What prayer to read at the cemetery, at the grave of the husband - Orthodox texts

Every person knows that both his life and the life of his loved ones are not eternal. However, death always comes unexpectedly, it is impossible to prepare for it, and it brings with it the pain of loss and sometimes despair. It seems to friends and relatives of the deceased that everything is terrible, that nothing can be changed, that the person who left them is gone forever and nothing in relation to him no longer matters. The Orthodox Church claims that this is not so. Christians believe that a person’s soul does not disappear after death, that the Last Judgment awaits all people, and the righteous will be united in eternal life with one hundred of their relatives and friends. And living people, according to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, can help the soul of the deceased with their prayers.

Starting from the moment the soul of the deceased departs to the Lord, his close people can and even should, through their prayerful appeal, tirelessly take care of the posthumous existence of the person who has left this world - ask for the remission of his sins and the happy overcoming of ordeals. On days 3, 9 and 40, traditions prescribe to remember the deceased collectively, but it is important for truly close people to pray for the soul of the deceased from the very first day of his repose to the Lord. This article will tell you what words and how to correctly pray for the deceased on the day of his death.

What is prayer for the dead

Prayer for a deceased person is an important spiritual action, filled with a request for long-awaited peace and the joy of bliss for departed loved ones. The Lord has given Christians an incredible blessing - the promise of eternal life, which means that each of us has hope for a future meeting with a deceased friend or relative. Not all of our relatives and friends live a righteous life, and it’s scary when death comes suddenly: the person did not have time to repent, but there is no turning back. Believing in the immortality of the soul, surviving people can ease the fate of the departed person with their prayers.

It is important to know that in the Orthodox Church they pray only for baptized people, but Orthodox believers are given grace and the right to beg their loved ones in home prayers, even if they have not been baptized in Orthodoxy.

None of us living on earth can know for sure whether hell or heaven is prepared for our deceased neighbor. Only the Lord Jesus Christ knows the answer to this question, and the task of those remaining on earth is to appease the Creator by reading prayers for the repose of the soul of the deceased.

As Orthodox Christians believe, turning prayers to the Lord Jesus Christ can bring deliverance to the soul of the deceased, deliver him from eternal torment and deprive him of trials - ordeals, on the way to the Last Judgment. Such prayers can be offered at home, in church and even in any other place, a person can pray alone or with loved ones, or can submit notes of repose to the Temple - in this case, the name of the deceased will be remembered by the priest at the proskomedia during prayer during the Liturgy .

What prayers are read at the burial site?

Once in a cemetery, a person must exercise extreme caution. You need to understand which prayers are allowed to be read in the land of the dead, and which ones should be abandoned. The most appropriate in this case would be the following spell texts:

• letter 47 of St. Nicholas of Serbia;
• rank of lithium;
• the ninetieth psalm;
• Our Father;
• Holy God;
• prayer to the King of Heaven;
• eighth voice;
• troparia of a funeral nature.

Types of prayers for the dead

The Orthodox Church allows prayerful appeals to the Lord in any form - the main thing is that the faith is sincere and the prayer comes from the heart. However, over the centuries of church history, dozens of texts of prayers for the deceased have been created, which have become canonical - tradition prescribes choosing one of them, depending on who the deceased was. It is not necessary to strictly follow these rules and texts, but the prayers presented below were created by righteous and intelligent people, and therefore their words may be suitable for you to express your feelings and aspirations regarding the deceased.

Rules of conduct for magical rituals in the cemetery

The cemetery is a place where special dark energy is concentrated. Therefore, if you decide to read a prayer at the grave of a deceased loved one, you should first familiarize yourself with the rules of conduct. These include:

• dress for the ritual in clothes of discreet shades;
• it is important that the chosen outfit covers bare legs;
• It is recommended to cover your head with a scarf;
• at the moment of reading the prayer, you should not violently express your own emotions;
• You can’t swear in a cemetery, much less laugh too loudly;
• You cannot litter near the grave or relieve yourself of natural needs;
• if at the time of the ritual an object falls to the ground, it is prohibited to pick it up;
• You should not leave food or drink alcohol near the tombstone;
• You cannot step on the grave, nor can you step over it or jump over it;
• It is prohibited to pour alcohol onto cemetery soil.

It is imperative to follow these rules and recommendations. Otherwise, the spirits of the dead may become angry and provoke the appearance of undesirable consequences after the ritual. It is important to take the prayer said near the grave of a loved one seriously, sincerely and respectfully.

