The rite of the funeral service performed on Radonitsa
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Priest
: Blessed be our God:
Choir
: Amen.
Priest:
Christ is risen: (three times).
Choir
: Christ is risen: (three times).
Priest
: Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
/ As smoke disappears, let them disappear. / So let sinners perish from the face of God, and let righteous women rejoice. / This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. / Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. / And now, and forever, and forever and ever. Amen. ( cense is performed around - like at the throne at Easter
)
Choir
: Christ is Risen: (1 time, after each verse).
Priest:
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death.
Chorus:
And he gave life to those in the tombs.
Deacon:
Let us pray to the Lord in peace: (and further the peaceful litany of the requiem)
Choir
: Lord, have mercy (regular tune)
Priest
: For You are the resurrection:
Choir
: Amen.
Irmos of the 1st song
: Resurrection day, / let us enlighten people: / Easter, the Lord's Easter!
/ From death to life, / and from earth to Heaven, / Christ God has led us, / singing in victory. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir:
Irmos of the 3rd song
.
Come, we drink new beer, / not from a barren stone / that works miracles, / but an incorruptible source, / from the tomb of Christ, / in Him we are established. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir
:
Irmos of the 4th song
.
On divine watch, / may the God-speaking Habakkuk / stand with us / and show a luminous angel, / clearly saying: / this day is salvation for the world, / as Christ is risen, / as he is omnipotent. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir:
Irmos of the 5th song
.
Let us deepen the morning, / and instead of peace we will bring a song to the Lady, / and we will see Christ, / the Sun of Truth, / life shining for all. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir
:
Irmos of the 6th canto
.
Thou hast descended into the underworld of the earth / and shattered the eternal faiths that contain those bound to Christ, / and thou hast risen from the tomb for three days, like Jonah from the whale. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Priest
: Packs and packs...
small funeral litany with reading of notes
Chorus
: Lord, have mercy (funeral chant)
Priest:
For You are the resurrection:
Choir
: Amen.
Rest with the saints, / Christ, Thy servant of the soul, / where there is no sickness, no sorrow, / no sighing, / but endless life. ( cense is performed
)
Chorus:
Voice 8.
Even though you descended into the grave, O Immortality, / but you destroyed the power of hell / and you rose again as the Victor, O Christ God, / telling the myrrh-bearing women: Rejoice! / And grant peace to Thy apostles, / grant resurrection to the fallen.
Choir
:
Irmos of the 7th canto
.
He who delivered the youths from the cave, / having become a man, / suffers as if he were mortal, / and with the passion of death he clothes the mortal in incorruptibility with splendor, / God alone is blessed of the fathers, / and glorified. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir
:
Irmos of the 8th song
.
This is the appointed and holy day, / one of the Sabbaths, King and Lord, / a feast of holidays, / and a triumph is a triumph: / in this we bless Christ forever. Chorus
: Christ is risen from the dead.
Priest
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Choir
: Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants.
Priest
: Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Choir
: And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Choir
:
Irmos of the 9th song
. Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: for the glory of the Lord is upon you, rejoice now, and rejoice, O Zion! You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Priest
: Packs and packs...
small funeral litany with reading of notes
Chorus
: Lord, have mercy (funeral chant)
Priest:
For You are the resurrection:
Chorus:
Amen.
If there is a funeral service.
Priest:
Let's remember. Wisdom. Let's remember. Prokeimenon, voice three: This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Chorus:
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Priest:
Confess to the Lord that He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
Chorus:
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Priest:
This is the day the Lord has made:
Chorus:
Let us rejoice and be glad stink.
Priest:
And oh, be worthy of us:
Chorus:
Lord have mercy (three times)
Priest
: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel. Peace to all.
Chorus:
And to your spirit.
Priest
: Reading from Matthew of the Holy Gospel.
Chorus:
Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
The Gospel of Matthew is read. 28:16-20
Chorus:
Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
The priest reads a prayer of permission.
Choir:
Stichera of Easter, tone 5:
Let God rise again, and let His enemies be scattered.
The sacred Easter has appeared to us today: / The new holy Easter, / The mysterious Easter, / The all-honorable Easter, / The Easter of Christ the Redeemer: / The immaculate Easter, / The great Easter, / The Easter of the faithful, / The Easter that opens the doors of paradise to us, / The Easter that sanctifies all the faithful.
As smoke disappears, let them disappear.
Come from the vision of the wife of the gospel, / and cry to Zion: / receive from us the joy of the annunciation of the Resurrection of Christ; / show off, rejoice / and rejoice, O Jerusalem, / seeing King Christ from the tomb, / like a bridegroom coming.
Thus, let sinners perish from the presence of God, and let righteous women rejoice.
The myrrh-bearing woman, / in the deep morning, / appeared at the tomb of the Life-Giver, / found an Angel, sitting on a stone, / and she preached to them, saying: / Why are you looking for the living with the dead? / Why are you crying into the aphids? / Go and preach as His disciple.
This day, which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad on it.
