THE TRISAGION PRAYERS OF MERCY FOR THE DEPARTED
Deacon: Bless, master.
Priest: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy God, visit and heal our infirmities for thy Name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to 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 on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir/People: Amen.
Choir: With the spirits of the righteous made perfect, give rest to the soul(s) of thy servant(s), O Saviour, and preserve it (them) in that life of blessedness which is with thee, O thou who lovest mankind.
In the place of thy rest, O Lord, where all thy saints repose, give rest also to the soul(s) of thy servant(s), for thou only lovest mankind.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou art our God, who descended into hades and loosed the bonds of those who were there; thyself give rest also to the soul(s) of thy servant(s).
Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Virgin, alone pure and immaculate, who without seed didst give birth to God, intercede for the salvation of his (her, their) soul(s).
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to thy great mercy, we pray thee, hearken and have mercy.
Choir/People: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Deacon: Again we pray for the repose of the soul(s) of the servant(s) of God, NN., departed this life; and that thou wilt pardon his (her, their) every transgression, both voluntary and involuntary.
Choir/People: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Deacon: That the Lord God will establish his (her, their) soul(s) where the just repose, the mercies of God, the kingdom of heaven and forgiveness of his (her, their) sins, let us ask of Christ, our immortal King and our God.
Choir/People: Grant this, O Lord.
The Prayer For The Departed
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Choir/People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O God of spirits and of all flesh, who hast trampled down death and made powerless the devil and given life to thy world: Do thou, thyself O Lord, give rest to the soul(s) of thy departed servant(s), N (NN.), in a place of brightness, a place of verdure, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled away. Pardon every sin which he (she, they) hath (have) committed, whether by word or deed or thought; for thou art good and lovest mankind, for there is no man who liveth and sinneth not, for thou only art beyond sin, and thy righteousness is to all eternity, and thy word is truth.
Priest: For thou art the Resurrection and the Life and the Repose of thy departed servant(s) N. (NN.), O Christ our God, and unto thee we ascribe glory, together with thine unoriginate Father and thine all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Choir/People: Amen.
All Sing: Memory eternal. (Twice) May (his, her, their) Memory be eternal.