Option for an independent witchcraft ritual:

If a person has enough courage and faith in the power of prayer for the deceased, it is worth choosing to read the Fourth Tone of the Troparion. You should visit the cemetery on a certain special day at midnight. You should light a candle next to the tombstone. As soon as the flame becomes high, you need to say out loud:

“Righteous spirits, hear me. Calm the soul of your slave (name of the dead person) and preserve it in a blissful subsequent life. In the place where God’s servant (s) is laid to rest, there will be peace and grace. Your soul will ascend to you and flow into the bright light. He will be farther away from hell, he will remove the narrow shackles, he will rest forever. Let it be as it was read and told by me!”

The candle is extinguished, and the person leaves the cemetery in complete silence. However, you cannot take any belongings or personal items with you. It’s also not worth talking to those you meet along the way.

How to properly pray for the deceased

Before you read prayers, you need to figure out how to do it correctly. The Orthodox Church points out several simple rules that must be followed when praying: before reading the prayer text, you should fully concentrate on saying the prayer; It is recommended to purify the soul and mind in advance to ensure that God will hear the words; it is not necessary to memorize prayer words, so you can read them; when pronouncing words, one must discard all life’s difficulties and problems; You must read the text confidently, sincerely believing in the help of prayer and its power.

Prayer on the 9th day after death

Particularly important is the text that is read on the 9th day after death. At this time, it is customary to return to the cemetery for a second commemoration and arrange a memorial dinner. During dinner, you can talk about the deceased, but it is better to recite liturgical texts before or after the feast. There are special rules regarding holding a funeral dinner:

• Kutya, which is considered a special funeral dish, is always served on the table. Traditionally it is prepared in the form of rice with dried fruits. At the same time, everyone who comes to the funeral should try kutya.
• The table drinks are jelly and church wine. It is strictly forbidden to organize feasts with various types of alcoholic beverages. This is not the purpose of drinking wine. Under no circumstances should you clink glasses. Before drinking a glass of wine, everyone thinks about the deceased, as if being left alone with their thoughts.
• Kissel is another traditional drink. It must be served at the table.
• During funerals, it is not customary to serve forks and knives. This is an old custom. Forks are replaced with spoons when eating.

Believers are still of the opinion that the deceased is among them all days until the 9th day. Therefore, near the icon they try to light a church candle with a long burning life, put a glass of water and put a piece of bread, as if making it clear that on earth they will always remember and honor the memory of the deceased.

Complete funeral prayer

This prayer is worth asking the Lord for help and intercession for a deceased friend or relative, reading it in the morning or evening:

“Remember, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Thy mercy and generosity from the present world, for whose sake thou art made man, and crucifixion and death, for the sake of the salvation of those who believe in Thee, thou hast deigned to endure; and rose from the dead, you ascended into heaven and sit at the right hand of God the Father, and look upon the humble prayers of those who call upon You with all their hearts: incline Your ear, and hear the humble prayer of me, Your indecent servant, in the stench of the spiritual fragrance, brought to You for all Your people . And in the first place, remember Thy Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which Thou hast provided with Thy venerable Blood, and established, and strengthened, and expanded, multiplied, pacified, and preserved the insurmountable gates of hell forever; Calm the tearing of the Churches, quench the pagan vacillations, and quickly destroy and eradicate the heresies of uprising, and turn them into nothingness by the power of Your Holy Spirit.

Church prayers to be read at the cemetery

It is necessary to visit the cemetery and the graves of your deceased relatives. First of all, when you come to the grave of a relative, you need to put things in order - remove garbage, grass, old wreaths, wipe down the monument or grave cross. It is necessary to keep the grave clean and tidy, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is Christian prayers, first in church, and then independent prayers in the cemetery. There is no need to conduct a fictitious dialogue with the deceased, we will not hear anything anyway, the only possibility of conversation with the deceased is a memorial prayer. If it seems to a person that he hears his relative even without prayer, it means that the conversation at the grave is taking place with someone unknown, and the person simply falls into demonic captivity, it begins to seem to him that he hears a voice both at home and on the street.