Red Easter, / Easter, Lord's Easter! / An all-honorable Easter for us. / Easter! / Let us embrace each other with joy. / O Easter! / Deliverance of sorrow, / for from the grave this day / as Christ has risen from the palace, / fill the women with joy, saying: / preach as an apostle.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit./ And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Resurrection day, / and we will be enlightened by triumph, / and we will embrace each other. / With our voices, brethren, / and to those who hate us, we forgive all by the resurrection, / and thus we cry: / Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs.
Chorus:
Troparion, voice 4:
From the spirits of the righteous who have passed away, / give rest to the soul of Thy servant, O Savior, / preserving them in the blessed life / which belongs to Thee, O Lover of Mankind.
In Thy chamber, O Lord, / where all Thy saints rest, / give rest to the souls of Thy servant, for Thou art the only Lover of mankind.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit
: Thou art the God who descended into hell, and who loosed the bonds of the bound, / Give rest to Thy servant Himself and the soul.
And now, and forever, and forever and ever. Amen
: One pure and immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to God without a seed, / pray for their souls to be saved.
Priest
: Have mercy on us, O God: (
litany with reading notes
)
Choir
: Lord, have mercy (three times) (
funeral chant
)
Priest:
For You are the resurrection:
Choir
: Amen.
Priest
: Wisdom.
Choir
: Christ is risen (three times).
Priest (dismissal with cross)
: Christ, risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and bestowing life on those in the tombs, our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother and all His saints, the souls of His servants who have passed away from us will dwell in the villages of the saints, and will count with the righteous, and will have mercy on us, as Good and Lover of Humanity.
Choir
: Amen.
The priest, making the sign of the cross over the believers, says
: Christ is risen (three times).
Priest: In the blessed Dormition there is eternal peace: (see the usual requiem service). ( cense is performed
)
Choir
: Eternal memory (three times), and sing the troparion of Easter three times quickly, after which:
And we have been given eternal life, we worship His three-day resurrection.
Based on the book by G. I. Shimansky “Liturgics: Sacraments and Rites.” M, 2003
What happens to the soul after death
After death, a person’s life does not end, at least for the soul. While the body cools down, natural tissue decay processes develop in it, and the imperishable shell begins its journey in a new form. She must soon leave the earth and appear before the throne of the Lord. This happens on the 3rd day after death.
Then the funeral is held, and after the shower one goes to heaven for a brief “acquaintance” with this monastery.
After 6 days, she will go to hell for the same purpose, but the meaning is different: to see the suffering of sinners, and also to begin her path of overcoming trials - ordeals. After 30 days, the Lord awaits the soul of the deceased before His throne. Then the Private Judgment begins - a small version of the Last Judgment, which will one day come for everyone. During the period of testing, the sins of the deceased person committed during his lifetime are listed, which determines where his soul will go: to hell, heaven.
The meaning of prayer for the repose of the soul of the deceased
The soul continues to exist, and therefore relatives can find a way to interact with it. The simplest and most accessible, as well as effective, method is to read prayers, or even better, to perform ceremonies in church or at home. At the same time, the soul feels that they are caring for it: they ask the Lord to make the path easier, forgiveness of sins, protection and mercy.
Relatives who loved the deceased person turn to God with such demands.
The Almighty Father fulfills the prayers of those who turn to him sincerely through prayer. This leads to an improvement in the position of the imperishable shell in the other world. In some cases, she even goes to heaven, despite the sins committed during life - they are forgiven thanks to the prayers of loved ones. If you don’t pray for the soul of the deceased, it will be hard for it - it will be extremely difficult to overcome the ordeal without support, because in another world there is no longer an opportunity to repent or atone for sins.
Reading prayers
Prayer as acceptance of death for relatives
It is not only the incorruptible shell of the deceased who has difficulty in the transition to eternity from worldly life. His relatives also suffer and are tormented by the loss of a loved one. Almost always they cannot accept death as a way for a loved one to leave their life forever. Prayer and worship also help with this. Getting closer to the Lord allows you to soften the blow and fill the emptiness in your soul. This is how a gradual acceptance of the fact of the loss of a loved one occurs. This is facilitated by prayer and the observance of a memorial service.
The bitterness of loss may persist for a long time, but the negative perception of a person’s death goes away.
How to give alms correctly
And of course, almost everyone knows that the best way to remember is to give alms. Here many questions arise at once: how, to whom to submit what?
First of all, you can share with those people who really need help. It is unlikely that your mercy will benefit a wealthy person - he is already blessed with everything he has.
But it would be nice to pay attention to elderly people, orphans, single women with children. What if they have lost faith in good deeds and think that life is a continuous struggle without bright spots?
You can serve it to both friends and strangers. Moreover, alms can be understood as more than just a coin in a glass or a gift of eggs.
In fact, this is any help, a good deed that really helps a person. For example, if a relative died of alcoholism, why not help the person suffering from this disease? Perhaps this will be the first step towards recovery - then you will become a second parent for such a person.
