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upon us. Seepage 380.) Then the Degrees (SfepCnni)of Antiphon I., in T h e VZ. I will lift up mine eyes unto the heavens, unto thee, 0 Word. Show thy bounty upon me, that I may live unto thee. Have mercy upon us who are humble of heart, making us thy vessels meet for thy service, 0 Word. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. T h e Holy Spirit is of all things the all-redeeming Source. If upon any man he breatheth because the same is worthy, quickly doth H e take him from earthly objects, endueth him with wings, raiseth him up, and establisheth him on high. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. For explanations, indicated by numbers, see Appendix B, XI.

begimeth thus:

And the rest, as before, while the Priest saifh the Prayer: 0 God of spirits, . (See page 3 70.) Then the following Hymn,in Tone I/., is sung:

Then :With the souls of the righteous dead . . (See P a p 369.) And the rest. And the Deacorr saith the Litany: Have mercy upon us, 0 God, . . . (See page 370.) Whrle the Pricst saith, secretly, the Prayer : 0 God of spirits, . . . (Seepage 370). Andafter the Exclamation :Glory . . . now, and ever, . .

0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us. ( Tkn'ce.) 0 all-holy Trinity, . . .

(And the rest; while thr Pricst saith the Prayer: 0 Cod of spirits, . . . See Page 370.1

Then PSALMxx~v.

Jer. (Baruch iii. 36-38, iv. 1-4). The Ejistie. Gal. iii. 23-29. T ~ c Gospel. Luke ii. 1-20. SIXTHHOUR. Psalms lxxii, cxxxii., xci. The Parable (Parcmrjd). Isaiah vii. 10-16,viii. 1-4,9, 10. Ilhe Epistle. Heb. i. 10-14,ii 1-3.

(And the rrst, while the Priest saith the Prayer: 0 God of spirits, Page 370.1 Then the Anthem, by John, the Monk of Damasnrs, is bcgnn :

glory, with thy Father who is from everlasting, and thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Those who put their tnist in the Lord are terrible unto their enemies, and wonderful unto all men, for their eyes are fixed on high.

The Gospel Matt. ii. 1-12.

The Litauy: Have mercy upon us, 0 God, . . . and the Prayer: 0

glory, thy servant who hath fallen asleep, grant that he may sing unto thee : 0 God, our Redeemer, blessed art thou Glory . . . Great is the judgment, and indescribable is the distress of Hell, 0 my brethren : for the souls of sinners are burned therein, together with their bodies. And with pain do they weep and cry aloud: 0 God our Redeemer, blessed art thou. Now, and ever, . . . H y m n to the Birth-giver of God. 0 Birt h-giver of God all-undefiled, encompass thou ever with thy prayers the living who with understanding sing praises unto thee as, beyond a doubt, the Mother of God ; and deliver thou from bitter torments those who have departed this life; that they may cry aloud unto Christ : 0 God our Redeemer, blessed art

NINTHHOUR. Psalms cx., cxi., Ixxxvi.

Andfhe Pricsf saifh this Prayer :

Then t h Litany : Again, yet again (seepage 378) : with the Prayer :0 Cod of Spirits, . . . (Seepage 370). Exapostildrion.

In Russin, Many Years are Proclaimed for the E m eror, the Holy Synod the Bish@, the Orthodox Patriarchs o Constantin@ e, Alexandria, Antwch and 3emsalem, and others ;and the hoir respondeth : Many years !

the name of the Priest is mentioned. The Prayer of Absolution i s rtaa' by the

T . n shull be read:

ON THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

recitefh fhe following Litany :

Then the Lilany : Have mercy upon us : and the Prayer: 0 God of spirits, (SeePage 370.) And after the Exrhmafian, the last kiss is given, whi& the Chair singefk :

A t the Ves$crs which immediately $recede the Liturgy, the Stanza ( . ' h ( r a ) for: Lord, I have cried: I n Tone II.

Glory. . . Thou hast despoiled thy child of earthly good things, that thou

0 come, let us rejoice in the Lord, as we declare this present mystery: The partition wall of disunion hath been destroyed, the flaming sword is turned back, and the Cherubim withdraw from the

Then the Collect-Hymn, in Tons VZZZ.

The Emperors of Byzantium were wont to attend the Hours on certain of the great

Feasts of the Church, which received their name of "the Imperial Hours " from that circumstance, as well as from their extraordinary splendour and importance.

THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST

Tree of Life, and I partake of the food of Paradise, whence, because of disobedience, I was expelled. For the Image Immutable of the Father, the Image of his Eternity, taketh the form of a servant, having come forth from a Mother unwedded, yet having suffered no change : for that which he was, that he remaineth, being very God; and that which he wiu not he hath assumed, becoming very man because of his love toward mankind. Unto him let us cry aloud : 0 God, who wast born of a Virgin, have mercy upon us. (Twice.) When Augustus reigned alone upon the earth, the polygarchy of men came to an end : and when thou didst become incarnate of the Pure One, the polytheism of idols was annulled. Under one earthly sway

were the cities, and in one dominion of the Godhead did the Gentiles believe. By the command of Czsar were the people inscribed ; and we faithful have been inscribed with the name of the Godhead, of thee our God, who hast become man. Great is thy mercy. 0 Lord, glory to thee. Tlu E~ztrancet mas% with the book of the H o b Gospels, and the H y m n : 0 gladsome radiance! . . .

The Gradual (Prokfmen)for the Day.

The Parables (Paremif). Gen. i. 1-13; Num. xxiv. 2, 3, 5-9, 17, 18;

Micah iv. 6, 7, v. 2-4 ; Isaiah xi. 1-10 ; Jer. (Baruch iii. 36-38, iv. 1-4) ; Dan. ii. 31-36, 44-46; Isaiah ix. 6, 7, vii. 10-15, viii 1-4, g-I I. The Liiilc Litany: Again, yet again, in peace . . : with the Exclamation: For holy art thou, 0 our God, and unto thee do we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

The Gradual (Proktmen), in the First Tone. The Lord said unto me,

Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Verse ( S t i M ) : Ask of me, and I will give the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

The Epistle. Heb. i. 1-12.

The Gospel. Luke ii. 1-20.

CHRISTMAS EVE.

Acts xix. 1-8. The Gospel. Mark i. 1-8.

Rom. vi. 3-1 I. The Gospel. Mark i. 9-1 5. NINTHHOUR. Psalms xciii, cxiv., lxxxvi. ; Isaiah xlix. 8-15. The Epistle. Titus ii. I 1-14, iii 4-7. The Gospel. Matt. iii. 13-17. 7Xen the TYPICAL

GREAT FRIDAY

Hymtr ( Trbpdr). When thou wast crucified, 0 Christ, the tormentor was overcome, the power of the enemy was shattered; for neither Angel nor man, but the Lord himself hath saved us : Glory to thee.

The Parable (ParemQd). Zech. xix. 1-13.

2 kc Epistle. Gal. v i 14-1 8. Tkr Gospel. Matt. xxvii 1-56.

The Cofhct-Hywn (KotrrMK),in Tone V ' Come, all ye, let us sing

him who was crucified for us. For him did Mary behold on the Tree, and say: Even though thou sufferest crucifixion, yet art thou my Son and my God.

The Hymn, in Tone VL The Jews who had passed through the Red

Sea by the rod, condemned to death and crucified on the Cross thee, 0 Lord, the life of all men; and they who had sucked honey from

the rock brought gall unto thee ; but of thine own good will didst thou

suffer, and free us from the works of the enemy. 0 Christ, glory to thee. T k Parable (Paremiyd). Isaiah 1. 4-1 I.

