During all forty days after the death of a person, his relatives and friends should read the Psalter. How many kathismas a day depends on the time and strength of the readers, but reading must certainly be daily. After reading the entire Psalter, it is read from the beginning. One should not only forget after each "Glory ..." reading a prayer request for the remembrance of the deceased (from "Following the Exodus of the Soul from the Body").
Many relatives and friends of the deceased, referring to various circumstances, entrust this reading to others (readers) for a fee or order it in monasteries (the so-called "indestructible Psalter"). Of course, God hears such a prayer. But it will be stronger, sincere, purer, if a relative or close to the deceased person himself asks God to have mercy on the deceased. And don't waste your time or energy on it.
On the third, ninth and fortieth days, a special kathisma should be read according to the deceased (it includes the 118th psalm). It is called commemorative, and in the liturgical books - "Unblemished" (according to the word found in its first verse: "Blessed are the undefiled in the way that walks in the law of the Lord").
After the kathisma, the prescribed troparia are read (they are immediately indicated after the 118th psalm in the prayer book), and after them - the 50th psalm and the troparia are immaculate, or the troparia for the repose (number 8) with a refrain to each verse from the 118th psalm: " Blessed be Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy justification."
After these troparions, the canon "Following the Exodus of the Soul from the Body" is read.
Commemoration of the deceased in the Church:
It is necessary to commemorate the deceased in the Church as often as possible, not only on the designated special days of commemoration, but also on any other day. The Church performs the main prayer for the repose of the departed Orthodox Christians at the Divine Liturgy, bringing a bloodless sacrifice to God for them.
To do this, before the start of the liturgy (or the night before), a note with their names should be submitted to the church (only baptized Orthodox can be entered). At the top of the note is usually placed an eight-pointed Orthodox cross. Then the type of commemoration is indicated - “On the repose”, after which the names of those commemorated in the genitive case are written in large, legible handwriting (to answer the question “who?”), With the clergy and monastics mentioned first, indicating the rank and degree of monasticism (for example, Metropolitan John, Schemagumen Savva, Archpriest Alexander, nun Rachel, Andrey, Nina).
All names must be given in church spelling (for example, Tatiana, Alexy) and in full (Michael, Lyubov, not Misha, Lyuba). The number of names in the note does not matter.
During the funeral litany, you can take out your commemoration book and pray for loved ones. Prayer will be more effective if the one who commemorates himself on that day partakes of the Body and Blood of Christ.
After the liturgy, you can serve a memorial service. A memorial service is served before the eve - a special table with the image of a crucifix and rows of candlesticks.
Here you can also leave an offering for the needs of the temple in memory of the departed loved ones.
It is very important after death to order a magpie in the temple - an unceasing commemoration at the liturgy for forty days. At the end of the magpie, you can order again.
There are also long periods of commemoration - six months, a year.
Some monasteries accept notes for eternal (as long as the monastery stands) commemoration or for commemoration during the reading of the Psalter (this is an ancient Orthodox custom). The more churches that pray, the better for our neighbor!
Remembrance of the dead at home:
The prayerful memory of the departed should not grow cold at home. And home prayer is a saving means for our departed loved ones. The prayers that we say at home are called the “cell rule”.
Thus, as it were, it is indicated that home prayers should not be random, random, but should have the form of a rule, i.e. must be drawn up according to a certain rule, have a certain order and possible constancy.
The Church calls on its children to prayerfully remember the living and the dead every day.
The main home prayer for the departed is a commemoration book, it is in every prayer book. There are prayers for the departed in both the morning and evening rule.
If you want to add special prayers for the departed to the evening and morning rules, you should consult with the priest about this, and with his blessing, make a home prayer rule for the departed.
Prayer for the departed is our main and invaluable help to those who have departed to another world. The Church commands us to pray every day for the departed parents, relatives, known and benefactors.
To do this, the following short prayer for the departed is included in the number of daily morning prayers:
"God give rest, Lord, to the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (their names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven."
Prayer for the dead:
God of spirits and all flesh, righting death and abolishing the devil, and bestowing life upon Your world; Himself, Lord, give rest to the soul of Your deceased servant (Your deceased servant or Your deceased servant), [the name of the rivers], in a place of light, in a greener place, in a place of peace, sickness, sorrow and sighing will flee from here. Any sin committed by him (her or them), in word, or deed, or thought, as if good and philanthropic God, forgive. As if there is no person who will be alive and will not sin. You are one without sin, Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your word is truth.
Prayer for the Lost Christian:
Remember, Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the life of your eternally reposed servant, our brother (name), and as Good and Humane, forgive sins, and consume iniquity, weaken, leave and forgive all his voluntary sins and involuntary, deliver him eternal torment and fire of Gehenna, and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Your eternal good, prepared for those who love You: if you sin, but do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Your God in the Trinity glorified, faith, and Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to him the same, and faith, even in Thee instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as if Generous rest: there is no man who lives and does not sin. But Thou art One, apart from all sin, and Thy righteousness, righteousness forever, and Thou art the One God of mercies and generosity, and love of mankind, and to Thee we send glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen
Prayer of the Monk Leo of Optina to the Lord for a parent who died without repentance:
Seek, Lord, the lost soul of my father (name), and if possible, have mercy! Thy ways are inscrutable. Don't reckon this prayer of mine to me as a sin. But may your holy will be done.
