Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Lord, have mercy. (12 times)
From the spirits of the righteous who have passed away, rest the soul of Your servant, O Savior, preserving it in a more blessed life, even with You, O Lover of Mankind.
In Thy chamber, Lord, where all Thy saints rest, rest the soul of Thy servant, for Thou art the only Lover of mankind.
Glory: You are God, Who descended into hell and loosed the chains of those who were bound, May You give rest to the soul of Your servant.
And now: One pure and immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without a seed, pray that his soul may be saved.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. {abide: Heb. lodge}
I will say of the LORD, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, {and} from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth {shall be thy} shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; {nor} for the arrow {that} flieth by day;
{Nor} for the pestilence {that} walketh in darkness; {nor} for the destruction {that} wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; {but} it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the LORD, {which is} my refuge, {even} the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in {their} hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. {adder: or, asp}
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. {long...: Heb. length of days}
Irmos: Having passed through the water like dry land, and having escaped the Egyptian evil, the Israelite cried out to the Deliverer and to our God.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Open my mouth, O Savior, grant me the word to pray, O Merciful One, for Thy departed servant (name), may He rest his soul, O Master.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Having been dead in the flesh, O Savior, and laid in the tomb with the dead, the soul of Your servant rests in a green place, like the Merciful.
Glory: Hear my prayerful voice, O God of the Trinitarians, and bring about the soul of Abraham, the Deliverer, who was reposed in the depths.
And now: You, Most Pure Mother of God, Whom you conceived without the temptation of a man, pray to Your Son to grant peace to Your departed servant (name).
Irmos: The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, Lord, and the Creator of the Church, You confirm me in Your love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the One Lover of Mankind.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
In a green place, in a place of peace, where the faces of the saints rejoice, the soul of Your departed servant rests, O Christ, the Only Merciful.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Wherever the faces of the saints are, place there, O Master, those who served You with all their hearts and lifted up Your yoke upon their frame, as the One Lord of life and death.
Glory: Heavenly Father Almighty, and Only Begotten Son, and Holy Soul from the Source, despise the sins of the deceased, and place his firstborn in the Church, glorify Thee with all those who have pleased Thee.
And now: For the Holy Mother of the Most Holy God, the Lady of all, Mary the Mother of God, with all the saints, pray for the soul of Your servant to rest in the Heavenly villages.
Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the sight of Your sacrament, I have understood Your works and glorified Your Divinity.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Having descended into the underworld, O Christ, you raised up all that had died, and the rest that departed from us, O Savior, as you are generous.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
There is no one without sin, except You are One, Master: for this sake, forgive the one who has been delivered and leave his sins, and place him in paradise.
Glory: Hear, Holy Trinity, the voices of prayer offered to You in the church for the deceased, and illuminate with Your God-begotten light the soul darkened by vain devotions.
And now: Thou hast given birth, O Most Pure One, without a man to seed, a perfect God and a perfect Man, who takes away our sins, O Virgin. Pray this, O Lady, to grant peace to your departed servant.
Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your high arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
You have the power of life and death, the rest left from us, Christ God, for You are all, Savior, Peace and Life.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Place your hope in Thee, Savior, who died from us; But You, Lord, show mercy to him, for God is Most Merciful.
Glory: Enlighten us, O Trisvyate, glorified Master, who pray to You, receive heavenly peace, and in peaceful villages restore the soul that has departed from the temporary in the hope of endless life.
And now: Shuyago stands, Most Pure One, to deliver Your departed Son, O Virgin Lady, who is the Savior and our God, the Existing Mother.
Irmos: I will pour out a prayer to the Lord, and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil and my life is drawing near to hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
You have checked hell, O Master, and you have raised up those who have died from time immemorial: and now He who has been departed from us, You, O God, have placed in the bosom of Abraham, having forgiven all sins, as you are the Merciful.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
The commandment that You gave to me, O God, I transgressed and died, but You, God, Who descended into the grave and raised the souls from all eternity, do not raise me up, O Master, to torment, but to rest, the departed one cries out to You with us, O Most Merciful.
Glory: We pray to You, the Originless Father and the Son and the Holy Soul, do not reject the soul that has gone to the depths of hell through the malice of the soul-evil world and towards You, the Creator, do not reject it, my God our Savior.
And now: From heaven, Christ our God, like rain on the fleece, the Most Pure One, descended on Thee, watering the whole world and drying up all the godless streams, flooding the whole earth with His mind, Ever-Virgin; Pray to him to give peace to your departed servant.
With the saints, rest, O Christ, the soul of Your servant, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life.