The Epistle. Rom. v. 6-10.

Thc Gospel. Mark xv. 1-41.

The Collect-Hymn. Come, all ye, . . . (See First Hour, above.)

SIXTHHOUR. Psalms liv., cxl., xci.

The H y m , in Tone II. Thou hast effected salvation on earth, 0

Christ our God, thou hast stretched out thy most pure hands on the Cross, collecting- together all the Gentiles, who cried : Glory to thee, 0 Lord.

The Parable (Paremiyd). Isaiah l i i I 3-1 5, liii. 1-1 2, liv. I.

The Epistle. Heb. ii. I 1-18.

2x8 G O S ~ C C . Luke xxiii. 32-49. Thc Collect-Hymn (KondR). Come, all ye, . . . (See above.) NINTHHOUR Psalms lxix., lxx., Ixxxvi.

The Hymn (Tropdr). When the thief beheld the Author of Life

hanging upon the Cross, he said : If thou, who art crucified with us, wast not God incarnate, the sun would not have hidden its rays, neither would the earth have quaked with trembling, But do thou, who sfierest all things, remember me in thy kingdom, 0 Lord.

The Parable (Parcthiyd). Jer. xii. 18-23, xii. 1-15.

The Epistle. H eb. x. I 9-3 I.

The Gospel. John xviii. 28-, xix. 1-37.

The Collect-Hymn. (See above.)

The Typical Psalms are as usual.

In or& that fhe fast which the Holy Church imposeth uupm the faithfir( in kcr great afliction at the removal of kcr Bri&gt-oonr may not be broken, the is not celebrated on Great Friday. Tke sacrrjSce, on that day, is ofired ~ i % ~ o t h a .(Only in case fhe Feast ofthe Annunc&atwn falleth on that aby ihe Liturgy of St. John Chrysostonr ir celebrated.)

GREAT FRIDAY

Canticle ZY.

Theme-Song ( l m d s ) . Christ is my strength, my God and my Lord,

the august Church doth sing in God-befitting wise, crying aloud and

out of a pure mind keeping festival unto the Lord. Hymns (Tropari). Appoint thou now a washing for sin, a stream of tears, 0 Good One, receiving the contrition of my heart. In thee have I set my hope, 0 Good One, when thou deliverest me from frightful fiery torment ; forasmuch as thou art the Fountain of Grace, 0 Birthgiver of God. 0 Refuge which maketh not ashamed, and infallible unto all who are in need, Lady all-undefiled, be thou my defender in the hour of trial. Stretch forth, 0 All-pure One, thine all-honourable hands, like unto

the wings of a holy dove, under whose protection and shelter cover

thou me, 0 Lady. Glory . . . 0 Conqueror anhTormentor of the fierce Prince of the air, 0 Guardian of the dread path, and Searcher of these vain words, help thou me to pass over unhindered, as I depart from earth. Now, and ever, . . . Lo, terror is come to meet me, 0 Lady, and I fear it ; lo, a great ordeal hath seized hold upon me, wherein be thou my helper, 0 thou Hope of my salvation. Canticle K

Theme-Song (lmds). With thy light divine, 0 Good One, illumine thou, I pray thee, the souls of those who wake early unto thee with love : that they may know thee, 0 Word of God, who callest forth from the gloom of sin.

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Hymns (Tropart). Forget me not, 0 Good One, neither turn thou away thy face from me, thy child ; but hear me, for I am in trouble ; and receive thou my soul, and deliver it. Ye who are my kinsfolk in the flesh, and ye who are my brethren in

the spirit, my friends and wonted acquaintance, weep ye, sigh, wail:

For lo, now am I departing from you. No one now delivereth, and, of a truth, there is none to aid. Succour thou me, 0 Lady ; else as a helpless man shall I be captive in the hands of mine enemies. Glory . . . Having entered, 0 ye my holy Angels, before the Judgment Seat of Christ, bending in thought your supersensual knees, cry ye with weep ing unto him : Have mercy, 0 Maker of all men, upon the work of thy hands, 0 Good One ; and cast it not away. Now, and ever, . . . Bowing down before the Sovereign Lady and all-pure Mother of my God, pray ye that she will bend her knees together with you ; and she shall bend Him to mercy : For the true Mother and Nourisher will be heard. Canticle VI. Theme-Song(/mds). Forasmuch as I behold the sea of life surging

high with the tempest of temptations, I have fled to thy tranquil haven and cry aloud unto thee: Lead thou my life forth from corruption, 0 Most Merciful One. Hymns (Trojari). My mouth is silent, and my tongue speaketh not, but my heart maketh utterance : For that fire of contrition which inwardly devoureth is kindled, and in tones inexpressible invoketh thee, 0 Virgin. Look down upon me from on high, 0 Mother of God, and mercifully hearken now to my supplication ; that having beheld thee I may go forth from the body rejoicing.

The destruction of ties, and the overthrow of nature's laws of union,

and of the whole corporeal structure, cause me anguish and distress intolerable. Glory . . . To the honourable arms of the holy Angels transfer me, 0 Lady; that covered with their wings I behold not the ignominious and revolting and gloomy forms of devils. Now, and ever, . . 0 All-honourable Abode of God,grant unto me the heavenly, the supersensual abode, after that thou hast kindled my expiring and nnradiant light by the holy oil of thy mercy.

Collect-Hymn (Konaifk),in Tone VZ. Arise, 0 my soul, why sleepest thou ? The end draweth near, and

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thou must speak Arise, therefore, from thy sleep, and Christ our God, who is in all places and filleth all things, shall spare thee. Ihs.

T h e Devil, when he beheld the healing of Christ thrown open, and

the health which flowed therefrom unto Adam, being sore smitten as

it were with a calamity, wailed and cried unto his friends : What shall I do unto the Son of Mary ? The Bethlehemite, who is in all places and filleth all things, doth slay me. Canticle VZZ. Theme-Song (Imrbs). An Angel made the fiery furnace to drop dew for the Holy Children, but the command of God, consuming the Chaldaeans with fire, prevailed upon the tormentor to cry aloud : Blessed art thou, 0 God of our fathers ! Hymns (Trojlari). The night of death, gloomy and moonless, hath overtaken me, still unprepared, sending me forth on that long and dreadful journey. But let thy mercy accompany me, 0 Lady. Lo, all my days are vanished, of a truth, in vanity, as it is written, and my years also in vain; and now the snares of death, which of a

truth are bitter, have entangled my soul, and have compassed me round about. Let not the multitude of my sins conquer thy great tenderness of heart, 0 Lady. But let thy mercy compass me round about, and it shall cover all my transgressions. Glory . . . They who shall lead me hence are come, and hem me in on every side ; but my soul holdeth back and is dismayed, being filled with much rebellion ; the which allay thou, 0 Pure One, by thy manifestation. Now, and ever, . . . Not one have I found who grieveth over my affliction, or who comforteth me, 0 Lady : For all my friends and acquaintance have abandoned me. But do thou, 0 my Hope, in no wise forsake me.

Canticle VI/I.

Tlwme-Song (Irmds). Out of the flames thou didst shed forth dew upon the Godly Ones, and with water didst kindle the sacrifice of the Righteous One. For thou doest all things which thou willest, 0 Christ. Thee will we exalt unto all the ages. Hymns ( Trqari). As the Mother loving mankind of the God who loveth mankind, look thou with calm and merciful eye when my soul from its body shall part ; and I will glorify thee forever, 0 holy Birthgiver of God. Vouchsafe that I may escape the hordes of bodiless barbarians, and rise through the abysses of the air, and enter into heaven ; and I will glorify thee forever, 0 holy Birth-giver of God. 0 thou who didst bear the Lord Almighty, banish thou far from me

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when I come to die, the chieftain of bitter torments who ruleth the universe ; and I will glorify thee forever, 0 holy Birth-giver of God. Glory . . When the last great trump shall sound unto the frightful and dread Resurrection of the Judgment Day, and all shall rise from the dead ; then remember thou me, 0 holy Birth-giver of God. Now, and ever, . . . 0 lofty Palace of Christ our Master, who hast sent down thy grace from on high, aid thou me now, in the day of wrath ; and I will glonfy thee forever, 0 holy Birth-giver of God.