Prayer for the Deceased:
Remember, Lord our God, in the faith and hope of eternal life, the deceased servant (s) of Yours (Your) (name), and as the Good and Humane, who forgives sins and iniquities, let go and forgive all his (her) voluntary sins and involuntary, deliver him (her) from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him (her) communion and enjoyment of Your eternal blessings prepared for those who love You: after all, although he (a) sinned, he did not depart from You, and without a doubt in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorified in the Trinity, she believed, and she confessed the Orthodox Trinity even to her last breath. Therefore, be merciful to him (her), and faith in You instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as the Generous, rest: for there is no person who lives and does not sin. But You are the only sinless one, and Your truth is eternal, and You are the only God of mercies and generosity and humanity, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the deceased after a long illness:
God, You allowed that Your servant (Your servant) served (a) You in the midst of suffering and illness, thus participating in the Passion of Christ; we ask you to honor him (her) participation and in the glory of the Savior through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the repose of those who died after a serious and prolonged illness:
God! You are righteous, and Your judgment is righteous: You, in Your eternal Wisdom, have set the limit of our life, which no one will pass. Wise are thy laws, inscrutable are thy ways! You command the angel of death to remove the soul from the body from an infant and an old man, from a husband and a young man, from a healthy and sick person, according to Your destinies indescribable and unknown to us; but we believe that this is Your holy will, also, according to the judgment of Your truth, You, Most Good Lord, as the wise and omnipotent and omniscient Physician of our souls and bodies - you send illnesses and ailments, misfortunes and misfortunes to man as spiritual medicine. You strike him and heal, mortify the corruptible in him and revive the immortal, and, like a child-loving Father, you punish: we pray to you, Human-loving Lord, accept the departed servant of yours (your servant) (name), whom you sought with your love of mankind, punished with a serious bodily illness in order to save the soul from spiritual death; and since all this was accepted (a) from You by Your servant (a) Yours (Your) with humility, patience and love for You, as to the unceasing Physician of our souls and bodies, now show him (her) Your rich mercy, as having endured (s) all this for their sins.
Lord, impute to him (her) this temporary serious illness as a kind of punishment for the sins committed on this earth, and heal his (her) soul from sinful ailments. Have mercy, Lord, have mercy on the one (th) you have exacted, and the temporarily punished (th) slave (slave) (name), I pray you, do not punish with the deprivation of your eternal heavenly blessings, but make him (her) enjoy them in your Kingdom .
If the deceased (th) servant (s) of Yours (I) did not reason (a) for the sake of which he was honored (s) with the transfer of such an illness, which was the touch of the healing and providential Right Hand of Yours, thought obstinately (a) or murmured out of his unreason (a) in his heart, since he imagined such a burden to be unbearable, or because of the weakness of his nature, weakened by a long illness, he was grieved (s) by such a misfortune, we implore You, Long-suffering and Many-merciful Lord, forgive him (her) these sins by Your boundless mercy and Your endless mercy towards us sinful and unworthy servants of Yours, forgive for the sake of Your love for the human race; if his (her) iniquities were beyond all limits, and illness and ailments did not move her to complete and sincere repentance, we implore You, the Head of our life, we implore Your redemptive merits, have mercy and save, Savior, Your servant (s) (yu) (name) from eternal death. Lord God our Savior!
You, by faith in You, granted us forgiveness and remission of sins, granting pardon and healing to a 38-year-old paralyzed man, when You said: "Your sins are forgiven you"; with the same faith and hope in Your goodness, we resort to Your, O Most Generous Jesus, unspeakable mercy and in the tenderness of our hearts we pray to You, Lord: now remember this word of mercy today, give the word of remission of sins to the deceased (s), ever-remembered ( oh) us to your servant (servant) to your (your) (name), may he heal spiritually, and may he settle in a place of light, in a place of rest, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no groan, and may his illnesses and ailments be counted there (her), tears of suffering and sorrow into a source of joy in the Spirit. Amen.
Widower's Prayer:
Christ Jesus, Lord and Almighty! In contrition and tenderness of my heart, I pray to You: God rest the soul of Your deceased servant (name), in Your Heavenly Kingdom. Lord Almighty! You have blessed the matrimonial union of husband and wife, when you said: it is not good to be a single man, we will make him an assistant for him. You sanctified this union in the image of the spiritual union of Christ with the Church. I believe, Lord, and I confess that you have blessed you to combine and me with this holy union with one of Your servants. Thy good and wise will deigned to take away from me this Thy servant, and gave it to me, as a helper and companion of my life. I bow before this Thy will, and I pray to Thee with all my heart, accept this prayer for Thy servant (name), and forgive her, if you sin in word, deed, thought, knowledge and ignorance; love the earthly more than the heavenly; more about the clothes and adornment of his body, he cares more than about the enlightenment of the clothes of his soul; or even more carelessly about your children; if you grieve someone by word or deed; if you scold your neighbor in your heart, or condemn someone or something else from such evil deeds.
