For the Departed:
Remember, O Lord, those that have departed this life, Orthodox kings and
queens, princes and princesses, most holy patriarchs, most reverend
metropolitans, Orthodox archbishops and bishops, those in priestly and
clerical orders of the Church, and those that have served Thee in the
monastic order, and grant them rest with the saints in Thine eternal taber-
nacles. Bow.
Remember, O Lord, the souls of Thy departed servants, my parents,
Names, and all my kindred according to the flesh, and forgive them all
transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, granting them the kingdom and
a portion of Thine eternal good things, and the delight of Thine endless
and blessed life. Bow.
Remember, O Lord, also all our fathers and brethren, and sisters, and
those that lie here, and all Orthodox Christians that departed in the hope
of resurrection and life eternal, and settle them with Thy saints, where the
light of Thy countenance shall visit them, and have mercy on us, for Thou
art good and the Lover of mankind. Bow.
Grant, O Lord, remission of sins to all our fathers, brethren, and sisters
that have departed before us in the faith and hope of resurrection, and
make their memory to be eternal. Bow.
Final Prayer:
It is truly meet to bless thee, the Theotokos, ever-blessed and most
blameless, and Mother of our God. More honourable than the Cherubim,
and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without cor-