Canticle IX: Theme-Song ( I m d s ) . It is not possible that men should see God, upon whom the Orders of the Angels dare not gaze : but through thee, 0 All-pure One, was the Word Incarnate manifested unto men ; Whom magnifying, together with the Heavenly Hosts, we call thee blessed. Hymns ( Tropnd). Oh, how shall I look upon the invisible? How shall I endure its vision dread ? How shall I dare mine eyes to open ? How shall I dare to gaze upon my Master, whom I have not ceased, from my youth up, ever to grieve ? 0 Holy Maiden, Birth-giver of God, look with mercy upon my meekness. Receive this propitistory and final prayer, and from the fire that tortureth to all eternity make thou haste to deliver me.

I, who have defiled the holy temples, on quitting this vile temple of

the body, do beseech thee, 0 all-honourable Temple of God, Maiden,

Virgin Mother, that my soul may escape outer darkness, and the burning of fierce Gehenna Glory . . . Forasmuch as I now behold the end of my life draw near, and am a worker of unseemly thoughts and deeds, 0 All-pure One, I am cruelly smitten with the stings of conscience, 0 Maker of my soul. But do thou mercifully incline unto me ; and be thou my Interc-ssor. Now, and ever, . . .

The Son will give himself unto us for mercy, the Son of God and

King of the Angels, the Man Eternal, coming forth from thy pure blood ; Whom do thou propitiate, 0 Maiden, on behalf of my passiontossed soul, which is cruelly wrested from my body accursed. Meet is it, in truth, to bless thee, the Birth-giver of God, ever-blessed and all-undefiled, and the Mother of our God. More honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, thou who without defilement barest God the Word, true Birth-giver of God, we magnify thee.

The Prayers said by the Pricst at the Departure of a Soul.

0 Lord God Almighty, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who willest that all men should be saved, and should come unto the know-

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ledge of the truth ; who desirest not the death of a sinner, but that he should turn again and live : We pray thee and implore thee, absolve thou thy servant, N., from every bond, and deliver him ( A H ) from every curse. Pardon his (her) transgressions, both of knowledge and of ignorance, both of deed and of word, which he (she) hath committed from his (her) youth up, and hath cleanly confessed or hath concealed, either through forgetfulness or through shame. For thou alone loosest those things which are bound, and guidest aright the contrite, and art

the hope of the despairing, and mighty to remit the sins of every man

who putteth his trust in thee. Yea, 0 God who lovest mankind, give thou command, and he shall be released from the bonds of the flesh and of sin ; and receive thou in peace the soul of this thy servant, N., and give it rest in the everlasting mansions, with thy Saints ; through the grace of thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord, and God, and Saviour Jesus Christ: with whom also thou art blessed, together with thine allholy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. O r : Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. 0 Master, Lord our God Almighty, who wiliest that all men should be saved and should come to a knowledge of the truth ; who desirest not the death of a sinner, but that he should turn again and be saved :

We pray thee and beseech thee, deliver thou the soul of thy servant, N., from every bond, free it from every curse. For thou art he who delivereth them that are bound, and guideth aright them that are cast down, 0 Hope of the hopeless. Wherefore, 0 Master, command that

the soul of thy servant, N., may depart in peace, and may rest in thine

everlasting mansions with all thy Saints ; through thine Only-begotten Son, with whom thou art blessed, together with thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Another Prayer for a Person wko hath sufbred long, and is on the point of &atk.

0 Lord our God, who in thine ineffable wisdom hast created man, fashioning him out of the dust, and adorning him with comeliness and goodness, as an honourable and heavenly acquisition, to the exaltation and magnificence of thy glory and kingdom, that thou mightest bring him into this image and likeness ; but forasmuch as he sinned against

the command of thy statute, having accepted the image but preserved it

not, for which reason, also, evil shall not be eternal: Thou hast ordained remittance unto the same, through thy love toward mankind ; and that this indestructible bond, which as the God of our fathers thou hadst sanctified by thy divine will, should be dissolved, and that his body should dissolve, but his soul should be translated to that place where it shall take up its abode until the final Resurrection. Therefore we pray unto thee, the Father who is from everlasting, and immortal,. and

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unto thine Only-begotten Son, and unto thine all-holy Spirit, that thou wilt deliver N. from the body unto repose And if he ( s h ) in any wise, whether of knowledge or in ignorance, hath offended thy goodness, or is under the ban of a priest, or hath embittered his (h) parents, or hath broken a vow, or hath fallen into devilish imaginations and shameful sorceries, through the malice of the crafty demon: Yea, 0 Master, Lord our God, hearken unto me a sinner and thine unworthy servant in this hour, and deliver thy servant, N., from tbis intolerable sickness which holdeth him (her)in bitter impotency, and give him (her) rest where the souls of the righteous dwell. For thou art the repose of our souls and of our bodies, and unto thee do we

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

THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD

(LAY MEN) ( I ) *

When an Orthodox belicvcr dieth, his relatives stmightway e not& t k r e unto W Priest, who, when he L come to the h a r e in w h i c G c remains o f t &ad man lie, and hath @ t on his Priest& stole (@itraRhfl),and hath Placed incense in the censer, cnrrcth the body of t k d a d , and those #resent; and beginneth as usual .

Blessed is our God always, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. And t h e who stand there begin :

0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us. (Thrice.) Glory t o the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. 0 all-holy Trinity, have mercy upon us. 0 Lord, wash away our sins. 0 Master, pardon our transgressions. 0 Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for thy Name's sake. Lord, have mercy. ( Thrice.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from the Evil One:

Pn'rst. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of

the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and

unto ages of ages. Amen. And immediately the f o l h i n g Hymns ( T r e a d ) , in Tone ZK, are sung :

With the souls of the righteous dead give rest, 0 Saviour, to the soul of thy servant, preserving it unto the life of blessedness which is with thee, 0 thou who lovest mankind. I n the place of thy rest, 0 Lord, where all thy Saints repose, give rest also to the soul of thy servant ; for thou only lovest mankind. Glory . . . Thou art the God who descended into Hell, and loosed the bonds of

the captives. Do thou give rest also to the soul of thy servant.

Now, and ever, . . . 0 Virgin alone Pure and Undefiled, who without seed didst bring forth God, pray thou that his (her) soul may be saved. For explanations, indicated by numbers, see Appendix, B, X.

T H E ORDER FOR T H E BURIAL OF T H E D E A D (LAYMEN)

And the Priest, meanwhile, saitk, ' Deacon. Have mercy upon us, secretly, fhefofl"Wlirgpra~m: 0 God, according to thy great 0 God of spirits, and of all mercy, we beseech thee : hearkflesh, who hast trampled down en, and have mercy. Choir. Lord, have mercy. Death, and overthrown the Devil, and given life unto thy world : (Thrice.) Furthermore we pray for the Do thou, the same Lord, give , repose of the soul of the servant rest to the soul of thy departed , of God departed this life, N. ; and servant, N., in a place of brightthat thou wilt pardon his (her) ness, a place of verdure, a place , r, sins both voluntary and involun- of repose, whence all sickness, ' 5 sorrow and sighing have fled tary. @

That the Lord God will estab- away. Pardon every transgres lish his (her) soul where the just sion which he (she) hath committed, whether by word, or deed, repose. @ T h e mercies of God, the king- or thought. For thou art a good dom of heaven, and the remis- God, and lovest mankind; besion of his (her) sins, we entreat cause there is no man who liveth of Christ, our King Immortal and and sinneth not : for thou only art without sin, and thy righteous our God. Choir. Grant it, 0 Lord. ness is to all eternity, and thy Exclamation. For thou art the word is true.

