A prayer service for the repose of the departed. Parentheses provide alternatives for a woman or several departed persons; choose the appropriate wording when the service is celebrated.
Opening
Deacon: Bless, Father.
Priest: Blessed be our God, always, now and ever, and forever.
Faithful: Amen.
Faithful: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us. (Three times.)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever. Amen.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us of our sins. Master, forgive our transgressions. Holy One, visit us and heal our infirmities for Your name's sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Three times.)
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
Faithful: 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 forever.
Faithful: Amen.
Troparia, Tone 4
Cantors: With the spirits of the righteous departed, O Saviour, grant rest to the soul of Your servant (to the soul of Your handmaid; to the souls of Your servants) and receive him (her; them) into blessed life with You, O Lover of humankind.
In Your dwelling place, O Lord, where all Your saints repose, grant rest also to the soul of Your servant (to the soul of Your handmaid; to the souls of Your servants), for You alone are the Lover of humankind.
Cantors: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
You are God, who descended into Hades and broke the chains of the captives; grant rest also to the soul of Your servant (to the soul of Your handmaid; to the souls of Your servants).
Cantors: Now and ever, and forever. Amen.
Theotokion.
O only pure and spotless Virgin, who gave birth to God without seed, intercede for the salvation of his soul (of her soul; of their souls).
Litany for the Departed
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray You, hear us and have mercy.
Faithful: Lord, have mercy. (Three times.)
Deacon: Again we pray for the repose of the soul of the departed servant of God (of the departed handmaid of God; of the souls of the departed servants of God) (name / names), and for the forgiveness of all his (her; their) transgressions, voluntary and involuntary.
Faithful: Lord, have mercy. (Three times.)
Deacon: That the Lord our God may place his soul (her soul; their souls) where the righteous repose.
Faithful: Lord, have mercy. (Three times.)
Deacon: For the mercy of God, the kingdom of heaven, and the remission of his (her; their) sins, let us ask Christ, our immortal King and God.
Faithful: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Faithful: Lord, have mercy.
Prayer of the Priest
Priest: O God of spirits and of all flesh, You have conquered death, defeated the devil, and bestowed life upon Your world. O Lord, grant rest to the soul of Your departed servant (of Your departed handmaid; to the souls of Your departed servants) (name / names) in a place of light, a place of refreshment, a place of peace, from which pain, sorrow, and sighing have fled.
As the good and loving God, forgive every sin committed by him (her; them) in word, deed, or thought, for there is no one who lives and does not sin. You alone are without sin; Your righteousness is everlasting righteousness, and Your word is truth.
Priest, exclamation: For You are the resurrection, the life, and the repose of Your departed servant (of Your departed handmaid; of Your departed servants) (name / names), O Christ our God, and we give glory to You, together with Your eternal Father and Your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and forever.
Faithful: Amen.
Conclusion and Dismissal
Deacon: Wisdom!
Priest: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Faithful: More honourable than the cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim, who without corruption gave birth to God the Word, true Theotokos, we magnify you.
Priest: Glory to You, O Christ God, our hope, glory to You.
Faithful: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and forever. Amen. Lord, have mercy. (Three times.) Give the blessing.
Priest, dismissal: May Christ our true God, who rose from the dead, through the prayers of His most pure Mother, of the holy, glorious, and all-praised apostles, of our venerable and God-bearing fathers, and of all the saints, place the soul of His departed servant (of His departed handmaid; the souls of His departed servants) (name / names) in the dwellings of the saints, grant him (her; them) rest in the bosom of Abraham, number him (her; them) among the righteous, and have mercy on us, for He is good and loves humankind.
Faithful: Amen.
Priest: In blessed repose grant eternal rest, O Lord, to Your departed servant (to Your departed handmaid; to Your departed servants) (name / names), and make his (her; their) memory everlasting.
Faithful: Eternal memory. (Three times.)