Prayer for the repose of the soul of the deceased - the reassurance of the soul of the deceased, memorial words spoken in memory of the departed person. Praying for the repose of relatives, commemorating them in churches and temples, people not only invisibly help the dead, but also console themselves in communion with God. All this is embedded in the Christian canons, where death is endowed with a different, non-tragic meaning.
Prayer for all the dead
Remember, Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the belly of your eternally reposed servant, our brother (name), as Good and Humanitarian, forgive sins and consume iniquity, weaken, leave and forgive all his free and involuntary sins, deliver him eternal torment and the 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 unquestionably in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Your God in the Trinity glorious, 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 even faith in Thee instead of deeds, and with Your saints, as if generously rest: there is no man who lives and does not sin. But Thou art One except for all sin, and Thy truth is truth forever, and Thou art the One 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 to the Most Holy Theotokos
Holy Mother of God! We resort to You, our Intercessor: You are an ambulance helper, our intercessor with God, unsleeping! Most of all, we pray to Thee at this hour: help the newly-departed (thy) servant of Yours (Your servant) (name) to go through this terrible and unknown path; we pray to Thee, the Mistress of the world, by Your power, sever the terrible forces of dark spirits from the fear-driven soul of his (her) soul, may they be embarrassed and put to shame before You; free me from the torment of air publicans, destroy their councils and bring them down, like evil-minded enemies. Be her, O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, an intercessor and protector from the airy prince of darkness, the tormentor and the terrible ways of the leader; we pray to Thee, Most Holy Theotokos, Protect me with Your honest robe, so fearlessly and without restraint will pass from earth to heaven. We pray to Thee, our Intercessor, intercede for Your servant (Your servant) with Your motherly boldness in the Lord; we pray to Thee, our Help, help him (her), who has (-schey) to be judged even before the Terrible Judgment Seat, help him to be justified before God, as the Creator of heaven and earth, and implore Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, may the deceased rest in the bowels of Abraham with the righteous and all the saints. Amen.
Prayer to the Lord God for the repose of the dead
God of spirits, and all flesh, righting death and abolishing the devil, and giving life to Your world, Himself, Lord, rest the soul of Your deceased servant (name) in a place of light, in a place of greenery, in a place of rest, sickness, sorrow and sighing will flee from here . Forgive every sin committed by him, by deed or word or thought, like the Good Humanity God, forgive: as if there is a person who will live, and will not sin, You are One except for sin, Your truth is truth forever, and Your word is truth. You are the resurrection, and the life, and the rest of your deceased servant (name), Christ our God, and we glorify you, with Your Father without beginning, and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
farewell prayer for death
The Lord Jesus Christ our God, who even gave the divine commandments to his holy disciple and apostle, in a hedgehog to bind and solve the fallen sins, and from these packs we accept the same guilt: forgive you, spiritual child, if what you have done in this age, free or involuntary, now and forever, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the deceased suddenly (suddenly)
Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of life and death, You said in Your holy Gospel: watch, you don’t know when the Son of Man comes, don’t think at that hour, the Son of Man will come. But we are earthly and sinful, indulging in sorrow and the sweetness of life, forgetting the hour of our death, and so we call to You, the Judgment of heaven and earth, suddenly, at an hour, in the same time not tea and not mnih. So suddenly your deceased servant, our brother (name), was called to you. Unsearchable and incomprehensible are the ways of Your wondrous looking at us, Lord Savior! I humbly bow my head before these Thy ways, Lord Lord, and I pray Thee with my zealous faith, look from the height of Thy holy dwelling and fall upon me with Thy Grace, that my prayer may be corrected before Thee, like a fragrant censer. Merciful Lord, hear my prayer for Your servant, according to Your inscrutable destinies, who has suddenly died from us; spare and have mercy on his trembling soul, called to Your impartial judgment at an hour, in the same time, do not rebuke me with Your anger, punish me with Your anger below; but spare and have mercy on me, for the sake of Your cross merits and prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother and all Your saints, forgive her all sins, voluntary and involuntary, even in word, even in deed, even in knowledge and ignorance. If your servant (name) was taken away, but both in this life, faith in You and confessing You, God and Savior of the world of Christ, and having hope in You: this faith and this hope instead of deeds. Mercy Lord! You do not want the death of a sinner, but graciously accept from him and for him everything that is done for conversion and salvation, and You Himself arrange well his path, even if I live to be him. I pray to Thee, kindly remember all the deeds of mercy and all the prayers that are done here on earth for the departed servant of Yours, kindly accept my prayer for him together with the prayers of the clergy of Your Holy Church, and forgive his soul all sins, pacify his troubled heart, spare him from eternal torment and rest in a place of light. As Yours is, hedgehog and save us, Christ, our Savior, and You alone befits unspeakable goodness and eternal glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Memorial prayers: what are they and why are they needed?
