Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Litany for the Catechumens
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Litany for the Departed
If there be an offering for the departed, the deacon or priest sayeth:
Deacon:
Have mercy on us, O
God, according to thy great
Mercy, we pray Thee,
hearken and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Thrice
.
ï¦ïTï¦ï¦ï+ï+:
ï?ï+ï+ïTï¦ÿ¬ï¦ ï+ï¦ÿ¦, ï-ï+ïTï¦,
ï©ï+ ï¦ï¦ï¦ïTÿ+ï¦ï¦ ï+ïTï¦ï+ÿ¦ÿ-ïT ï-ï¦ï+ï¦ï¦,
ï+ï+ï¦ïTï+ ÿ-ïT ÿ¦ÿ¦, ÿ¬ÿ¦ï¦ÿ-ÿTïT ïT
ï©ï+ï+ïTï¦ÿ¬ï¦.
ïãï+ÿ-: ï?ï+ÿ¦ï©ï+ï¦ïT, ï©ï+ï+ïTï¦ÿ¬ï¦.
Again we pray for the repose
of the souls of the departed
servants of God
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and that
they may be forgiven every
transgression, both
voluntary and involuntary.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Thrice.
ï•ÿ+ï¦ ï+ï+ï¦ïTï+ÿ¦ÿ¦ ï+ ÿ¬ï©ï+ï¦ï+ï¦ï+ïTïT
ï¦ÿ¬ÿT
ÿ¬ÿ¦ï+ï©ÿTïTÿ-
ÿ-ï¦ï¦ï+ï¦
ï¦ï+ïTïTïTÿ- [ ], ïT ï+ ï¦ïTï¦
ï©ÿ-ï+ÿ¦ÿ-ïTÿ-ïTÿ¦ÿ¦ ïTï+ ï¦ÿ¦ÿ¦ï¦ï+ï+ÿ¬
ï©ÿ-ï¦ï¨ÿ-ï¦ÿTï¦ï+ïTÿ¦,
ï¦ï+ï¦ÿ-ï+ï+ï+ÿ¬
ïTï¦ ïT ï+ï¦ï¦ï+ï¦ÿ-ï+ï+ï+ÿ¬.
ïãï+ÿ-: ï?ï+ÿ¦ï©ï+ï¦ïT, ï©ï+ï+ïTï¦ÿ¬ï¦.
That the Lord God will
commit their souls to where
the righteous repose.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Thrice.
ï¦ï¦ï+ ï¦ï¦ ï?ï+ÿ¦ï©ï+ï¦ÿ- ï-ï+ï¨ ÿ¬ÿ+ïTï+ïTÿ-
ï¦ÿ¬ÿTÿ- ïTÿ-, ïTï¦ï¦ïTï¦ ï©ÿ-ï¦ï¦ï¦ï¦ï+ïTïT
ÿ¬ï©ï+ï¦ï+ÿ¦ÿ¦ÿ-ÿ¦ÿ¦.
The mercy of God, the
kingdom of heaven, and the
remission of their sins, let us
ask of Christ the Immortal
King and our God.
People: Grant this O Lord
ï°ïTï¦ï+ÿ¦ÿ-ïT ï-ï+ïTïTÿ¦, ÿ+ï¦ÿ-ÿ¦ÿ-ï¦ï¦
ï+ï¦ï¦ï¦ÿ¦ï+ï¦ï¨ï+, ïT ï+ÿ¦ÿ-ï¦ï¦ï¦ï¦ï+ïTÿ¦
ï¨ÿ-ï¦ÿ-ï+ï¦
ïTÿ-,
ÿ¬
ïãÿ-ïTÿ¦ÿ-ï¦
ï-ï¦ïTÿ¦ï¦ÿ-ÿ-ï+ï¦ï¨ï+ ï¬ï¦ÿ-ÿ¦ ïT ï-ï+ï¨ï¦
ï+ï¦ÿTï¦ï¨ï+ ï?ÿ-ï+ÿ¦ïTï+.
ïãï+ÿ-: ï?ï+ï¦ï¦ï¦, ï?ï+ÿ¦ï©ï+ï¦ïT
Let us pray to the Lord.
ï?ï+ÿ¦ï©ï+ï¦ÿ¬ ï©ï+ï+ï+ï¦ïTï+ÿ¦ÿ¦.
The priest saith secretly, the Prayer for the Departed
O God of spirits and of all flesh, Who hast trampled