Orthodox prayers read at a cemetery

Church prayer in a cemetery at the grave of a relative is grace for the deceased. You can invite a priest to the grave to perform litia, that is, intense prayer. If this is not possible, the layman himself can perform a shorter version of the litiya. In this case, the prayers “Holy God”, Psalm 90, “Our Father”, kontakion, tone 8, “To the Heavenly King” are read. If you are going to install a cross on the grave, do not hang a photo of the deceased on it, otherwise it will turn out that during the funeral service the priest and everyone else will pray to the photo of the relative. You can place an icon of the Savior on the tombstone cross. Needless to say, you should not drink or leave alcoholic drinks for the deceased in a cemetery. Such behavior torments the dead soul.

Orthodox prayers to be read at the cemetery

The grief of parents who have lost a child is limitless; grieving people mechanically go to the child’s grave every day. They overwhelm her with toys and photographs, completely forgetting to perform the funeral prayer at the cemetery. A dependence on grief arises; such people do not need anything around them, they only want to see their deceased child. The sorrow of separation can be assuaged only by prayer. Inconsolable parents should take care of their souls, because the soul of their child is already freed from suffering. Instead of toys, it is better to bring an icon, invite a priest and pray. It should be remembered that all children under seven years of age are called babies. In Orthodox prayers at the cemetery for deceased babies they ask not for forgiveness of sins, children are sinless, but for the granting of the Kingdom of Heaven to them.

The text of the Orthodox prayer for the dead read at the cemetery - the Most Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, in Your name. Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayers for the dead to the Lord

There are also two prayers for the dead that address Jesus Christ directly.

“Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of eternal life, Your departed servant (Your) (name), and as the Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and iniquities, let go and forgive all his (her) voluntary and involuntary sins , deliver him (her) from eternal torment and the fire of hell, and grant him (her) communion and enjoyment of Your eternal blessings prepared for those who love You: after all, although he (s) sinned, he did not retreat from You , and without a doubt in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, God glorified in the Trinity, she believed, and she Orthodoxy confessed the Consubstantial Trinity even until her last breath.”

“Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (their names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Prayer for a deceased spouse every day

Until the fortieth day after the death of the spouse, she must read daily texts.

This is necessary in order to direct the soul to the true path.

Text

Our Savior Jesus Christ, Lord and Almighty of Heaven! You are a consolation for the suffering, and an intercession for the weeping widows. I, the servant of God (my name), in moments of sorrow, come running to You and pray for support. Turn your gaze upon me, O All-Merciful Lord, and hear my prayer, filled with pain and suffering. You, Lord Almighty, did not leave me alone in life and gave me the servant of God (the name of the deceased spouse) as a companion. By your good will, you took it away from me and now you have prepared for me to experience the loneliness of earthly life. I accept Your will and ask you to quench your mental suffering and sadness for my deceased husband (husband’s name). I bow before Your image, I ask you to accept my request and not refuse it. Remember, Lord, the soul of my deceased husband (name of spouse), forgive all sins, voluntary and involuntary, committed by him in earthly life. Do not let him pay for them with eternal torment and experience fiery Gehenna. I will pray for the forgiveness of all his sins, committed through foolishness, all my life, so that you do not punish our children and our grandchildren for them. Let his soul move into Your Kingdom and experience the joys there. For there is not a person on earth who has not sinned at least once. You alone, sinless Lord, only you have been granted the power to have mercy and save human souls. Amen.

Archangel Michael

A prayer is made to Archangel Michael to help a person overcome mortal temptations and ordeals.

“Oh, Great Archangel Michael, help me, your sinful servant (name of the rivers), deliver me from the coward, the flood, the fire, the sword and the flattering enemy, from the storm, from the invasion and from the evil one. Deliver me, your servant (name), great Archangel Michael, always, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen. Holy Archangel of God Michael, if my relatives (names of the deceased...) are in the lake of fire, then lead them out of the eternal fire with your blessed wing and bring them to the Throne of God and beg our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive them their sins.”

Text

Remember, O Lord, all-merciful and all-merciful. Your deceased servant (name of the deceased), a person close to me. Show, Lord, your love for mankind and forgive him all his earthly sins, voluntary and involuntary, for he committed them out of his own foolishness and sincerely repented of them. Only You are truth and truth, only You have been granted the power to forgive sins and give peace to the soul. Show your mercies and blessings, deliver the deceased, the servant of God (name of the deceased) from punishment and torment in fiery Gehenna. A person cannot live his life without sinning, for You alone are sinless. I pray to you and send glory to your deeds. Amen.

Guardian Angel

They often pray to their guardian angel for a person’s soul, because even after death he continues to take care of the soul of the person to whom he is assigned.

