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Canon on the departure of the soul from the body

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Voice 8

Song 1

Irmos: Having passed through the water like dry land, and having escaped the Egyptian evil, the Israelite cried out to the Deliverer and to our God.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Open my mouth, O Savior, grant me the word to pray, O Merciful One, for Thy departed servant (name), and rest his soul, O Master.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Having been dead in the flesh, O Savior, and laid in the tomb with the dead, the soul of Your servant rests in a green place, like the Merciful.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Hear my prayerful voice, O God of the Trinitarians, and restore the soul of Abrahamlich, the Deliverer, to the reposed in the depths.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. You, Most Pure Mother of God, Whom you gave birth to as a man without art, pray to Your Son to give peace to Your departed servant (name).

Song 3

Irmos: The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, Lord, and the Creator of the Church, You confirm me in Your love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the One Lover of Mankind.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

In a green place, in a place of peace, where the faces of the saints rejoice, the soul of Your departed servant rests, O Christ, the Only Merciful.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Wherever the faces of the saints are, place there, O Master, those who served You with all their hearts and lifted up Your yoke upon their frame, as the One Lord of life and death.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father Almighty, and the Only Begotten Son, and the Holy One from the Source, despise the sin of the dead, and instill his firstborn in the Church, glorify Thee with all those who have pleased Thee.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. For the Holy Mother of the Most Holy God, the Lady of all, Mary the Mother of God, with all the saints, pray for the soul of Your servant to rest in the heavenly villages.

Song 4

Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the sight of Your sacrament, I have understood Your works and glorified Your Divinity.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Having descended into the underworld, O Christ, you raised up all that had died, and the rest that departed from us, O Savior, as you are generous.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

There is no one without sin, except You are One, Master: for this sake, leave the sins of the departed, and place him in paradise.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Hear, Holy Trinity, the voices of prayer offered to You in the church for the deceased, and with Your God-begotten light illuminate the soul darkened by vain devotions.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Thou hast given birth, O Most Pure One, without a man's seed, to a perfect God and a perfect Man, who takes away our sins, O Virgin. Pray this, O Lady, to grant peace to your departed servant.

Song 5

Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your lofty arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

You have the power of life and death, the rest left from us, Christ God, for you are all, Savior, Peace and Life.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Place your hope in Thee, Savior, who died from us; But You, Lord, show mercy to him, for God is Most Merciful.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Enlighten us, Trisvyate, glorified Master, who pray to You, receive heavenly peace, and in peaceful villages restore the soul that has departed from the temporary in the hope of endless life.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Shuyago standing, Most Pure One, beseech Your departed Son to deliver, O Virgin Lady, who is the Savior and our God, the Existing Mother.

Song 6

Irmos: I will pour out my prayer to the Lord, and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil and my life is drawing near to hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

You have checked hell, O Master, and you have raised up those who have died from time immemorial: and now He who is departed from us, You, O God, have placed in the bosom of Abraham, having forgiven all sins, as you are the Merciful.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

The commandment that You gave to me, O God, I transgressed and died, but You, God, who descended into the grave and raised the souls from all eternity, do not raise me up, O Master, to torment, but to rest, the departed one cries out to You with us, O Most Merciful.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We pray to Thee, the Beginningless Father and the Son and the Holy Soul, do not reject the soul that has passed into the depths of hell through the malice of the soul-evil world and towards You, the Creator, do not reject it, my God our Savior.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. From heaven, Christ our God, like rain on the fleece, the Most Pure One, descended on Thee, watering the whole world and drying up all the godless streams, flooding the whole earth with His mind, Ever-Virgin; Pray to him to give peace to your departed servant.

Kontakion, tone 8

With the saints, rest, O Christ, the soul of Your servant, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life.

Ikos

Thou art the One Immortal One, who created and created man: from the earth we are created, and to the earth let us go, as Thou didst command, Who created me and gave unto me: For thou art the earth, and unto the earth shall we go, and may all men go, a funeral lament creating a song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Song 7

Irmos: Children came from Judea, in Babylon sometimes, by the Trinity’s faith, they trampled the fire of the furnace, singing: O God of the fathers, blessed art thou.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Master Christ God, whenever you want to judge the world, have mercy on the soul of your servant, whom you received from us, crying: our father, God, blessed are you.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

In the food of heaven, where the souls of the righteous rejoice, those who have served Thee, count with them, O Christ, the soul of Thy servant, who sang: Our father, God, blessed art thou.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Save the three Jewish youths into the fires, glorified in the Three Faces, deliver the eternal fire of the departed, who sang to You truly: our father, God, blessed are you.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Isaiah called Thee the Rod, the Pure One, Daniel called Thee the Uncut Mountain, Ezekiel the Door, from which Christ passed, we call Thee, the True Mother of God, great.

Song 8

Irmos: By the sevenfold furnace, the Chaldean tormentor, he furiously kindled the godly, but by the best power of salvation he saw the Creator and the Deliverer crying out: children, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt to all ages.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Having finished the course and come running to You, Lord, the departed One now cries out: Forgive my sins, O Christ God, and do not judge me, when you want to judge everyone, for it is true that I cry to You: all Sing to the works of the Lord, sing to the Lord and exalt Him forever.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

He bore, O Master, Your yoke on His frame, and Your burden was light, even if not always, but in the place of Your venerables indwelled his soul, who sang to You, Christ the Savior: youths, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt Him forever.

Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord.

Beginningless Holy Trinity, God the Father and the Son and the Holy Soul, in the person of the saints I consider the soul of Your departed servant and deliver the eternal fire, so that He may praise You, chanting in eyelids: children, bless, priests, sing, O people, exalt Him forever.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. You, Virgin, prophecy of the person prophesied, for the clairvoyant eyes of Thee saw: I will call You the Rod, otherwise the Eastern Door, or the Mountain, the Inseparable People. We confess You, truly the Mother of God, Who gave birth to all Gods, Whom we pray to give rest to Him who has passed away forever.

Song 9

Irmos: The heavens were horrified at this, and the ends of the earth were amazed, for God appeared as a man in the flesh, and Your womb was the most spacious of Heaven. Thus they magnify Thee, the Mother of God, the Angels and the people of the bureaucracy.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

Jesus, my God, Savior, Adamle, you took away crime and tasted death, so that people could be free from it, O Merciful One. Moreover, we pray to Thee, O Most Merciful One: rest in peace, for He is Good, in the palaces of Thy saints, for He is the One All-Good and Merciful.

Chorus: Rest, Lord, to the soul of Your departed servant.

There is no one, O Merciful One, who has not sinned among men, except You alone, Jesus Christ, take away the sins of the whole world. Moreover, having cleansed Your servant from sins, establish in Your holy works: For You are the Life and Peace, and the Light, and the Joy of all those who please You.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. All human nature marveled at how the Only Begotten Son of the Father Without Beginning took flesh from the Virgin through the action of the Holy Spirit, and you suffered like a man, so that you might revive the dead. Thus, we diligently pray to You, who has now departed from us, to dwell in the land of the living as Good.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. We call You the Bride, Most Pure One, the Invisible Father, and the Mother of the Son, of You embodied by the Holy Spirit, and we offer You the Prayer Book for Your departed servant: For You the Helper of the Imam earthly, and singing with love we magnify Thee.

Psalter followed. M., 1993. Part I. P. 218–225.

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