross rather than the hand.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benediction]