Forgive her all this, as good and philanthropic: as if there is a person who will live and not sin. Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, as Your creation, do not condemn me by her sin to eternal torment, but have mercy and mercy according to Your great mercy. I pray and ask Thee, Lord, grant me strength for all the days of my life, without ceasing to pray for the departed Thy servant, and even before the death of my belly, ask her from Thee, the Judge of the whole world, for the remission of her sins. Yes, as you, O God, put on her head a crown from an honest stone, crowning her here on earth; so crown me with Your eternal glory in Your Heavenly Kingdom, with all the saints rejoicing there, and together with them forever sing Your all-holy name with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Widow's Prayer:
Christ Jesus, Lord and Almighty! You are crying consolation, orphans and widows intercession. Thou didst say: Call upon Me in the day of thy affliction, and I will destroy thee. In the days of my sorrow, I resort to You and pray to You: do not turn Your face away from me and hear my prayer, brought to You with tears. You, Lord, Lord of all, deigned to combine me with one of Your servants, in which we should have one body and one spirit; You gave me this servant, as a partner and protector. Thy good and wise will deigned to take this Thy servant away from me and leave me alone. I bow before this Thy will and resort to Thee in the days of my sorrow: quench my sorrow about being separated from Thy servant, my friend. If you took him away from me, not taken from me by Your mercy. As if you once took two mites to the widow, so accept this prayer of mine. Remember, Lord, the soul of your deceased servant (name), forgive him all his sins, free and involuntary, if in word, if in deed, if in knowledge and ignorance, do not destroy him with his iniquities and do not betray him to eternal torment, but by Your great mercy and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, weaken and forgive all his sins and commit him with Thy saints, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life. I pray and ask Thee, Lord, grant me all the days of my life not to stop praying for Your departed servant, and even before my departure, ask You, the Judge of the whole world, to leave all his sins and move him into Heavenly abodes, even if you have prepared for those who love Tya. Like if you sin, but do not depart from You, and undoubtedly the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are Orthodox even to the last breath of confession; the same, his faith, even in Thee, instead of deeds, he is imputed: as if a person is not, who will be alive and will not sin, You are one except for sin, and Your truth is truth forever. I believe, Lord, and I confess that You hear my prayer and do not turn Your face away from me. Seeing the widow, weeping greenery, having mercy, her son, to the burial of the bear, resurrected you: so having mercy, calm my sorrow. As if you opened the doors of Your mercy to Your servant Theophilus, who departed to You, and forgave him his sins through the prayers of Your Holy Church, listening to the prayers and alms of his wife: I pray to You, accept my prayer for Your servant and bring him into eternal life. Like you are our hope. You are God, to have mercy and save, and we send glory to You with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Prayer of parents for deceased children:
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Master of life and death, Comforter of those who mourn! With a contrite and touched heart, I resort to You and pray to You: remember. Lord, in your Kingdom, your deceased servant (your servant), my child (name), and create eternal memory for him (her). You, Lord of life and death, have given me this child. Thy good and wise will was pleased to take it away from me. Blessed be thy name, Lord. I pray to Thee, Judge of heaven and earth, with Thy infinite love for us sinners, forgive my departed child all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, even in word, even in deed, even in knowledge and ignorance. Forgive, Merciful, and our parental sins, may they not abide on our children: we know, as if we have sinned against Thee by a multitude, we have not kept a multitude, we have not created, as thou hast commanded us. But if our deceased child, ours or his own for the sake of guilt, was in this life, working for the world and his flesh, and not more than You, the Lord and your God: if you love the delights of this world, and not more than Your Word and Your commandments, if you betrayed sweetness of life, and not more than repentance of our sins, and in intemperance, vigil, fasting and prayer have betrayed oblivion - I pray you earnestly, forgive me, O good Father, my child, all such sins of his, forgive and weaken, if you do something else evil in this life . Christ Jesus! You resurrected the daughter of Jairus by the faith and prayer of her father. You healed the daughter of a Canaanite wife by faith and the petition of her mother: hear my prayer, and do not despise my prayer for my child. Forgive me, Lord, forgive all his sins and, having forgiven and cleansed his soul, take away eternal torment and instill with all Your saints who have pleased You from time immemorial, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life: as if there is a person who He will live and will not sin, but Thou art the only one except for all sin: yes, whenever you have to judge the world, my child will hear Your most exalted voice: come, blessed of My Father, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Like you are the Father of mercies and bounty. You are our life and resurrection, and we send glory to You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen
Prayer of parents for dead children:
Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Lord of life and death, Comforter of those who mourn! With a contrite and touched heart, I resort to You and pray to You: remember, Lord, in Your Kingdom, Your deceased servant, my child (name), and create eternal memory for him. You, the Lord of life and death, gave me this child, and according to Your good and wise will, you deigned to take him from me. Blessed be thy name, Lord.
I pray to you, Judge of heaven and earth: according to your infinite love for us sinners, forgive my departed child all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word and deed, committed consciously and out of ignorance. Forgive, Merciful, and our parental sins, may they not abide on our children, for I know that we have sinned against You a lot, we have not observed much and have not done what You commanded us.
If, however, our reposed child, through his own or through our fault, during his life worked more for the world and his flesh than for You, the Lord and his God; if I loved the deceptions of this world more than your word and your commandments; if he indulged in the pleasures of life, and not remorse for his sins, and in intemperance forgot watchfulness, fasting and prayer - I pray you earnestly, forgive me, all-good Father, for my child all these sins of his, forgive and let him go, if he did anything else evil in life his.