Resurrection, and the Life, and the Repose of thy departed servant, N., 0 Christ our God, and unto thee we ascribe glory, together with thy Father who is from everlasting, and thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Deacon. Wisdom ! Choir. More honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, thou who without defilement barest God the Word, true Birth-giver of God, we magnify thee. Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. -Bless.

And straz~htwayfhPriesf givLfh the BENEDICTION.

May Christ, our true God, who hath dominion over the living and

the dead : through the prayers of his all-holy Mother ; of our righteous

and God-bearing fathers ; and of all the Saints, establish the soul of his servant, N., departed this life, in his holy mansions, and number him (her) among the just ; and have mercy upon us : Forasmuch as he is good and loveth mankind. And i f a N things arc now ready for the departure, t h Priest

beginueth again :

Blessed is our God . . . (Seepage 369.) And we be n lo sing, with aN awe and cmofion: 0 Holy God, Holy Mighty,

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And taking u j the mortaf remains of the &#wird, we come, bearingiapers, vnto

the Church, precekd by the Ptiest, and by tkc Deacon with the censer. And

when we come to the Church, the remains are eosited in the porch (or in the Church, as is the custom in Russia). And the bepnning is :

Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my stronghold ; my God, in him will I trust. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence. H e shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers ; his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the

reward of the ungodly. For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defence very high. There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him ; I will set him up, because he hath known m Name. H e shall call upon me, and I will hear him ; yea, I am wit him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Blessed art thou, 0 Lord : teach me thy statutes. Then thejrstporiion of PSALMcxrx. is danfed, in Tone VL :Blessed are those

that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of t h e Lord. I& Refain. Alleluia Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart. I& For they who do no wickedness, walk in his ways. I& Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments. I$ 0 that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes! I& S o shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all thy commandments. I$ I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I shall have learned

the judgments of thy righteousness. I&

I will keep thy ceremonies ; 0 forsake me not utterly. I& For the abbreviated form generally used, see page 378.

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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? even by ruling himself after thy word. I$ With my whole. heart have I sought thee ; 0 let me not go wrong out of thy commandments ! & Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee. I$ Blessed art thou, 0 Lord; 0 teach me thy statutes ! I$ With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth. & I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all manner of riches. I$ I will talk of thy commandments, and have respect unto thy ways. My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy word. & 0 do well unto thy servant ; that I may live, and keep thy word. J$ Open thou mine eyes ; that I may see the wondrous things of thy

law. I$ I am a stranger upon earth ; 0 hide not thy commandments from me! & My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments. I$ Thou hast rebuked the proud ; and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. I$ 0 turn from me shame and rebuke; for I have kept thy testimonies. & Pnnces also did sit and speak against me ; but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. I$ For thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors. I$ My soul cleaveth to the dust ; 0 quicken thou me, according to thy word. @ I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me : 0 teach me thy statutes ! I$ Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; and si shall I talk of thy wondrous works. I$

My soul melteth away for very heaviness ; comfort thou me according unto thy word. @ Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me to make much of thy law. @ I have chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments have I laid before me. @ I have stuck unto thy testimonies ; 0 Lord, confound me not ! @ I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty. I$ Teach me, 0 Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law ; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. I$

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Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; for therein is my desire. I$ Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. @ 0 turn away mine eyes, lest they behold mnity ; and quicken thou me in thy way. I$ 0 stablish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee. It. Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of ; for thy judgments are good. I$ Behold, my delight is in thy commandments ; 0 quicken me in thy righteousness. I$ Let thy loving mercy come also unto me, 0 Lord, even thy salvation, according unto thy word. I$ S o shall I make answer unto my blasphemers ; for my trust is in thy word. I$ 0 take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth ; for my hope is in thy judgments. I$

S o shall I alway keep thy law ; yea, forever and ever. @ And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy commandments. F$ I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, and will not be ashamed. & And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which I have loved. I$ My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved ; and my study shall be in thy statutes. I$ 0 think upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. I$ T h e same is my comfort in my trouble ; for thy word hath quickened me. I$ T h e proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law. I$ For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, 0 Lord, and received

comfort. & I am horribly afraid, for the ungodly that forsake thy law. F$ T h y statutes have been my songs, in the house of my pilgrimage. I$ I have thought upon thy Name, 0 Lord, in the night-season, and have kept thy law. I$ This I had, because I kept thy commandments. F$ Thou art my portion, 0 Lord ; I have promised to keep thy law. Rr I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart ; 0 be merciful unto me, according to thy word. I$ I called mine own ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. & I made haste, and prolonged not the time, to keep thy commandments. I$

The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me ; but I have not

forgotten thy law. @

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A t midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments. @ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandments. @ T h e earth, 0 Lord, is full of thy mercy : 0 teach me thy statutes ! I$ 0 Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant, according unto thy word. @ 0 learn me true understanding and knowledge ; for I have believed thy commandments. @ Before I was troubled, I went wrong; but now have I kept thy word. @ Thou art good and gracious ; 0 teach me thy statutes ! I$ The proud have imagined a lie against me ; but I will keep t h y commandments with my whole heart. @ Their heart is as fat as brawn; but my delight hath been in thy law. &

I t is good for me that I have been in trouble ; that I may learn thy statutes. I$

T h e law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Refmin. Have mercy upon thy servant. T h y hands have made me and fashioned me : 0 give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. @ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me ; because I have put my trust in thy word. @ I know, 0 Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness bast caused me t o be troubled. @ 0 let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to t h y word unto thy servant. @ 0 let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live ; for thy law is my delight. @ Let the proud be confounded, for they go wicked1 about t o destroy me ; but I will be occupied in thy commandments.

Let such as fear thee, and have known t h y testimonies, b e turned unto me. @ 0 let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. I$ My soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I have a good hope because of thy word. @ Mine eyes long sore'for thy word ; saying, 0 when wilt thou comfort me? @ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke ; yet do I not forget thy statutes @ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me ? I$ T h e proud have digged pits for me, which are not after t h y law. I$

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All thy commandments are true : they persecute me falsely ; 0 be thou my help. & They had almost made an end of me upon earth ; but I forsook not thy commandments. I$ 0 quicken me after thy loving-kindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. & 0 Lord, thy word endureth forever in heaven. & T h y truth also remaineth from one generation to another ; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. & They continue this day according to thine ordinance ; for all things serve thee. & If my delight had not been in thy law, I should have perished in my trouble. & I will never forget thy corrynandments; for with them thou hast quickened me. B I am thine : 0 save me, for I have sought thy commandments. &

T h e ungodly laid wait for me, to destroy me ; but I will consider thy testimonies. I see that all things come to an end, but thy commandment is exceeding broad. & Lord, what love have I unto thy law! all the day long is my study in . -it. -..