“Lord God the Great King, Beginningless! Send, O Lord, Thy Archangel Michael to the aid of Thy servant (name), take me away from my enemies, visible and invisible. Oh, Lord Michael the Archangel! destroyer of demons: forbid all enemies who fight with me, make them like sheep and crush them like dust before the wind. Oh, Lord the Great Archangel Michael! The six-winged first prince and commander of the heavenly powers, Cherub and Seraphim. Oh, beloved Archangel Michael, be my helper in all grievances, sorrows, sorrows; in deserts, at crossroads, on rivers and seas - a quiet refuge. Amen".

Prayer for an unbaptized deceased spouse

Even if the spouse did not receive baptism during his lifetime, his baptized relatives can pray for him. This will help everyone involved in the tragic event find peace.

Text

Lord the Great Heavenly King, All-Merciful and All-Merciful! I ask You to send me, the Servant of God (my own name), to help Your Archangel Michael. Ask him to protect me from all enemies, visible and invisible. I turn to you, Great Archangel Michael of the Lord, Prince and commander of all the heavenly forces of God, the Seraphim and Cherubim. I ask you to become my assistant and provide support in sorrows, sorrows, in deserts and river spaces. Protect me, Great Archangel Michael, from devilish temptations, defeat all my enemies and enemies with the power of the Honest and Life-giving Cross of the Lord and the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos. I ask you, Holy Archangel Michael, to bring the deceased (the name of the unbaptized deceased) out of the lake of fire and bring him, under the cover of your wing, to the Throne of God for repentance. Pray to the Lord God, the All-Merciful Lover of Mankind, to forgive the sins of the servant of God (name of the deceased) and to grant peace to his soul. Amen.

About deceased parents.

For the repose of their parents, the children say the following prayer words. “Our Lord, Jesus Christ! You guard the orphans, protect the mourning and comfort those who cry. I come to you, orphan, crying and begging You: hear my prayer and do not turn your face away from the sighs of my heart and the tears of my eyes! I pray to You, merciful Lord, quench my sorrow for my parent (name), who gave birth and raised me, and accept his soul, which has gone to You with reverence for You and firm hope for Your understanding and consolation, into Your Kingdom of Heaven. I bow before Your holy will, and I trust in You, just do not take Your protection away from them. Lord, as the judge of this world, You will punish the sins and vices of the fathers in their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, even the third and fourth generation. Amen".

It is necessary to pray at the grave, but not to talk with the dead

You can also pray for the deceased in a cemetery - this is precisely why Orthodox Christians come to the grave of a newly deceased relative on the ninth and 40th day, and not at all to eat pancakes there, drink or treat their friends to them. They often come to Angel Day or the anniversary of death for the same purpose - to pray to God. It also happens that the living yearn very much for the deceased, often go to the cemetery, talk with him at the grave - the priests do not approve of this behavior. Because you can talk about the deceased only with God - in prayer. If you spend all your time at the grave and talk to who knows who, you can reach an agreement that the grieving person will be taken over by demonic forces. This happens because the yearning person withdraws into his grief and does not understand that only the body of a loved one rests in the earth, but his soul is alive and is now in another world, and that all relatives will definitely be able to meet at the Last Judgment, after the resurrection. Instead of grieving at the grave, you should simply continue to love the person after his repose, pray for his soul and do good deeds - all this gives great consolation to the deceased.

For a deceased baby

To pray for a deceased baby, you can use the following prayer:

“Remember, O Lord who loves mankind, the souls of Your departed servants, the infants who in the womb of Orthodox mothers died accidentally from unknown actions or from a difficult birth, or from some carelessness, and therefore did not receive the holy sacrament of Baptism! Baptize them, O Lord, in the sea of ​​Your bounties and save them with Your ineffable goodness.” Parents for deceased children A prayer for deceased children is read by the parents. “Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Lord of life and death, Comforter of the afflicted! With a contrite and tender heart, I run to You and pray to You: remember, Lord, in Your kingdom Your departed servant, my child (name), and create for him an eternal memory. You, Lord of life and death, have given me this child. Amen".

Will reading a dua help the deceased?

In the Muslim faith, caring for the soul and its fate after bodily death is important. Relatives of the deceased make obligatory dua for the deceased while visiting the graves, asking Allah to rest the spirit, settle it in paradise, soften the fate, and forgive sins.