Oh Jesus Christ! You raised the daughter of Jairus by faith and the prayer of her father, You healed the daughter of a Canaanite wife by faith and the petition of her mother, hear my prayer, do not reject my prayer for my child.
Forgive, Lord, forgive all his sins, and, having forgiven and cleansed his soul, deliver him from eternal torment and settle with all Your saints who have pleased You from time immemorial, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no groans, but life is endless! For there is no person who would not sin during his lifetime, and only You are the only sinless one! May my child hear at Your Last Judgment Your longed-for voice: “Come, blessed of My Father, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.” For You are the Father of mercies and bounty, You are our life and resurrection, and we glorify You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Mother's prayer (at home) for the stillborn and unbaptized children of the Monk Arseny of Athos:
Lord, have mercy on my children who died in my womb! For faith and my tears, according to Your mercy, Lord, do not deprive them of Your Divine light!
Children's prayer for deceased parents:
Lord Jesus Christ our God! You are the guardian of the orphans, the grieving refuge and the weeping comforter. I am running to you, orphan, groaning and crying, and I pray to You: hear my prayer and do not turn Your face away from the sighing of my heart and from the tears of my eyes. I pray to You, merciful Lord, quench my grief about separation from my parent who gave birth and raised (who gave birth and raised) me (my mother), (name) (or: with my parents who gave birth and raised me, their names) - but his soul (or: her, or: theirs), as if departed (or: departed) to You with true faith in Thee and with firm hope in Your philanthropy and mercy, receive into Your Kingdom of Heaven.
I bow before Your holy will, it has already been taken away (or: taken away, or: taken away) be from me, and I ask You not to take away from him (or: from her, or: from them) Your mercy and mercy. We know, Lord, as You are the Judge of this world, punish the sins and wickedness of the fathers in children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, even up to the third and fourth kind: but also have mercy on the fathers for the prayers and virtues of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. With contrition and tenderness of the heart, I pray to Thee, merciful Judge, do not punish with eternal punishment the deceased unforgettable (departed unforgettable) for me Your servant (Your servant), my parent (my mother) (name), but release him (her) all his sins ( her) free and involuntary, in word and deed, by knowledge and ignorance created by him (her) in his (her) life here on earth, and according to Your mercy and philanthropy, prayers for the sake of the Most Pure Mother of God and all the saints, have mercy on him (s) and eternal spare the pain. You, merciful Father of fathers and children!
Grant me, all the days of my life, until my last breath, do not stop remembering my deceased parent (my deceased mother) in your prayers, and beg Thee, the righteous Judge, and put him (s) in a bright place, in a cool place and in a place of peace, with all the saints, all sickness, sorrow and sighing will flee from here.
Gracious Lord! Receive this day about Your servant (Your) (name) this warm prayer of mine and give him (her) Your recompense for the labors and cares of my upbringing in faith and Christian piety, as if he taught (taught) me first of all lead Thee, your Lord, in reverently pray to You, trust in You alone in troubles, sorrows and illnesses and keep Your commandments; for his (her) care for my spiritual success, for the warmth of the prayers he (she) brings about me before You and for all the gifts he (she) asked me from You, reward him (her) with Your mercy. With your heavenly blessings and joys in your eternal Kingdom. You are the God of mercies and generosity and philanthropy, You are the peace and joy of Your faithful servants, and we send glory to You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen
Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for the dead:
Holy Mother of God! We call upon You, our Intercessor, for You are our quick helper and intercessor before God! We especially pray to you at this hour: help the deceased servant of God (deceased servant of God) (name), tormented (th) in hell; we pray to you, Lady of the world, by your power drive away from the fear-driven soul of his (her) terrible dark spirits, let them be confused and put to shame before you; free him/her from the torment in hell.
We pray to you, Most Holy Theotokos, protect him (her) with your honest robe, pray for the sinful servant of God (the sinful servant of God) (name), so that God will ease his (her) torment and remove him from the abyss of hell, may he (she) pass from hell to heaven. We pray to you, our intercessor, intercede for the servant (s) of God (s) (name) with your maternal boldness from the Lord; we pray to you, our Helper, help him (her) to justify himself before God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and implore your Only Begotten Son, the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, to rest the deceased (s) in the bowels of Abraham with the righteous and all the saints. Amen.
Prayer for the sudden death:
Lord Jesus Christ, Master of life and death, You said in Your holy Gospel: “Watch, because you do not know at what hour your Lord will come, for at what hour you do not think the Son of Man will come.” But we, earthly and sinful, given over to the sorrows and pleasures of life, forget about the hour of our death, and therefore we are called to You, the Judge of heaven and earth, suddenly, at an hour when we did not expect and did not expect.
So suddenly your deceased servant, our brother (name), was called to you. Inscrutable and incomprehensible are the ways of Your wondrous providence for us, Lord Savior! I humbly bow my head before these Thy ways, O Lord Lord, and pray to Thee fervently with faith: Look down from the height of Thy holy habitation and fall upon me by Thy grace, that my prayer may be directed before Thee like fragrant incense.
Most merciful Lord, hear my prayer for Your servant (name), according to Your inscrutable destinies, suddenly stolen from us by death; spare and have mercy on his trembling soul, called to your impartial judgment at an hour that you did not expect.