Prayer for repose is words that soothe the soul of the deceased, as well as a kind of continuation of the life of the deceased, since they themselves can no longer turn to God. And their relatives, uttering prayer words, help them in this, keeping a bright memory and doing good deeds in their name. Prayer for repose is important not only for the soul of the deceased, but also for the one who prays. The Scriptures say that by praying for others, you yourself will be forgiven. Through it, a person who commemorates the deceased is cleansed himself, getting rid of his sins.
After the death of a person, his soul is still on earth for some time. For forty days, the relatives of the deceased should say a prayer for the repose of the newly deceased. If they are far from faith and do not know the words, a memorial prayer is ordered in the church. Here, candles are placed for the repose, ritual notes are written about the commemoration of the soul of the deceased. You can invite a priest home, where they read a prayer for the repose of the soul.
Prayer for the repose of the dead carries a message to the Lord God. The prayer asks to help and protect the soul of the deceased, protect him from illnesses, forgive him all sins, show him a new path in another world. The most important thing is that the text of the memorial prayer be pronounced sincerely, from the bottom of the heart, without any evil thoughts. Since, reading a prayer for the repose of the soul of the deceased or any other, a person on a spiritual level comes into contact with his soul with the Almighty. With the help of it, a kind of dialogue is conducted with the Lord, and the more selfless the prayers are, the more likely they will be heard.
Prayer for the repose of the soul is a kind of debt to the deceased, which must be paid by his relatives and friends who have remained in this world. After talking with God, a person finds peace of mind, pain subsides and relief comes. Therefore, the more often prayers are offered, the faster he will be healed from heart wounds and the all-consuming grief of losing a loved one. It will be easier for him to survive this test, gather strength and feel the taste of life again.
When and what prayers are read?
Prayers for the exodus of the soul from the body begin to be read from the moment when a person is at death. They cry out to the Lord for relief from the agony of the dying, at the moment when the soul leaves the body. They invite a priest who reads a prayer.
Prayer for the departure of the soul from the body
God of Spirits and all flesh! You create Your angels, Your spirits, and Your servants, Your fiery flame. Cherubim and Seraphim tremble before You, and thousands of thousands of them with fear and trembling stand before Your Throne. For those who want to improve salvation, You send Your holy Angels to serve; You also give us sinners to whom you give Your holy Angel, like a nurse, to keep us in all our ways from all evil and mysteriously instruct and admonish us even until our last breath. God! You commanded that you remove the soul from the ever-remembered (-mine) by us Thy servant (Thy servant) (name), Thy will is the holy will; we pray to Thee, Life-Giver, Lord, do not now take this tochi from his (her) soul, this foster and her guardian, do not leave me alone, as if walking on a path; command him, like a guardian, not to go away with help in this terrible passage of her into the invisible heavenly world; we pray to Thee, that she will be her intercessor and protector from the evil adversary in the passage of ordeals, until she leads me to You, as to the Judge of heaven and earth. Oh, this passage is terrible for the soul that is coming to Your impartial judgment, and having in this passage to be tormented by spirits of malice in high places! Moreover, we pray to Thee, Most Good Lord, favor and send Your holy Angels to the soul of Your servant (Thy servants) (name), who has passed away to You (your servant) (name), that they will protect, protect and save from the attack and torture of these terrible and evil spirits, like torturers and publicans of the air, servants of the prince of darkness; we pray to Thee, free this evil situation, so that the horde of evil demons does not hide; vouchsafe me to fearlessly, gracefully and unhinderedly depart this terrible path from the earth with Your Angels, may they lift me up to bow to Your Throne and may they lead me to the light of Your mercy.