Eternal life begins from the grave. The soul leaves the body, but continues to see, feel, feel sad, rejoice, worry. Relatives can express their thoughts to the deceased while visiting his grave.

The souls of the departed need prayers. After death, all human affairs cease, with the exception of three, the reward for which is counted even after death: constant alms, knowledge from which the living benefit, and true believing descendants who offer prayers for their ancestors.

Praying for departed loved ones is like a lifeline that prevents afterlife torment. Duas for descendants when visiting graves will help elevate the righteous in the eyes of Allah.

Appeal to the Almighty is possible with the words of the Prophet or with your prayer.

A person who offended his living parents, brought them torment, but diligently makes dua for them after death, and visits their graves, can be forgiven by the Almighty.

Prayers of the living for the departed:

• they will reach the dead and bring them joy;
• will ease the soul's share in the afterlife;
• will bring cleansing to the living.

For my husband

A widow's prayer for her husband goes like this. “Christ Jesus, Lord and Almighty! You are the consolation of the weeping, the intercession of the orphans and widows. You said: call on Me in the day of your sorrow, and I will destroy you. In the days of my sorrow, I run to You and pray to You: do not turn Your face away from me and hear my prayer brought to You with tears. You, Lord, Master of all, have blessed me to unite me with one of Your servants, so that we may be one body and one spirit; You gave me this servant as a companion and protector. For You are our hope, You are God, to have mercy and to save, and to You we send glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen!"

For home

If a dying person experiences severe agony before death, a priest is invited to read a special canon, a rite for the separation of the soul from the body.

• A person must wear a cross.
• Those close to him must show courage to alleviate his suffering.
• On the day of death, a special prayer “Canon of prayer for the separation of the soul from the body” is read.
• Candles and a lamp are lit in front of home icons.
• The departure text can be read by both the priest and relatives. The canon is not read only over infants (children under 7 years old) due to the absence of sins before this age.
• When the body is prepared for burial, the reading of the canon “Sequence of the departure of the soul from the body” begins. If the inevitable happens along the way, and the body is outside the house, the canon is still read. For the Lord there are no distances, no boundaries. The main thing is to begin providing first spiritual aid as quickly as possible.
• After this, the reading of the Psalter begins. It is advisable that it be organized around the clock for the first three days after death. It is read by relatives or assistants are invited for a fee. At home they also pray using funeral texts, reading an akathist about the departed

For the deceased from a serious illness

If a person passes away due to illness, there is such a prayer.

“God of spirits and all flesh, having trampled down death and abolished the devil, and given life to Thy world; Himself, Lord, rest the soul of Your departed servant (Your departed servant or Your departed servant), [name of the rivers], in a brighter place, in a greener place, in a calm place, from where sickness, sorrow and sighing have escaped. Every sin committed by him (her or them), in word, or deed, or thought, as God is good and a lover of mankind, forgive him. For there is no man who will live and not sin. For You are the only one without sin, Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your word is truth.”

Prayers for remembrance

Prayer for everyone who has died

Remember, O Lord our God, in the faith and hope of the life of Thy eternally departed servant, our brother (name), as Good and Lover of mankind, forgiving sins and consuming untruths, weaken, forsake and forgive all his voluntary and involuntary sins, deliver him from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna, and grant him the communion and enjoyment of Your eternal good things, prepared for those who love You: even if you sin, do not depart from You, and undoubtedly in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, You are glorified God in the Trinity, faith, and the Unity in the Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is Orthodox even until his last breath of confession. Be merciful to him, and have faith in You instead of deeds, and rest with Your saints as You are Generous: for there is no man who will live and not sin. But You are the One besides all sin, and Your truth is the truth 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 ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the repose of those who have died after a serious and long illness

