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For every departed Christian

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Prayer 1st1

Remember, Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the eternal life of Your departed servant, our brother (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, you forgive sins and consume untruths, weaken, forgive and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him the communion and pleasure of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love Thee: even if we sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorify Thee in the Trinity, faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity, Orthodox even before his last breath of confession.

Moreover, be merciful to him, and to place faith in You instead of works, and with Your saints for Your generous rest: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and You are the One God of mercies and generosity and love for mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

Prayer 2nd2

Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the life of the eternal newly departed Thy servant (Thy servant) (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgive sins and consume untruths, weaken, forsake, and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, raising him up at Your holy second coming to partake of Your eternal blessings, for the sake of the only faith in You, the true God and Lover of mankind; for Thou art the resurrection and life, and rest unto Thy servant (name), Christ our God, and to Thee we ascribe glory, with Thy beginningless Father, and with the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever forever and ever, amen.

General prayer for various deceased3

Rest in peace, Lord, the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom Heavenly.

1 Sequence on the departure of the soul from the body, read by a layman.

2 Panikhida for reading by the laity.

3 Morning prayers.

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