Do not rebuke her with Your fury, and do not punish her with Your anger, but spare and have mercy on her for the sake of Your sufferings on the Cross and through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints, forgive her all sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word and deed, knowledge and ignorance. After all, although Your servant (name) was raptured, but in his life he believed in You and confessed You, the God and Savior of the world of Christ, and had hope in You: give him this faith and his hope instead of deeds!
Merciful Lord! You do not want the death of a sinner, but mercifully accept from him and for him everything that is done for conversion and salvation, and You yourself arrange his path for his salvation.
I also beseech you, please remember all the deeds of mercy and all the prayers performed here on earth for your deceased servant, deign to accept my prayer for him along with the prayers of the clergy of your Holy Church and deign to forgive his soul all sins, calm his troubled heart, spare him from eternal torment and rest in a place of light.
For You have mercy and save us, Christ our Savior, and unspeakable goodness and eternal glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit befits You alone, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the dead without repentance to the Monk Paisios the Great:
Oh, sacred head, reverend father, blessed Paisios! Do not forget your unfortunate ones to the end, and always remember us in your holy and auspicious prayers to God! Remember your flock, which you saved and do not forget to visit your children. Pray for us, holy father, for your spiritual children, as having boldness towards the Heavenly King; pray for us unceasingly before the Lord and do not reject us, who honor you with faith and love.
Remember us unworthy at the Throne of the Almighty and do not stop praying for us to Christ God, for grace was given to you to pray for us.
For we do not think of you as if you were dead: if you passed away from us in body, then after death you remain alive. Do not depart from us in spirit, preserving us from enemy arrows and all sorts of demonic seductions and intrigues of the devil, our good shepherd.
For the cancer with your relics is always visible before our eyes, but your holy soul with hosts of Angels, with Incorporeal faces, with Heavenly powers, standing at the Throne of the Almighty, rejoices with dignity.
Knowing truly that even after death you remain alive, we fall down and pray to you: pray for us to Almighty God, for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time to repent, let us freely move from earth to heaven, and let us get rid of bitter ordeals, demons and air princes and from eternal torment. And may we be heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven with all the righteous, who from the ages have pleased our God Jesus Christ, to Whom all glory, honor and worship befits, with His Beginningless Father and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for suicides:
The venerable Optina elders sometimes allowed suicides to be commemorated at home prayers, for whom, according to the 14th canon of Timothy of Alexandria, there can be no offering in the Church.
So, the Monk Leonid, in the schema Leo, to one of his disciples (Pavel Tambovtsev), whose father committed suicide, gave the following instructions about prayer:
“Surrender both yourself and the fate of the parent to the will of the Lord, all-wise, all-powerful. Do not test the Highest destinies. Strive by humility to strengthen yourself within the bounds of moderate sorrow.
Pray to the all-good Creator, thereby fulfilling the duty of love and the duty of filial. - according to the spirit of the virtuous and wise so:
Seek, O Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy. Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in sin with this prayer of mine, but may Thy holy will be done.
Pray simply, without trial, committing your heart to the right hand of the Most High. Of course, it was not the will of God for such a sad death of your parent: but now it is completely in the will of the Mighty to cast both soul and body into a fiery furnace, Who both humbles and exalts, mortifies and lives, brings down to hell and raises up. At the same time, He is so merciful, omnipotent and loving, that the good qualities of all earthly beings are nothing before His highest goodness. For this you should not be overly sad.
You will say: "I love my parent, and therefore I mourn inconsolably." Fair. But God is beyond compare more than you. loved and loves him. So, it remains for you to leave the eternal fate of your parent to the goodness and mercy of God, who, if he deigns to have mercy, then who can resist Him?
Prayer for the unbaptized dead to the martyr Uar:
Oh, holy martyr Uar, worthy of special astonishment, aspiring in imitation of the Lord Christ, you confessed the Heavenly King before the tormentor and voluntarily suffered for Him.
And now the Church honors you as glorified by the Lord Christ with the glory of Heaven, Who gave you the grace of great boldness towards Him.
And now, standing before Him with the Angels, triumphing in the upper world, contemplating the Holy Trinity and enjoying the Light of the Beginning Radiance, remember the suffering of our relatives who died in wickedness, accept our petition, and how the unfaithful family of Cleopatra freed you from eternal torment with your prayers, so remember and the godless buried, who died unbaptized, hasten to ask them for relief from eternal torment, and with one mouth and one heart we will glorify the Most Merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen.
THE RITE OF LITIA PERFORMED BY A LAID AT HOME AND AT THE CEMETERY:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
The King of Heaven, the Comforter, the Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything. Treasure of the good and life to the Giver, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Blessed, our souls.
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,
Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Your name's sake. Lord have mercy. (Three times.)
Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Lord have mercy. (12 times.)
Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow.)
Come, let us bow down and bow down to Christ, our King God. (Bow.)
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow.)
