Chrism
![Glass vessel containing chrism. The glass is etched with the letters SC for sanctum chrisma.](/Images/godic/202501/04/SacrumChrisma0313.jpg")
![Chrismatory for ritual oil from Germany, 1636[2] (silver-gilt, Victoria and Albert Museum, London).](/Images/godic/202501/04/Chrismatory0313.jpg")
![A bishop consecrates holy oil: chrism, oil of catechumens, and for the anointing of the sick.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Chrism0313.jpg")
![The original Holy Ampulla in its relic receptacle before 1793.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Reliquaireanciendelasainteampoule0313.jpg")
Chrism, also called myrrh, myron, holy anointing oil, and consecrated oil, is a consecrated oil used in the Anglican, Armenian, Assyrian, Catholic and Old Catholic, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, and Nordic Lutheran Churches in the administration of certain sacraments and ecclesiastical functions.