~ h o <through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies ; for they are ever with me. & I have more understanding than my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study. I$ I am wiser than the aged ; because I keep thy commandments. 8 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy word. & I have not shrunk from thy judgments ; for thou teachest me. 0 how sweet are thy words unto my throat ; yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth ! & Through t h commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate d l evil ways. T h y word is a lantern unto m feet, and a light unto my paths. I have sworn, and am stead lastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments. 8 I am troubled above measure : quicken me, 0 Lord, according to thy

word. & L e t the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, 0 Lord ; and teach me thy judgments. 8 My soul is alway in my hand ; yet d o I not forget thy law. T h e ungodly have laid a snare for me ; but yet I swerved not from thy commandments. & T h y testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever ; and why ? they are the very joy of my heart. @

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I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway, even unto the end. @ I hate them that imagine evil things ; but thy law do 1 love. Ijc Thou art my defence and shield; and my trust is in thy word. ljt Away from me, ye wicked; I will keep the commandments of my God. @ 0 stablish me according to thy word, that I may live ; and let me not be disappointed of my hope. @ Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe ; yea, my delight shall be ever in thy statutes. @ Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes ; for they imagine but deceit. & Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross ; therefore I love thy testimonies. @ My flesh trembleth for fear of the:; and I am afraid of thy judgments. @

I deal with the thing that is lawful and right ; 0 give me not over unto mine oppressors ! Ijc Make thou thy servant to delight in that which-is good, that the proud do me no wrong. @ Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteousness. & 0 deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy statutes. @ I am thy servant ; 0 grant me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. & I t is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand ; for they have destroyed thy law. @ For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stones. I$ Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments ; and all false ways I utterly abhor. @ Thy testimonies are wonderful ; therefore doth my soul keep them. Ijc

When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto

the simple. &

I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath ; for my delight was in thy commandments. @

0 look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. Refrain. Alleluia Order my steps in thy word ; and so shall no wickedness have d e minion over me. -& 0 deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men ; and so shall I keep thy commandments. & Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. @

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Mine eyes gush out with water, because men keep not th law. Righteous art thou, 0 Lord ; and true is thy judgment.

The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous

and true. & My-zealhath even consumed me; because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. & Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and thy servant loveth it. & I am small and of no reputation ; yet do I not forget thy commandments. & Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. & Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me ; yet is my delight in thy commandments. & T h e righteousness of thy testimonies .is everlasting: 0 grant me understanding, and I shall live. & I call with my whole heart ; hear me, 0 h r d ; I will keep thy statutes. & Yea, even unto thee do I call ; help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. & Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is my

trust. & Mine eyes prevent the night watches ; that I might be occupied in . thy words & Hear my voice, 0 Lord, according unto thy loving-kindness ; quicken me, according as thou art wont. & They draw nigh that of malice persecute me, and are far from thy law. & Be thou nigh at hand, 0 Lord ; for all thy commandments are true. I& A s concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since, that thou hast grounded them forever. B 0 consider mine adversity, and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law. & Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me ; quicken me according to thy word. & Health is far from the ungodly ; for they regard not thy statutes. I& Great is thy mercy, 0 Lord ; quicken me, as thou art wont. &

Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me ; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. & I t grieveth me when I see the transgressors ; because they keep not thy law. & Consider, 0 Lord, how I love thy commandments ; 0 quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness. & Thy word is true from everlasting ; all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore. & Princes have persecuted me without a cause ; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I$

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I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils & A s for lies, I hate and abhor them ; but thy law do I love. & Seven times a day do I praise thee ; because of thy righteous judgements. & Great is the peace that they have who love thy law ; and they are not offended at it. & Lord, I have looked for thy saving health, and done after thy commandments. & My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. I& I have kept thy commandments and testimonies ; for all my ways are before thee. & Let my complaint come before thee, 0 Lord ; give me understanding according to thy word. I$ Let my supplication come before thee ; deliver me according to thy word. I$ My lips shall speak of ;hy praise, when thou hast taught me thy

statutes. I$ Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word ; for all thy commandments are righteous. & Let thine hand help me ; for I have chosen thy commandments. & I have longed for thy saving health, 0 Lord ; and in thy law is my delight. I$ 0 let m soul live, and it shall praise thee ; and thy judgments shall help me. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; 0 seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. &

Rlessed are those that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord. Refrain. Alleluia Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart. I$ For they who do no wickedness, walk in his ways. & i t is good for me'that I have been in (rouble : that I may l&n thy statutes. & Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia And thc Pn'cst rr Deacon. Again, yet again, in peace let us pray citcth, secret1 Prayer : o &ti to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. (Thnke.) spirits, ...(seep.370.) Again we pray for the repose of the soul of the servant of God, N.,

Generally all is omitted, except the first and last verses of each portion, as here shorn: or selected verses (with the Kefmns) only are used.

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departed this life ; and that he (she) may be pardoned all his (her) sins, both voluntary and involuntary. I$ T h a t the Lord God will establish his (her) soul where the Just repose. TJc T h e mercy of God, the kingdom of heaven, and the remission of his ( h e r ) sins, we entreat of Christ, our King Immortal and our God. Choir. Grant it 0 Lord. Deacon. Let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. Then the abbreviated second portion of PSALM CXIX. (verses 72-131). Refrain at

the end of e u h verse: Have mercy upon thy servant.

T h e law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Refmin. Have mercy upon thy servant. T h y hands have made me and fashioned me : 0 give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. & T h y testimonies are wonderful ; therefore doth my soul keep them. TJc W h e n thy word goeth forth ; it giveth light and understanding unto t h e simple. TJc I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath ;. for my delight was in t h y commandments. I$ Glory . .. Have mercy upon thy servant. Now, and ever, . . . Deacon. Again, yet again, . . (And the rest, as onpage 378.) A n d the Priest, in the meanwhile, saith the Prayer; 0 God of spirits, . . (See

P a p 370.1 Then ihe abbreviated thirdportion of PSALM CXIX. (verse 132to the endof Psalm). Refrain at ihe end of e u h verse : Alleluia.

0 look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. Refrain. Alleluia 0 let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;,and thy judgments shall help me. I$ I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost ; 0 seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. I$ Refrain. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord : teach me thy statutes. T h e Choir of the Saints have found the Fountain of Life and the Door of Paradise. May I also find the right way, through repentance.. I a m a lost sheep. Call me, 0 Saviour, and save me. Refrair2. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord : teach me thy statutes. Y e who preached the Lamb of God, and like unto lambs were slain, and are translated unto the life eternal, which waxeth not old ; ye holy

Martyrs, pray ye unto him that he will vouchsafe us remission of our sins. B

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Ye who have trod the narrow way most sad ; all ye who, in life, have taken upon you the Cross as a yoke, and have followed Me through faith, draw near: Enjoy ye the honours and the crowns which I have prepared for you. I$ I am an image of thy glory ineffable, though I bear the brands of transgressions : Show thy compassions upon thy creature, 0 Master, and purify him (her) by thy loving-kindness ; and grant unto me the homecountry of my heart's desire, making me again a citizen of Paradise, @ 0 thou who of old didst call me into being from nothingness, and didst honour me with thine image divine, but because I had forgotten thy commandments hast returned me again unto the earth from which I was taken: Restore thou me to that image, and to my pristine beauty. Ijt

Give rest, 0 Lord, to the soul of thy servant, and establish him ( A m ) in Paradise. Where the choirs of the Saints, 0 Lord, and of t h e Just, shine like the stars of heaven, give rest to thy servant who hath fallen asleep, regarding not all his (her) transgressions. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Devoutly do we hymn the triune Effulgence of the one Godhead, crying aloud : Holy art thou, 0 Father, who art from everlasting, 0 Son coeternal, and Spirit divine ! Illumine us who, with faith, do worship thee ; and rescue us from fire eternal. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Hail, 0 August One, who for the salvation of all men didst bring forth God in the flesh ; through whom, also, mankind hath found salvation. Through thee. have we found Paradise, 0 pure, most blessed

Birth-giver of God. Alleluia. ( Thnie.) Dcacon. Again, yet again, . . (Seepage 378.)

