Apomirism (τὸ Ἀπομίρισμα)

APOMIRISMO (τὸ ἀπομύρισμα). — It was the practice of anointing the body or some diseased part with ointment that issued from the relics or tomb of certain saints, who were therefore called miroblites, or with oil from lamps burning before a miraculous image, and also with consecrated myron or chrism. Since the devotion of the Eastern faithful attributes a special blessing, as it were a form of consecration, to water that has come into contact with a relic or some sacred object (the inner cup of the chalice, the cross, etc.), the practice of bathing with such water is also called by this name.