Lord, Lord! You are righteous, and Your judgment is righteous: You, in Your eternal Wisdom, have set the limit of our life, which no one will pass. Wise are Your laws, unsearchable are Your ways! You command the angel of death to remove from the body the soul of a baby and an old man, a husband and a young man, a healthy and a sick person, according to Your unspeakable and unknown to us destinies; but we believe that this is Your holy will, beforehand, according to the judgment of Your righteousness, You, Most Good Lord, as the all-wise and omnipotent and omniscient Physician of our souls and bodies, send illnesses and ailments, troubles and misadventures to man, as spiritual healing. You strike him and heal him, you put to death what is dead in him and give life to the immortal, and, like a loving Father, you punish him even if you accept him: we pray to You, O Lord who loves mankind, accept Your servant (Your servant) (name) who has come to You, whom You have sought Thou art, by Thy love for mankind, who punished with grave bodily illness, to save the soul from mortal illness; and if all this has been received from You with humility, patience and love for You, as the all-powerful Physician of our souls and bodies, show him (her) this day Your rich mercy, as he who has endured all this sin of his for the sake of. Impute to him (her), Lord, this temporary serious illness as some kind of punishment for the sins committed in this vale of tears, and heal his (her) soul from sinful ailments. Have mercy, Lord, have mercy on the one you have sought, and, punished temporarily, I pray to You, do not punish him with the deprivation of Your eternal heavenly blessings, but grant him (s) the right to enjoy them in Your Kingdom. If the deceased Thy servant (Thy servant), without reasoning within himself, for the sake of this was the touch of Thy healing and providential Hand, obstinately speaking to himself, or, out of his unreasonableness, grumbling in his heart, like this burden consider yourself unbearable, or, due to the weakness of your nature, suffering from a long illness and upset by a misfortune, we pray to You, Long-suffering and Much-Merciful Lord, forgive him (her) this sin according to Your boundless mercy and Your unconditional mercy towards us sinners and unworthy Thy servants, forgive for the sake of Your love for the human race; If his (her) iniquity exceeds his (her) head, but illness and illness do not move him (s) to full and sincere repentance, we beg You, the Author of our life, we beg You with Your redemptive merits, have mercy and save, Savior, slave Thine (Thy servant) from eternal death. Lord God, our Savior! You, by faith in You, granted forgiveness and remission of sins, granting pardon and healing to a weakened thirty-year-old man, when you said: “Your sins are felt by you”; With this faith and hope in Your goodness, we resort to Your, O Most Generous Jesus, ineffable mercy and in the tenderness of our hearts we pray to You, Lord: for now and today, this is the word of pardon, the word of remission of sins to the deceased, to the ever-remembered (- my) by us to Thy servant (Thy servant) (name), may he be healed spiritually, and may he dwell in a place of light, in a place of peace, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, and may his (her) illnesses and ailments be replaced there, tears of suffering and sorrow into a source of joy about the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer for the repose of Orthodox soldiers killed in battle for the faith and Fatherland

Invincible, incomprehensible and strong in battle, Lord our God! You, according to Your inscrutable destinies, send the Angel of Death to another under his roof, to another in the village, to another on the sea, to another on the battlefield from the weapons of war, spewing out terrible and deadly forces, destroying the bodies, tearing apart the limbs and crushing the bones of the warriors; We believe that according to Your, Lord, wise vision, such death is accepted by the defenders of the faith and the Fatherland. We pray to Thee, Most Blessed Lord, remember in Thy Kingdom the Orthodox soldiers who were killed in battle, and receive them into Thy heavenly palace, as wounded martyrs, stained with their own blood, as if they suffered for Thy Holy Church and for the Fatherland, which Thou hast blessed, as Thy heritage . We pray to Thee, accept the warriors who have gone to You into the hosts of the hosts of the Heavenly Forces, accept them by Thy mercy, as those who fell in battle for the independence of the Russian land from the yoke of the infidels, as if they defended the Orthodox faith from enemies, who defended the Fatherland in difficult times from foreign hordes; Remember, Lord, and all those who fought a good deed for the ancient preserved Apostolic Orthodoxy, for the Russian land that You have chosen, sanctified and holy in its language, and the enemies of the Cross and Orthodoxy offered both fire and sword. Receive in peace of soul your servants (names), who fought for our prosperity, for our peace and tranquility, and grant them eternal rest, as they saved cities and towns and defended the Fatherland with themselves, and have mercy on the Orthodox soldiers who fell in battle with your mercy, forgive them everything sins committed in this life in word, deed, knowledge and ignorance. Look with Your mercy, O Most Merciful Lord, on their wounds, torment, groaning and suffering, and impute to them all this as a good deed and pleasing to You; Accept them by Thy mercy, having endured fierce sorrow and hardship here, in need, cramped conditions, in labor and vigil, there was hunger and thirst, you endured exhaustion and exhaustion, you were considered like sheep of the slaughter. We pray to Thee, Lord, that their wounds will be medicine and oil poured out on their sinful sores. Look down from heaven, O God, and see the tears of the orphans who have lost their fathers, and accept the tender prayers of their sons and daughters for them; hear the prayerful sighs of fathers and mothers who have lost their children; hear, O most gracious Lord, the inconsolable widows who have lost their spouses; brothers and sisters crying for their relatives - and remember the men killed in strength and in the prime of life, the elders, in strength of spirit and courage; look at our heartfelt sorrows, see our lamentation and have mercy, O Most Good One, towards those who pray to You, Lord! Thou hast taken away our dear ones from us, but do not deprive us of Thy mercy: hear our prayer and accept Thy servants (names) who have mercifully gone to Thee. call them to Your palace, like valiant warriors who laid down their lives for faith and the Fatherland on the battlefields; accept them into the host of Your chosen ones, as those who served You with faith and righteousness, and rest them in Your Kingdom, like the martyrs who went to You wounded, ulcerated and betraying their spirit in terrible torment; brought into Your holy city all Your servants (names) who are ever remembered by us, like valiant warriors who fought courageously in the terrible battles of which we remember them; their garments there are in fine linen, bright and clean, as here they have whitened their vestments in their blood, and are worthy of the crowns of martyrdom; make them collectively participants in the triumph and glory of the victors who fought under the banner of Your Cross with the world, flesh and the devil; place them in the host of glorious passion-bearers, good-victorious martyrs, the righteous and all Your saints. Amen.