Psalm 90:
Alive in the help of the Most High, in the blood of the God of Heaven, he will settle. The Lord says: Thou art my intercessor and my refuge. My God, and I trust in Him. As if He will deliver thee from the net of the hunter, and from the rebellious word, His splash will overshadow thee, and under His wings you hope: His truth will be your weapon. Do not be afraid of the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days, from the thing in the darkness of the transient, from the scum, and the demon of the noonday. A thousand will fall from your country, and darkness at your right hand, but it will not come close to you, both look at your eyes, and see the reward of sinners. As you, O Lord, are my hope, the Most High have laid down your refuge. Evil will not come to you, and the wound will not approach your body, as if by His Angel a commandment about you, save you in all your ways. They will take you in their hands, but not when you stumble your foot on a stone, step on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent. For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and, as I know My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will crush him, and I will glorify him, I will fulfill him with long life, and I will show him My salvation.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, glory to Thee, O God (thrice).
From the spirits of the righteous who have died, the soul of Your servant, Savior, rest in peace, keeping me in a blessed life, even with You, Humanity. In Thy rest, O Lord, where Thy saints rest, rest also the soul of Thy servant, as Thou alone art the Lover of mankind.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: You are the God who descended into hell and loosed the bonds of the fettered. Thyself and the soul of Thy servant rest.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen: One Pure and Immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without seed, pray that his soul be saved.
Kontakion, tone 8:
With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Your servant, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life.
Ikos:
You alone are the Immortal, creating and creating man: we will be created from the earth and go to the earth there, as you commanded, who created me, and the river of me: as if you are the earth and go into the earth, or else we will go, the grave weeping creating a song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
The most honest Cherubim and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen. Lord have mercy (thrice) bless.
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen.
In blissful sleep, grant eternal rest. Lord, to your deceased servant (name) and create eternal memory for him.
Everlasting memory (thrice) .
His soul will dwell in the good, and his memory will be for generation and generation.
THE CANON TO THE REPENT PAISIUS THE GREAT ON RELEVANCE FROM THE TORTURE OF THE DEAD WITHOUT REPENTANCE:
Troparion, voice 2
With divine love from youth, we inflame, reverend, all red, even in the world, hate, you loved the only Christ, for this sake you settled in the wilderness, even if you were honored with a Divine visit, It is inconvenient to see and angelic eyes, fall down, bow down. I say to you: do not be afraid, my beloved, your works are pleasing to me. Behold, I give you a gift: pray for some sinner, his sins will be forgiven. You, in the purity of your heart, kindled, taking water and touching the Inviolable, minds His nose and drinking water, enrich yourself with the gift of miracles, heal the sick, drive away demons from people and deliver sinners from torment with your prayer. O Reverend Father Paisios, I pray that you also pray for me, as if you were a God of promises, for from these I am the first sinner, may the Lord give me a time of repentance and forgive my sin, as a Good and Humanitarian, but with all and I will sing to Him : alleluia. (Twice)
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Everything more than meaning, all Your glorious, Mother of God, sacraments, sealed with purity, and kept by virginity, Mother, of course, is not false, having given birth to the true God, pray that our souls be saved.
Tone 6 Canto 1
Irmos: Helper and Patron be to my salvation, This is God, and I will glorify Him. The God of my father, and I will exalt Him, gloriously be glorified.
Even if you pray to the wise God, reverend for your servant, may he open my mouth to unworthiness, and move my bewildered tongue. Tightness and thinness, Father, open up the grace that is in you of the Holy Spirit, to the singing of your miracles.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
I will begin your praiseworthy and soulful life from infancy. Even of old Egypt the great in the prophets uttered Moses, even to God by appropriation and great miracles glorified. Even now Egypt seems to be glorified as a second, for your sake, Father Paisios, enrich yourself with your honest name and many virtues, if the Lord has given you, pray to Him that our soul will save.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Having entered the Kingdom of Heaven by the narrow and sorrowful path according to the commandment of the Lord of his Christ, Reverend Father Paisios, having hated the wide and spacious path, the spreading darkness of my mind, may I be able to bring this small prayer to your most honorable memory.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. The spirit is broken, give me, Good, humbly heart, mind the purity and life of correction and sin abandonment.
(three times with bows).
Or this catastrophe: Deliver your servants from troubles, reverend father Paisios, as if we all resort to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Canto 3
Irmos: Establish, O Lord, my heart that has moved on the stone of Your commandments, for One is Holy and the Lord.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Thou hast become like the stone of faith to Peter the Apostle, crucify the world in all their lives, reverend Paisios, and thou hast ruled their feet irrevocably to the heavenly procession, and has reached Jerusalem on high, with the saints standing before the Holy Trinity, pray for me the one Good Lover of mankind.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
The most luminous branch of the pious root, the Lord has chosen you, the angel of the speech of your mother, this is pleasing to God. From infancy, you took up your cross, follow that irrevocable path, and grow in years and in mind, and by the grace of God. Please grant me remission of sins.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
O Master Lord Jesus Christ, who will not be surprised at Your love of mankind, when the desire of the monk to receive monastic life to do Your commandments comes, Your grace is like a lamb without blemish and went into the wilderness, and reached the verbal sheep, and entered the blessed shepherd Pamva, and put on the monastic image, in it also confirm me, Lord, with the prayers of the Monk Paisios, to the doing of Thy commandments.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Fierce me torment, and the darkness of pitch and hell, With your prayers, free, Virgin, have more will and power, the Lord giving birth to the one Pre-good.
Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Sedalen, voice 2
Having bound the soul with the love of Christ, having hated all the earthly things, thou hast settled, reverend father, in the deserts and mountains, tasted the glorious rational tree, shone like an angel. The same darkness, having passed through your flesh, you drove away the darkness of the demons Paisie, the first monks, pray to Christ God, forgiveness of sins, honoring your holy memory with love.
Bogorodichen. Show quick protection and help and mercy on Your servant, Pure, and tame the waves of vain thoughts, and raise up my fallen soul, Mother of God, for you, as you can, as much as you want.
Canto 4
Irmos: The prophet heard Your coming, Lord, and was afraid, as if you wanted to be born of the Virgin and appear as a man, and say: I hear Your hearing and fear, glory to Your power, Lord!
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
God-wise Paisios perceives the law-suffering life from soft nails, you even remained to the end, as if the divine valiant crown received victory from all the King, with your prayers to deliver sinners from torment, from them I am the first, do not forget me.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Blessed Paisios is strong in the possession of a prayer book, and a sad promiser, a representative and champion and a pious intercessor, we are saved from all troubles, misfortunes and situations.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Have a great fate of the abyss, He said to you: behold, I give you a gift, yes, ask everything from My Father in My name, it will be given to you, pray for any sinner, sins of that will be left: for this sake I fall down to you, Father Paisios, having an abyss sins, may he let go of your prayers, even as you are promised, as Good and Humanitarian.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Foretell the verb, when the right of the imam to sue, the Theotokos, to His Son, Immaculate, may I then find thee a refuge and intercession of the most powerful, and delivering the torment of all.
Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Canto 5
Irmos: From the morning night, Lover of mankind, enlighten, I pray, and guide me to Thy commandments, and teach me, Savior, to do Thy will.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
By fasting, depressing your body, Father Paisios, sometimes after communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, like an angel for seventy days without bodily food, having indescribable divine power, and being able to contain the animal power in yourself by Thy grace, more than food strengthening, glory to Thy power, Lord.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Like John the Baptist, you have chosen to walk in a narrow and sad way. But when he saw his Builder in the Jordan, he was afraid and cried out: I do not dare to set the hay on fire. But you, Father Paisios, sometimes appearing the Lord in the wilderness, unable to see His most pure face, fell in trembling. He said more quietly: Fear not, I will fill this wilderness with fasting people for you. We pray with them, Father, do not forget us, your prayer book, be merciful.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Because in the beginning I see my sins before You, and I pray Your mercy for my iniquities, forgive me and cover with Your goodness many of my sins, and give me the rest of my life to spend this time sinlessly. May I flow down the path to salvation, without stumbling to a good end I will reach Your help, except for Your help and instruction to do nothing good, and whoever can receive mercy from You.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. I offer you a slavish prayer unreasonable az, and I resort to Your compassionate mercy, do not turn me away, Pure, shamed.
Katavasia: Deliver from the torment of the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Canto 6
Irmos: Cry with all my heart to the generous God, and hear me from the hell of the underworld, and raise up my belly from the aphids.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
The soulless creature Jordan was ashamed of its Creator, crying out: I cannot wash the Sinless One. The holy one saw the Lord, we took water, I touched the Inviolable, the minds of His feet. And drinking water, and accepting the gift of healing ailments and driving demons from people. For this sake, we fall down to you, Father, with your prayers, have mercy on us from all demonic inductions.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
According to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, I have found you, Father Paisios, a great refuge, and an intercessor and warmth of a prayer book for our sins. As if the first monk had died, and alienated Christianity and descended into the depths of hell with pernicious unbelief, and when you felt flowing to you, pray to the All-Merciful. The generous Lord appeared to you and said: Oh, My servant, it is good to be like My love, care for sinners, deign to accept torment for their deliverance.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Bring your prayer and tears to God, like fragrant incense, and the sacrifice is blameless and favorable, and do not forget me with your intercession to the Most Holy Theotokos, give me tears of tenderness, wash my sins abyss, deliver me from the depths of death. And grant great mercy to those who do not hope, and forgive their sins.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
I am obsessed with bewilderment, when I take in my mind that hour of terrible trials of the Judge and God, and I cry and mourn and weep, remembering the abyss of my evils. Save me the same, Lover of mankind, with the prayers of Your saint, the Monk Paisios, and deliver me from torment, as you are Merciful.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. From the heart of groaning, I offer Thee, Immaculate, Your asking for a prosperous intercession. Have mercy on my all-passionate soul, have mercy, Mother of the many-merciful God, deliver me the Court and the fiery lake.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, voice 2.
Leave worldly rumors, you loved the silent life, like the Baptist with all the images, we honor you with him, father of the fathers Paisios.
Hearing the voice of Christ Ikos, you walked in the wake of That commandment, having been born, rejected cares and all acquisitions and possessions, and your brothers and love mother, God-bearing Paisios, alone in the deserts of God, talking with reason, you received gifts, hedgehogs sent in songs singing, fathers boss Paisie.