Give rest with the Just, 0 Saviour, unto thy servant, and establish him (her) in thy courts, as it is written: Regarding not, in that thou art good, his (her) sins, whether voluntary or involuntary, and all things committed either with knowledge or in ignorance, 0 thou who lovest man kind. Glory And all things, committed either with knowledge or in ignorance, 0 thou who lovest mankind. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTHGIVEROF GOD (Bogordditchen).

0 Christ our God, who from a Virgin didst shine forth upon the world, through her making us children of the light, have mercy upon us. Then shall be read PSALMLI.

Have mercy upon me, 0 God, after thy great goodness ; according to

the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly

from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight ; that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make nle to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean ; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 0 give me the comfort of thy help again, and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, 0 God, thou that art the God of my health ; and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, 0 Lord, and my mouth shall showthy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee ; but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, 0 God, shalt thou not despise. 0 be favourable and gracious unto Zion: build thou the walls of

Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblation : then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. Then the CANONis sung. (Com#oscd by Theojhanns.) Canticle I., Tone VL Thme-Song ( I m b s ) . When Israel passed on foot over the deep as it had been dry land, and beheld their pursuer Pharaoh engulfed in

the sea, they cried aloud : Let us sing unto God a song of victory.

H y m n s (Trcyart). In the heavenly mansions the valiant Martyrs continually do pray with fervour unto thee, 0 Christ. Graciously enable him (her) whom thou hast called as a faithful one from earth, to obtain eternal good things. Thou who adornest all things hast created within me a blended creature, half-abject, half-august. Wherefore, 0 Saviour, give rest to the soul of thy servant. Glory . . . A citizen and husbandman of Paradise didst thou create me in the beginning ; hut when I transgressed thy cnmmandment thou didst drive me forth. Wherefore, 0 my Saviour, give rest to the soul of thy servant. Now, and ever, . .

H e who aforetime fashioned the first mother of our race, Eve, from

a rib, assumed flesh through thy most holy womb, and thereby, 0 Pure One, he destroyed the power of death. Canfic(cZZZ.

Theme-Song (1rmb.r). There is none holy like unto thee, 0 Lord my God, who hast exalted the horn of thy faithful, 0 Good One, and hast established us upon the rock of thy confession. Hymns. Thy martyrs lawfully contended, 0 Life-giver, and being by thee adorned with the crown of victory, they eagerly adjudge unto

the dead who is departed hence in faith redemption everlasting.

After that, with many signs and wonders, thou hadst first chastened me who had gone astray, thou didst, at the last, exhaust thyself, forasmuch as thou art of tender compassion ; and didst seek, and find, and save. Glory . . . Mercifully vouchsafe, 0 Good One, that he (shr) who from the transitory, unstable things of corruption hath passed over unto thee, may dwell with joy in the heavenly mansions, 0 God, being justified by faith and by grace. Now, and ever, . . . There is none undefiled, like unto thee, 0 most pure Mother of God : for thou alone, in all the ages, hast conceived in thy womb the true God, who hath shattered the power of Death. Dcacon. Again, yet again, in peace let us pray to the Lord.

Again we pray . . . (And the rest; see$age 378 ; wkik fhe Priest saif.4the Prayer : 0 God of spirits,. ..) Siffi~zg-Hymn (Syeddlm),m Tone I//.

Of a truth, all things are vanity, and life is but a shadow and a dream. For in vain doth every one who is born of earth disquiet himself, as saith the Scriptures. When we have acquired the world, then do we take up our abode in the grave, where kings and beggars lie down together. Wherefore, 0 Christ our God, give rest to thy servant departed this life ; forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVER

OF GOD (Boprd&fchen). 0 all-holy Birth-giver of God, forsake me not all the days of my lie, and give me not over to the mediation of mortal man. But do thou thyself succour me, and show mercy upon me. TAe Litany :Again, yet again : andfhc Prayer :0 God of spirits, . . .(See#age 370.) Canficle Z K

Theme-Song ( I m b s ) . Christ is my strength, my God, and my Lord,

the august Church doth sing in God-befitting wise, crying aloud, and

out of a pure mind keeping festival unto the Lord.

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Hymns. In that thou didst reveal a great token of wisdom, and through the abundance of gifts the fulness of perfection of thy goodness, 0 August Master, thou didst unite the company of the Martyrs unto the Angels. Mercifully enable him (her) who hath now appeared before thee to obtain thy glory unspeakable, 0 Christ, where is the abode of those who rejoice, and the voice of gladness pure. Glory . . . Him (her) who singeth thy majesty divine; him (her) whom thou bast taken away from earth, receive thou, making him (her) a child of

the light, and cleansing him (her) from the gloom of sin, 0 exceedingmerciful One.

Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVER

0 Receptacle most pure, 0 Temple all-undefiled, 0 Ark all-holy, 0 virgin Place of sanctification : the Lord hath chosen thee, the Excellency of Jacob. Canticle V. Theme-Song (Irmds). With thy light divine, 0 Good One, illumine thou, through love, I pray thee, the souls of those who wake early unto thee : that they may know thee, 0 Word of God, of the true God, who callest forth from the gloom of sin. Hymns. The Martyrs, in that they offered themselves unto God allglorified, as it were a sacred whole burnt-offering and the first-fruits of

the human race, perpetually intercede for our salvation.

To the faithful member of thy household who hath fallen asleep before us, vouschafe, 0 Lord, a heavenly abiding-place, a meed of thy gifts, granting unto him (her) redemption from his (her) sins. Glory . . . 0 thou who art the sole Author of life; who art by nature, in truth, a fathomless abyss of goodness : graciously bestow upon the departed thy heavenly kingdom, 0 Bountiful, Only Immortal One. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVERO F GOD.

H e who was born in the world of thee, 0 Lady, is becomk the strength, and the song, and the salvation of the lost, delivering from the gates of Hell those who, with faith, do call thee blessed. Canticle YZ. Theme-Sonq ( I d s ) . Forasmuch as I behold the sea of life surging high with the tempest of temptations, I have fled to thy tranquil haven and cry aloud unto thee : Lead thou my life forth from corruption, 0 Most Merciful One. Hymrzs. When thou wast nailed to the Cross, thou didst gather unto thyself the company of the Martyrs who imitated thy Passion, 0 Blessed

One. We beseech thee, therefore : Give rest unto him (her) who hath now been translated to thy presence. When thou shalt come terribly, in thy glory ineffable, to judge the wholeworld in the clouds, gracioi~slyenable him (her) whom thou hast taken from the earth, thy faithful servant, to meet thee, the Redeemer, in brightness. Glory . . . 0 Lord, who art the Fountain of life through thy manhood divine; who settest at liberty them that are bound: establish thou in the bliss of Paradise thy servant who, in faith, hath departed unto thee. Now, and ever, . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVER

We have returned back to the earth because we have sinned against

the command~nentsdivine of God. But through thee, 0 Virgin, we

have ascended from earth unto heaven, shaking off the corruption of death. Deacolz. Again, yet again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord. I$ Again we pray . . . (Seepage 378.)

The Collect Hymn (Kondtfk),in Tone I f f .

With the Saints give rest,-0 ~ h r i s tto , the soul of thy servant, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me : For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, all we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song : Alleluia (Then the Litany: Again, yet again: and the Prayer: 0 God of spirits, . . . see P w 370.1

Canticle VfI.