Prayer for those who have died due to sudden (sudden) death

Inscrutable are Your destinies, Lord! Thy ways are unsearchable! Give breath to every creature and bring everything from those that do not exist into being, You send the Angel of death to him on a Day he does not know, and at an hour he does not expect; You snatch him from the hand of death, granting him life with his last breath; Be long-suffering to the new one and give him time for repentance; You cut it like a grain with the sword of death in one hour, in the twinkling of an eye; You strike him with thunder and lightning, you burn him with flame, and you betray him as food for wild beasts; You command them to be swallowed up by the waves and abysses of the sea and the abysses of the earth; You kidnap them with a destructive ulcer, where death, like a reaper, reaps and separates father or mother from their children, brother from brother, husband from wife, tears the baby from the mother’s womb, casts lifeless the mighty of the earth, the rich and the poor. What the hell is this? Your look is wondrous and perplexing to us, O God! But Lord, Lord! You are only One, knowing everything, weighing why this happens and why it should be, as if Your servant (Your servant) (name) was consumed in the blink of an eye by the gap of death. If you are punishing him (her) for his (her) many, grave sins, we pray to You, O many-merciful and all-merciful Lord, not with Your wrath do you reprove him (her) and punish him completely, but, according to Your goodness and according to Your unconditional mercy, show him (her) great Your mercy is in the forgiveness and forgiveness of sins. What if your deceased servant (thy servant), in this life thinking about the Day of Judgment, recognized his own repentance and desired to bring you fruits worthy of repentance, but not having achieved this, was called by you to be on the day of his not knowing, and at an hour for which I was not expecting, for this sake we pray to Thee even more, Most Gracious and Most Merciful Lord, to correct, arrange, complete the unfinished work of saving him (her), the unfinished repentance, which Thy eyes have seen, with Thy ineffable goodness and love for mankind; The imams have only one hope in Your endless mercy: You have judgment and punishment, You have truth and inexhaustible mercy; You punish, but at the same time you are merciful; beeshi, and at the same time you are acceptable; We diligently pray to Thee, O Lord our God, do not punish the one suddenly called to You with Thy Last Judgment, but have mercy, have mercy on him (them) and do not cast him away from Thy presence. Oh, it is terrible to suddenly fall into Thy hands, O Lord, and to appear before Thy impartial judgment! It is terrible to come to You without gracious guidance, without Repentance and communion of Your Holy, terrible and life-giving Mysteries, Lord! If Thy servant (Thy servant) who has suddenly died and is remembered by us is so much a sinner, so much guilty of condemnation at Your righteous court, we pray to You, have mercy on him (her), not condemn him (s) to eternal torment, to eternal death; Be patient with us, give us the length of our days, so that we may pray to You all our days for Your departed servant(s), until you hear us and accept by Your mercy the one who suddenly departed to You; and grant us, Master, to wash away his (her) sins with tears of contrition and our sighs before You, so that Your servant (Your servant) (name) may not be brought down by his sin to a place of torment (name), but may he dwell in a place of rest . You Yourself, Lord, command to strike at the door of Your mercy, we pray to You, O Most Generous King, and we will not cease to beg Your mercy and cry out with the repentant David: have mercy, have mercy on Your servant, O God, according to Your great mercy. If You are dissatisfied with our words, with this little prayer of ours, we beseech You, Lord, with faith in Your saving merits, with trust in the redemptive and miraculous power of Your sacrifice, offered by You for the sins of the whole world; We pray to Thee, O Sweetest Jesus! You are the Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, you were crucified for our salvation! We pray to Thee, as our Savior and Redeemer, save and have mercy and deliver eternal torment from the soul of Thy servant (Thy servant) (name) who has suddenly died, so often remembered by us, and do not leave him to perish forever, but make you worthy to reach Your quiet refuge and rest there, where all Your saints rest. Together we pray to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ our God, by Thy mercy accept all Thy servants (names) who suddenly came to Thee, who were covered by water, who were embraced by the coward, who were killed by murderers, who were hit by fire, hail, snow, frost, hunger and the spirit of the storm, who were killed , thunder and lightning struck, struck a destructive ulcer, or died by some other guilt, by Your will and permission, we pray to You, accept them under Your mercy and resurrect them into eternal, holy and blessed life. Amen.