If there is no priest, then the relatives themselves read the canons, and it is not necessary to do this over the dying. If during the reading of these canons a person dies, then the end of each prayer is read with a chant.
Canon for a person dying in a hospital or away from home
“Rest, Lord, to the soul of your deceased servant (your deceased servant) (name) (bow), and if in this life you have sinned like a man, you, like a humane God, forgive him (u) and have mercy (bow), eternal torment deliver (bow), make a communicant (participant) (bow) to the Kingdom of Heaven, and create a useful one for our souls (bow).
Canon for a person dying in long torment and suffering
"The rank that happens to separate the soul from the body, sometimes a person suffers for a long time." Both of these canons are found in complete Orthodox prayer books. Prayer must be intensified to ease the end. You can sprinkle a dying man with holy water with the words: “Grace of the Holy Spirit, who sanctified this water, save your soul from all evil.”
After death, until the moment of burial, the psalter is read day and night to alleviate the mental anguish of the relatives of the deceased. Magpies are ordered in the church - special prayers read for forty days from the day of death until the departure of the soul of the deceased to another world. Also, before the body is buried in the earth, it is buried in the temple. It is allowed to perform this rite in the house of the deceased.
During this ceremony, the Apostle and the Gospel are read and completed with a prayer for the forgiveness of the sins of the deceased and honoring the Kingdom of Heaven. At the cemetery, at the time of burial, the Trisagion is read - the song of angels, which means the transition of the deceased to the angelic world. After the body is interred, the relatives and friends of the deceased leave to commemorate him. At the commemoration, a prayer is read for the repose of the soul of the newly deceased.
Prayer for the repose of the soul of the newly deceased
Remember, Lord, from the life of this departed orthodox kings and queens, noble princes and princesses, the most holy patriarchs, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of the Orthodox, in the priesthood and in the parable of the church, and in the monastic rank you served, and in your eternal villages with the saints rest. (Bow)Remember, Lord, the souls of your departed servants, my parents (their names), and all relatives in the flesh; and forgive them all their sins, voluntary and involuntary, granting them the Kingdom and the communion of your eternal good and your endless and blessed life pleasure. (Bow).
Remember, Lord, and all in the hope of the resurrection and eternal life of the reposed, fathers and our brothers and sisters, and lying here and everywhere, Orthodox Christians, and with Your saints, where the light of Your face dwells, have mercy on us, as Good and Humanitarian. Amen. (Bow).
Grant, Lord, the forgiveness of sins to all those who have departed in the faith and hope of the resurrection, father, brothers and sisters, and create for them an eternal memory. (Three times)
In the future, a prayer for the repose of the soul of the deceased is read on the third, ninth, fortieth day, a year after the funeral. And also on all days of commemoration of the dead, which include Ecumenical, Parental and Dmitrov Saturdays and other days of commemoration. If you pray at home, then before this ceremony, you must definitely visit the temple to buy candles and write a note about the repose of the soul of the deceased. At home, before praying, light candles in front of the icons and place a bowl of holy water. Then, having cast aside all sorrowful and sad thoughts, proceed to the reading of prayers.
The rite of lithium performed by a layman at home and in a 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. (It is read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.).
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. (Thrice.) Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen. 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 to 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.Eternal memory (three times).His soul will dwell in the good, and his memory will be for generation and generation.
Unfortunately, sooner or later people go to another world, leaving us forever. And it seems that we all know that the end is inevitable, it is very difficult and difficult to come to terms with the loss of a loved one. And in order for the Lord to ease our heartache and calm the souls of the dead, it is necessary to read memorial prayers. They will not only help the deceased in the Kingdom of Heaven, but also heal us of bitterness and pain, give strength and faith in the future.