Theme-Song ( l m b s ) . An Angel made the fiery furnace to drop dew for the Holy Children, but the command of God consuming the Chaldaeans with fire prevailed upon the tormentor to cry aloud : Blessed art thou, 0 God of our fathers. Hymns. Thy Martyrs, redeemed by thy blood from the primal transgression, were stained with their own blood, and plainly image forth thy sacrifice. Blessed art thou, 0 God of our fathers. Thou didst slay Death the insolent, 0 Life-originating Word. Accept thou now him (her)who now hath fallen asleep and with faith doth glorify thee, and doth say, 0 Christ : Blessed art thou, 0 God of our fathers

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0 Master, who hast animated me, a man, with thy breath divine, graciously grant thou unto the dead thy kingdom, that he (she) may sing unto thee, 0 Saviour : Blessed art thou, 0 God of our fathers. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVERO F GOD.

Thou wast made more excellent than every created being, 0 all-undefiled One, when thou didst conceive God, who destroyed the gates of Death, and burst the bars. For which cause, we faithful do magnify thee in songs as the Mother of God, 0 Pure One. Canticle V(I/.

Theme-Song (Imds). Out of the flames thou didst shed forth dew upon the Godly Ones, and with water didst kindle the sacrifices of/ the Righteous One. For thou doest all things which thou willest, 0 Christ. Thee will we exalt unto all the ages. Hymns. When ye were shown as having steadfastly contended for

the prize, ye Martyrs of Christ, as conquerors were ye adorned with the

crown of victory, crying : We exalt thee, 0 Christ, unto all the ages. Those who have continued faithful in godly living, and now are translated unto thee, do thou accept, 0 Master. Graciously give rest, forasmuch as thou art of tender compassion, unto those who exalt thee unto all the ages. Glory . . . Graciouslv vouchsafe. 0 Saviour, to establish now in the land of the meek all th6se who havk fallen asleep before us, who having been justified through faith in thee and through grace exalt thee unto all the ages. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTHGIVER O F GOD.

W e all do call thee blessed, 0 All-blessed One, which didst bring forth the Word, Who in very truth is blessed; Who, for our sins, became flesh ; Whom also we will exalt unto all the ages. Canticle ZX.

Theme-Song ( I m d s ) . It is not possible that men should see God, upon whom the Orders of the Angels dare not gaze. But through thee, 0 All-pure One, was the Word Incarnate manifested unto men ; whom magnifying, together with the Heavenly Hosts, we call thee blessed. Hynzns. Hope made strong the company of the Martyrs, and incited them ardently toward thy love, thereby foreshadowing the future rest, which, in very truth, cannot be shaken: Unto which, 0 Good One, grant that he ($1,)may attain who hath been taken hence. Graciously vouchsafe, 0 Christ, that he (she) who hath departed in

the faith may receive of thy dazzling radiance divine ; granting unto him

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(hpr) rest in Abraham's bosom ; forasmuch as thou only art merciful ; and vouchsafing unto him (her) blessedness eternal. Glory . 0 thou who art of nature gracious and loving-kind, and desirest mercy, and art an abyss of loving-kindness ; who, also, 0 Saviour, hast translated him (her) from this place of affliction and the shadow of death: In that place where thy light shineth establish thou him (her). Now, and ever, . . .

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We know thee, 0 Pure One, that thou art the holy Tabernacle, and

the Ark, and the Table of the Law of grace: for through thee was

redemption given unto those who are justified by the blood of him who waslmade flesh through thy womb, 0 All-undefiled One. Demon. Again, yet again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. I$ Again we pray for the repose . . ( S e e p a g e 378.)

Tone I. What earthly sweetness remaineth untnixed with grief? What glory standeth immutable on earth ? All things are but shadows most feeble, but most deluding dreams : yet one moment only, and Death shall supplant them all. But in the light of thy countenance, 0 Christ, and in the sweetness of thy beauty, give rest unto him (h) whom thou hast chosen : forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. Tone II. Woe is me ! What manner of ordeal doth the soul endure when from the body it is parted ! Woe is me ! how many then are its tears; and there is none to show compassion ! I t turneth its eyes to the Angels ; all unavailing is its prayer. It stretcheth out its hands t o men; and findeth none to succour. Wherefore, my brethren beloved, meditating on the brevity of our life, let us beseech of Christ rest for him (hm)

who hath departed hence ; and for our souls great mercy. Torre IIf. All mortal things are vanity and exist not after death. Riches endure not, neither doth glory accompany on the way: for when death cometh, all these things vanish utterly. For which cause let us cry unto Christ the immortal : Give rest, in the abode of those who are glad, to the dead translated from among us. Tone I K Where is earthly predilection ? Where is the pomp of the ephemeral creatures of a day ? Where are the gold and the silver? Where is the multitude of household servants and their clamotir ? All dust, all ashes, all shadows. But come, let us cry aloud unto the deathless King: 0 Lord, of thine eternal good things vouchsafe thou unto him (her)who

hath been translated from among us, giving unto him (her) rest in thy blessedness which waxeth not old. Tone K I called to mind the Prophet, how he cried : I am earth and

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ashes; and I looked again into the graves, and beheld the bones laid bare ; and I said : Who then is the king or the warrior, the rich man or the needy, the upright or the sinner? Yet give rest with thy Saints unto thy servant, 0 Lord. Tone V% Thy creating command was my origin and my foundation : for thy pleasure it was out of nature visible and invisible to fashion me, a living creature. From the earth thou didst shape my.body, and didst give me a soul by thy divine and quickening breath. Wherefore, 0 Lord, give rest to thy servant in the land of the living, in the habitations of the Just. Tone VU. When, in the beginning, thou hadst created man after thine own image and likeness, thou didst set him in Paradise to reign

over thy creatures. But when, beguiled by the malice of the Devil, he tasted of the food, he became a transgressor of thy commandments. For which cause, 0 Lord, thou didst condemn him to return again unto

the earth whence he was taken, and to entreat repose.

Tone VZlL I weep and I wail when I think upon death, and behold our beauty, fashioned after the image of God, lying in the tomb disfigured, dishonoured, bereft of form. 0 marvel ! What is this mystery which doth befall us? Why have we been given over unto corruption, and why have we been wedded unto death ? Of a truth, as it is written, by the command of God, who giveth the departed rest. Remember us, 0 Lord, when thou comest into t4y kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness' sake :

for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 0 Christ, who, because of his repentance, didst pronounce in anticipation a citizen of Paradise the Thief that upon the Cross cried unto thee : Remember me ! Make thou me, a sinner, worthy also of the same. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 0 thou who reignest over life and death, in the courts of thy Saints grant rest unto him (her) whom thou hast removed from temporal things. And remember me also, 0 Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 0 thou who rulest over souls and bodies, in whose hand is our breath,

the Consolation of the afflicted : In the land of the Just give rest unto

thy servant whom thou hast taken from us. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. May Christ give thee rest in the land of the living, and open unto

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thee the gates of Paradise, and make thee a citizen of his kingdom ; and give thee remission of those things wherein thou in life hast sinned, 0 thou who lovest Christ. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. Let us go forth, and gaze into the tombs : for man is naked bones, food for the worms, and stench ; and we shall learn what are riches, and comeliness, and beauty, and strength. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Let us hearken unto what the Almighty crieth: Woe unto those who seek to behold the terrible day of the Lord ! For lo, it is darkness :

for all things shall be fire. Glory . Him who hath no beginning in birth or cause, the Father, I worship ; I glorify the Son ; unto the Holy Spirit, who shineth together with the Father and the Son, I sing praises. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNT O THE BIRTH-GIVEROF GOD.