Prayer for the newly deceased

Holy Lady Theotokos! We resort to You, our Intercessor: You are a quick helper, our never-ending intercessor with God! Most of all, we pray to Thee at this hour: help Thy newly departed servant (Thy servant) (name) to cross this terrible and unknown path; We pray to Thee, Lady of the world, by Thy power to drive away from his (her) fear-driven soul the terrible powers of dark spirits, so that they may be confused and put to shame before Thee; free the air tax collectors from torture, destroy their councils and overthrow them as malicious enemies. Be her, O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, an intercessor and protector from the airy prince of darkness, the tormentor and the terrible paths of the champion; We pray to You, Most Holy Theotokos, to protect us through Your honorable robe, so that He may pass from earth to heaven without fear and without restraint. We pray to Thee, our Intercessor, intercede for Thy servant (Thy servant) with Thy motherhood before the Lord with boldness; We pray to You, our Help, help him (her), who has to be judged even before the Last Judgment Seat, help him to be justified before God, as the Creator of heaven and earth, and implore Your Only Begotten Son, the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, may he rest the deceased in the bosom of Abraham with the righteous and all the saints. Amen.

For the suddenly deceased

If a person died suddenly, church tradition offers the following text of an appeal to God.

“Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of life and death, Thou hast declared in Thy holy Gospel: watch, for thou knowest not when the Son of Man shall come; at that hour do not think, the Son of Man shall come. But we, earthlings and sinners, having given ourselves over to the sorrows and pleasures of this life, consign the hour of our death to oblivion, and thus we call to You, Judge of heaven and earth, suddenly, at the hour, not in anticipation and not in anticipation! Amen".

The rite of litia performed by a layman at home and in the cemetery

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.

Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. ( Read three times, with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.

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Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord have mercy. ( Thrice.

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Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Lord have mercy ( 12 times

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Come, let us worship our King God. ( Bow

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Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. ( Bow

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Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. ( Bow

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Ikos:

Thou art the One Immortal One, who created and created man, on earth we were created from the earth, and let us go to the same earth, as Thou Who Created me commanded, and said unto me: For thou art the earth, and unto the earth shall we go, and even all men shall go, creating a song of mourning at the grave: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Lord, have mercy (three times), bless.

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Amen.

In the blessed dormition, grant eternal peace, O Lord, to Thy departed servant (name) and create for him eternal memory.

Eternal memory (three times).

His soul will dwell in the good, and his memory throughout generation and generation.

For the suicide (from Elder Lev Optinsky)

Although the Church usually strongly condemns suicides, there is still a way to ask God for mercy towards them with the help of prayer from Elder Leo of Optina.

“O Master, Lord, Merciful and Lover of Mankind, we cry to You: we have sinned and committed lawlessness before You, we have transgressed Your saving commandments and the love of the Gospel has not been revealed to our despairing brother (our despairing sister). But do not reprove us with Your wrath, punish us with Your wrath, O Lord of humanity, weaken, heal our heartfelt sorrow, may the multitude of Your bounties overcome the abyss of our sins, and may Your countless goodness cover the abyss of our bitter tears. Amen".

August 12, 2021

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