TRISAGION PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
Priest Blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (This is said three times) Clory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen
Al holy Trinity have mercy on us. Lord, be merciful to our sins. Master, forgive our transgressions. Holy One. visit us and heal our infirmities, for your name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the 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 the evil one.
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 to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
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With the spirits of the righteous made perfect, give rest, O Savior, to the soul(s) of your servant(s), preserving him/her (them) for the life of blessedness that is with you, O lover of mankind. In your eternal peace, O Lord, where all your saints are reposing, also give rest to your departed servant’s soul(s), for you alone are the immortal One. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
You are our God who descended into Hades and ended the sufferings of all who were in prison; O Savior, also rest the soul(s) of your servant(s).
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
O only pure and spotless holy Virgin, who ineffably gave birth to God, intercede for mercy and forgiveness of the soul(s) of your servant(s).
Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray to you, hear us and have mercy.
Again we pray for the repose of the soul(s) of the servant(s) of God (Name) (s)who has (have) fallen asleep, and for the forgiveness of all his/her (their) errors, both voluntary and involuntary.
That the Lord will place his/her (their) soul(s) where the righteous rest, and will grant him/her (them) the mercies of God, the kingdom of heaven and the forgiveness of
his/her (their) sins, let us ask of Christ our immortal King and God.
Let us pray to the Lord
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O God of spirits, and of all flesh, who has trampled down death, crushed the power of the Devil, and granted life to your world, do you yourself, O Lord, give rest to the soul(s) of your servant (s) (Name) who has (have) fallen asleep, in a place of light, a place of green pasture, a place of repose, where there is no grief, sorrow or mourning. Forgive every sin which he/she has (they have) committed in word or deed or thought, for you are a good God who loves mankind. For there is no one who lives and does not sin; only you are without sin; your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and your word is the truth.
For you are the resurrection, the life and the repose of your departed servant(s) (Name) (s), O Christ our God, and to you we ascribe glory, together with your
beginningless Father and your all-holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Priest: Glory to you, O God, our hope, glory to you, May Christ our true God, who rose from the dead and has dominion over the living and the dead, as immortal King, through the intercessions of his most
pure and holy Mother, of the holy, glorious and all praised Apostles, of our holy and God bearing Fathers, of his holy and righteous friend Lazarus, who was four days in the tomb, and of all the saints, assign to the dwelling place of the righteous the soul(s) of his servant(s) (names) who has (have) departed from among us, grant it (them) rest in the bosom of Abraham, and number it (them) among the righteous; and may he also have mercy on us and save us, for he is a good and merciful God who loves mankind.
May your memory be eternal, our everblessed and
ever-memorable brother (sister) (brothers and sisters).
(This is said three times)
Through the supplications of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us.
People: Amen.
Hiermonk Benedict of the Holy Mountain
Publications of The Attendants of Hiermonk Spyridon New Skiti, Holy Mount Athos, Greece.