Thou art the One Immortal One, who created and created man: from the earth we are created, and to the earth let us go, as Thou didst command, Who created me and gave unto me: For thou art the earth, and unto the earth shall we go, and may all men go, a funeral lament creating a song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Irmos: Children came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the Trinity’s faith, they trampled the fire of the furnace, singing: Father God, blessed are you.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Master Christ God, whenever you want to judge the world, have mercy on the soul of your servant, whom you received from us, crying: our father, God, blessed are you.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
In the food of heaven, where the souls of the righteous rejoice, those who have served Thee, count with them, O Christ, the soul of Thy servant, who sang: Our father, God, blessed art thou.
Glory: Saved the three youths of Judah into the fires, glorified in the Three Persons, delivered the eternal fire of the departed, who sang truly: Our father, God, blessed art thou.
And now: Isaiah called Thee the Rod, the Pure One, Daniel called Thee the Uncut Mountain, Ezekiel the Door, from which Christ passed, we magnify Thee, the True Mother of God.
Irmos: By the sevenfold furnace, the Chaldean tormentor, he furiously kindled the godly, but by the best power of salvation he saw the Creator and the Deliverer crying out: children, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt to all ages.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Having finished the course and come running to You, Lord, the departed One now cries out: Forgive my sins, O Christ God, and do not judge me, when you want to judge everyone, for it is true that I cry to You: all Sing to the works of the Lord, sing to the Lord and exalt Him forever.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
He bore, O Master, Your yoke on His frame, and Your burden was light, even if not always, but in the place of Your venerables indwelled his soul, who sang to You, Christ the Savior: youths, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt Him forever.
Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord.
Beginningless Holy Trinity, God the Father and the Son and the Holy Soul, in the person of the saints I consider the soul of Your departed servant and deliver the eternal fire, so that He may praise You, chanting in eyelids: children, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt Him forever.
And now: Thee, Virgin, prophecy of the face prophesied, for the clairvoyant eyes saw Thee: I shall call Thee the Rod, or the Eastern Door, or the Mountain, the Indestructible people. We confess You, truly the Mother of God, Who gave birth to all Gods, Whom we pray to give rest to Him who has passed away forever.
Irmos: The heavens were horrified at this, and the ends of the earth were amazed, for God appeared as a man in the flesh, and Your womb was the most spacious of Heaven. Thus they magnify Thee, the Mother of God, the Angels and the people of the bureaucracy.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
Jesus, my God, Savior, Adamle, you took away crime and tasted death, so that people could be free from it, O Merciful One. Moreover, we pray to Thee, O Most Merciful One: rest in peace, for He is Good, in the palaces of Thy saints, for He is the One All-Good and Merciful.
Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.
There is no one, O Merciful One, who has not sinned among men, except You alone, Jesus Christ, take away the sins of the whole world. Moreover, having cleansed Your servant from sins, establish in Your holy works: For You are the Life and Peace, and the Light, and the Joy of all those who please You.
Glory: All human nature marveled at how the Only Begotten Son of the Father Without Beginning took flesh from the Virgin through the action of the Holy Spirit, and you suffered like a man and died revive. Thus, having now departed from us, we diligently pray to Thee, in the land of the living, as Good, dwell.
And now: We call Thee the Bride, Most Pure One, the Invisible Father, and the Mother of the Son, of Thee embodied by the Holy Spirit, and we offer Thee a Prayer Book for Thy departed servant: We offer Thee a Helper Imams of the earth, and singing with love we magnify Thee.
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It is worthy to eat as truly the blessedness of Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Three times, with the sign of the cross and bow from the waist)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
There is one Life-Giver by nature, O Christ, and the truly unsearchable abyss of goodness now belongs to Thy servant who has passed away, Thy Kingdom of Thy grace: for Thou art alone. many bounties and immortality.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The source of life, O Lady, who gave birth to the Savior of the world, Jesus the Lord, diligently pray to the endless life of Your servant, who has now passed away: for You are the only Christian You are the most famous Helper.
Lord, have mercy (12 times). And this prayer:
Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the life of your eternal departed servant, our brother (name), and as you are Good and Lover of Mankind, you forgive sins and consume untruths, weaken, forgive and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him the communion and pleasure of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorify You in the Trinity, faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even before his last breath of confession.
Moreover, be merciful to him, and to place faith in You instead of works, and with Your saints for Your generous rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
(This prayer is also read after each Glory during the subsequent reading of the Psalter).
Source: Orthodox prayer book with the appendix of prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos and the saints of God. - M.: Publishing house of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, 2018. - 816 p.