Should I serve it to dubious people? - Father's comment
Often people do not give alms because they are worried that it will be used for harm - simply spent on alcohol. The priests believe that anyone can make a donation. If you suspect that he is simply misusing your kindness, give gifts of food and other necessities.
Saint John Chrysostom speaks about the benefits of commemoration through alms:
There are, there are, brethren, means to alleviate the torment of a sinner’s soul, if we want. If we make frequent prayers for him, if we give alms, then even if he was not worthy of God’s mercies, we will beg God.
If He saved others for the sake of Paul, if for the sake of others He spared many, how can He not do the same for our sake? From his estates, from your own acquisitions, wherever you please, help. The more sins your brother is guilty of, the more he demands alms for himself.
Alms can be of various types—money, food, or distributing the clothes of the deceased to the poor.
Diligent help to your neighbors and people around you also appeases our Lord Jesus Christ and is imputed to Him as alms for the deceased.
Here, for example, is the commentary of Priest Alexei Shlyapin, rector of the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki (village of Ivakino, Mozhaisk district, Moscow region:
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Another Archbishop of Constantinople, John Chrysostom, who lived in the 4th-5th centuries. AD, said that prayer and alms are much more beneficial for the deceased than his luxurious burial. Of course, there is no sin in the fact that the relatives of the deceased found the desire and opportunity for the funeral to take place with dignity. But the most important thing is spiritual help to the departed soul.
“Luxurious burial is not love for the deceased, but vanity. If you want to sympathize with the deceased, I will show you another method of burial and teach you to lay out vestments, decorations worthy of him and glorifying him: this is alms.”
How to properly remember the dead at home
This is another question that is often asked in connection with how to correctly commemorate the deceased on Radonitsa. Of course, the custom of arranging a funeral table, at which alcohol is also present, lives and will obviously live for a long time. It often happens that people start drinking vodka at the grave, after which they continue drinking it at home.
Of course, a strong drink relaxes a person. As a result, whether he wants it or not, control over himself begins to gradually weaken. Situations can be all sorts of things - someone will say too much, someone will react to the remark with some offense.
Of course, these are imaginary situations, but they can also become real. Not to mention that alcohol makes both body and soul happy. And this energy certainly completely contradicts the mournful day of Radonitsa.
The world of the living and the world of the dead are separated by a barrier, but one day each of us will overcome it. This eternal law of nature can be approached in different ways. However, in any case, the immortal essence of a person, that same indestructible particle continues to live. Its name is soul.
And we remember her exactly, both on Radonitsa and on other days, as our hearts tell us. And in order not to darken the memory of the deceased, let us act in a Christian and, if you like, humane way: this is the main answer to the question of how to correctly remember deceased relatives.
How to properly remember the dead
The culture of remembrance is replete with various traditions, beliefs and rituals. Some of them are directly related to the church, including the Orthodox. And there are also others - folk ones, the trace of which has been lost since time immemorial (they are sometimes also called pagan).
If we are talking about how to correctly commemorate the deceased on Radonitsa precisely according to the Orthodox tradition, we can say this. First we come to the service, then we visit the cemetery, and most importantly, we pray and give alms.
Is it necessary to visit the church on Radonitsa
Unfortunately, we cannot always get to church even on the day of Radonitsa, and there are many objective reasons for this. But it’s better to plan your time in advance to attend the service.
It may turn out that our loved one was not Orthodox (and perhaps did not believe in God). But this does not mean that he does not have the right to a blessed memory - the last right of any person.
The only key difference is that for Orthodox Christians in the church they submit a note indicating the name of the deceased. It is enough to write only the name, preferably in the Old Slavonic style. For example, not “Sergei”, but “Sergius”, not “Tanya”, but “Tatiana”, etc.
How to remember and what to do in the temple
The next morning, after the Divine Liturgy, they serve the parents' memorial service. This is a complete commemoration of all deceased baptized Orthodox Christians - the priest remembers all the names that were submitted in the notes (in large churches it is better to bring it the night before). That is why this memorial service is often also called ecumenical, thereby emphasizing the scale of the service: the memory of all believers.
DECEASED OR DECEASED?
It is interesting that the church and many people talk about commemorating the dead, not the dead. And if you think about it, can you find any difference? In fact, this question has a deep, even significant meaning.
It is not entirely correct to call a person dead, and here’s why. According to church ideas, only the body is subject to death, so it can be called dead.
But man himself is a living, immortal soul. This is what Christ proved by his resurrection. Therefore, we commemorate not the deceased, but the deceased loved one - the one who left only for a while.
The question arises: if the deceased is not baptized, is it necessary to attend the service? Everyone can answer it only for themselves. In any case, you need to act according to your conscience, and if there is no sincere desire to visit the temple, then you should not go against your will. Here you can pay attention to general recommendations.
For example, if a person is in a meeting of believers, it is much easier for him to calm his thoughts. This is especially important for those who have recently suffered a bereavement. The doors of the church are open to everyone - why not take advantage of this opportunity on the holy day of Radonitsa?
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