Canto 7
Irmos: We have sinned, lawless, unrighteous before You, lower observant, lower co-worker, as if commanded to us, but do not betray us to the end, God of the fathers.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
I am filled with many sins, and your prayer, like a censer, amended, father. Consume the abyss of my sins, and dry up the raging sea of evil life, and drain the angry drink, and affirm the chaste mind with your prayers, Father Paisios.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
You have a mentor and a prayer book of warmth, and a quick helper, like a wall is firm and immovable and the governor is strong and invincible, we pray to you, do not forget your prayer book, delivering from the wind of sorrow and slander of the enemy.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Oh, a great miracle, from one day you sit, Father Paisios, in the cave, be the voice of the voice: peace be with you, my beloved saint, you rose with fear, and obsessed with trembling, bow down and say: behold, your servant, God. For this sake, we pray to you, pray to the Lover of mankind, may our souls be saved.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Give me Christ reason and patience, so as not to condemn those who sin with the arrogance of the Pharisees, but accept repentance like a publican, and like a prodigal son, God, your supper is worthy of revealing me, with the prayers of the Monk Paisios, and grant me forgiveness of sins.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Arise, oh, passionate soul, rise accursed, beating from the depths into Persian, and emit tears from the springs, may you have mercy on the cursed, merciful Mother of Christ God.
Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Canto 8
Irmos: His warriors of Heaven praise and tremble Cherubim and Seraphim, every breath and creature, sing, bless and exalt Him forever.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Do not despise this singing that is gratefully brought to you, Father Paisios, but rather accept it and fill it with spiritual joys, but I will worship your image without obscuration, where it is written, giving healing to everyone.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
All the venerable life was jealous of the charitable father, who had lived for centuries, Father Paisios, in humility and fasting of Christ, for the sake of Christ, you died a martyr all your life, and you suffered a lot from the demons of the attack, and defeated them. For this sake, I pray thee, father, rage, rage and neglect of your prayers, reject me from me.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Lord Christ, the All-Generous God, let me hate the deeds of the evil one, Thou art our God, ask and receive. Give love from all my soul, through the prayers of the Reverend Father Paisios, do Thy saving will.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Pray, on me, a sinner, be long-suffering, Master, and do not sow me like a barren tree by cutting mortals into the fire, but make me fruitful with the prayers of the reverend, I beg you, give me a time of repentance, like a Lover of mankind.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Jets sent down tears and groaning from the heart, create me, Pure, sometimes to fall to Your cover, as if I would find the resolution of my sins, by Your prayer.
Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Canto 9
Irmos: Having received joy from the Angel, and having given birth to Your Creator, Virgin, save You who magnify.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
You were a quick help, reverend, even in this life, sometimes I’ll die with the reverend elder’s disciple in disobedience, and lead me to hell, he’s asking, begging the All-Generous for his disciple, you’re like a quick novice and keeper of love, put hope in the All-Generous Stretching out to God for prayer, and He is many-merciful and unfaltering in vows, make a will for those who fear Him, and hear your prayer, lead the soul from hell. For this reason, I am unworthy, crouching, I pray to you, Father Paisios, with your prayers, deliver me from torment and unquenchable fire.
Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.
Laughter that was a demon, humiliation of a man, sobbing of the righteous, crying of an angel, defilement of the air and earth and waters. The body is scorched and the mind of the defiled, more than the words of deeds. I am the enemy of God. Alas, I have sinned, forgive me through the prayers of the Monk Paisios.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Like falling into robbers and wounded, so I fell into many sins and wounded by my soul. To whom will I resort guilty az? Only to Thee, the merciful souls of the Physician, accept the prayer service of the warmth of the Monk Paisios, and through his prayers pour out Your great mercy on me.
And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Bogorodichen. Multiplying my sins, worthy of petition and judgment, Pure, falling to the call of Ty: before the end, give me purification and tenderness, and correction in character.
Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy(three times with bows).
Prayer
The passions of the winner, the souls of the helper, about all the prayers, all the salvation of the intercessor and mentor, sighing from the depths of the heart, earnestly and ardently pray to you, Paisio Reverend! Hear and help us, do not reject and do not despise us, but hear abye in the humility of the hearts flowing to you. You, reverend, diligently sought to save your neighbors, and you brought many sinners to the light of salvation. He considered excessive feats of reassurance in itself, wonderful, and, always burning with love for the Lord, you were honored with the appearance of Christ the Savior, and imitating Him, for the people who died, imitating love, and praying for those who renounced Christ. Hear us, most praiseworthy Paisio, for we are unworthy of praying for the granting of the great mercy of the Lord to us, because we are sinners, and we have defiled lips and burdened hearts, and under the burden of sins we suffer, and our prayer does not reach the Lord. For this sake, pray for us with your strong and God-pleasing prayer, Saint Paisios, may the relatives who died without repentance, our neighbors and our friends, be delivered from eternal torment, and our Savior will accept your prayer in good will and His mercy instead of their good deeds will give them, free them , we believe, from suffering and instill in the villages of the righteous, and in repentance he will honor us with death, let us glorify together the All-Holy and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Let go: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, and our reverend father Paisios the Great, and for the sake of all the saints, have mercy and save us, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen.
Lord have mercy (thrice).
Reading the Psalter for the Departed this reading is accepted by the Lord himself as a pleasing propitiatory sacrifice for the cleansing of the sins of those who are commemorated. “The Psalter… prays to God for the whole world,” writes St. Basil the Great.
There is a practice of reading one 17th kathisma, this practice is used when there is not enough time. Reading the Psalter is a prayer to the Lord.