How dost thou press milk in abundance from thy breasts, 0 Virgin ? How dost thou nourish the Nourisher of creation ? H e knowethit who made the water to quel) forth from the rock; streams of water for a people that were athirst, as it was written. Deacon. Let us attend. Priest. Peace be with you all. Choir. And with thy spirit. Deacon. Wisdom ! Reader. The Gradual (Prohimen),in the Sixth Tone Blessed is the way in which thou shalt walk today, 0 soul; for a place of rest is prepared for thee. Verse (StiM): Unto thee will I cry, 0 Lord, my strength : think no scorn of me : lest if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit. And the Choir sing the Gradual, as usual.

Deacon. Wisdom ! Reader. The Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to

the Thessalonians.

Deacon. Let us attend. Reader. ( I Thess. iv. r3-18). Brethren : I would not have you to be ignorant concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lbrd shall not prevent them

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which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first : then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord Priest. Peace be with thee. Ready. And with thy spirit. Deacon. Wisdom ! Reader. Alleluia ( Thrice.) Verse, in Tone Vl.: Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Deacon. Wisdom, 0 believers ! Let us listen to the Holy Gospel

Pn'cst. Peace be with you all. Choir. And with t?hY spirit. Pricst. The Lesson from the holy Gospel of John. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord ; glory to thee. Priest. (Yohn v. 24-30.) The Lord said to the Jews which came unto him : Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also,

because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord ; glory to thee. Then the Deacon saith the Litany :

Have mercy upon us, 0 God, . . . Choir. Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Furthermore we pray for the repose . . (And the rest; seepage 370.)

And when this is nished, the principal Priest, or the Bishop, i one be present, shall say, in a oudvoice, as he stan&th near the dcad, whi c all the Priests (Seepafl 370.) firesent a% the same, U c Prayer: 0 God of spirits, . As many times as the Deacon reciteth the Litany, so often skull t h Priests each, secretly, recite, the while, accordin to his rank, this Prayer, standing near the &ad. And Ike Exclamation s h 8 h made, aloud : For thou art the Resurrection, and the Life : and the rest. (Seepage 370.) Z k t the principal Priest, w the Bishop, shall recite, aloud. the Prayer which rbc h t h said above: 0 God of spirits, . .

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And after the Exclamation, the h i kiss is given,and thefollowing Stanzas, in Tone If., are sung ;

Come, brethren, let us give the last kiss unto the dead, rendering thanks unto God. For he ($/re)hath vanished from. among his (/MY)kin, and presseth onward t o the grave, and vexeth himself (herse/f) no longer concerning vanities, and concerning the flesh, which suffereth sore distress. Where are now his (her)kinsfolk and his (kcr)friends? Lo, we are parted. Let us beseech the Lord that he will give him (her) rest. What is this parting, 0 brethren ? What is this wailing, what this weeping at the present h o u r ? Come ye, therefore, let us kiss him (he?) who was but lately with u s ; for he (she) is committed to the grave ; he (she) is covered with a stone ; he (she) taketh up his (her) abode in the gloom ; he (she) is interred among the dead, and now is

parted from all his (her) kinsfolk and his (her) friehds. Let us beseech

the Lord that he will give unto him (her) eternal rest.

Now is all life's solemn triumph of vanities destroyed. For t h e spirit hath vanished from its tabernacle ; its clay groweth black. T h e vessel is shattered, voiceless, bereft of feeling, motionless, dead : Committing which unto the grave, let us beseech the Lord that he will give him (her) rest. What is our life like unto ? Unto a flower, a vapour, and the dew of

the morning, in very truth. Come ye, therefore, let us gaze keenly a t the

grave. Where is the beauty of the body, and where its youth ? Where are the eyes and the fleshly form ? Like the grass all have perished, all have been destroyed. Come ye, therefore, let us prostrate ourselves at the feet of Christ with tears. A great weeping and wailing, a great sighing and agony, and Hell and destruction is the departure of the soul. This transitory life is a shadow unreal and an illusive dream ; the trouble of the life of earth is a phantasm importunate. Let us, then, flee afar from every earthly sin, that we may inherit heavenly things. A s we gaze on the dead who lieth before us, let us all accept this example of our own last hour. For he (she)vanisheth from earth like the

smoke ; like a flower he (she) fadeth ; like the grass he (she) is cut down. Swathed in a tattered garment he (s/u) is concealed in the earth. As we leave him (her) hidden from sight, let us beseech Christ that he will give unto him (her) eternal rest. Draw nigh, ye descendants of Adam, let us gaze upon him (her) who is laid- low in the earth, made after our own image, all comeliness stripped off, dissolved in the grave; by decay, by worms in darkness consumed, and hidden by the earth. As we leave him (her) hid from sight, let us beseech Christ that he will give unto him (her eternal r e s t When the soul from the body is about to be rent wit l! violence by Angels dread, it forgetteth all its kinsfolk and acquaintance, and is

troubled concerning its appearance before the judgment which shall come upon the things of vanity and much-toiling flesh. Come ye,

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then, importuning the Judge let us implore that the Lord will pardon him ( / M Y ) all his (her) deeds which he (she) hath done. Come, 0 brethren, let us gaze into the grave upon the dust and ashes from which we are made. Whither go we now? What are we become ? Who is poor, who rich ? Who is the master ? Who a freeman ? Are not we dl ashes? The beauty of the countenance is mouldered, and Death hath withered up all the flower of youth. Vanity and corruption, of a truth, are all the illusions and the inglorious things of life. For all we shall pass away: all we shall die, kings and princes, judges and rulers, rich and poor, and every mortal creature.. For now they who were erst alive are cast down into the

grave. Wherefore, let us beseech the Lord that he will give rest. Now are all the bodily organs seen to be idle, which so little while ago were filled with motion ; all useless, dead, inactive. For the eyes have withdrawn inward, the feet are bound, the hands lie helpless, and

the ears withal ; the tongue is imprisoned in silence, committed to the

tomb. Of a verity, all mortal things are vanity.

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVEROF GOD.

Save thou those who fix their hope on thee, the Mother of the Sun that knoweth no setting, 0 Progenetrix of God. With thy pra ers entreat, we beseech thee, the God exceeding good, that unto him &rr) who hath now been translated he will give repose where the souls of

the righteous rest. Manifest him (her) an heir of eternal good things

in the courts of the Just, unto everlasting memory, 0 All-undefiled One. Glory to the ~a;her, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Tone V/. As ye behold me lie before you all speechless and bereft of breath, weep for me, 0 friends and brethren, 0 kinsfolk and acquaintance. For but yesterday I talked with you, and suddenly there came upon me the dread hour of death. But come, all ye who loved me, and kiss me with the last kiss. For nevermore shall I walk or talk with you. For I go hence unto the Judge with whom is no respect of persons. For slave and master stand together before him, king and wairior, the rich and the poor, in honour equal. For according to his deeds shall every man receive glory or be put to shame. But I beg and

implore you all, that ye will pray without ceasing unto Christ our God, that I be not doomed according to my sins, unto a place of torment ; but that he will appoint unto me a place where is the light of life. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVER

O F GOD,in tht same Tom. Through the prayers of her who gave thee birth, 0 Christ ; and of thy Forerunner ; of the Apostles, Hierarchs, the Holy Ones, and of the Just, and of all the Saints: Give rest unto thy servant who is fallen asleep.

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0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . (Secpagc 369.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 all-holy Trinity, . . . Lord, have mercy. (Thn'cc.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, . . . For thine is the kingdom, . . .

And the BENEDICTION.

May he who rose again from the dead, Christ our true God ; through

the prayers of his all-pure Mother ; of the holy, glorious and all-laudable

Apostles ; of our holy and God-bearing fathers, and of all the Saints, establish in the mansions of the righteous the soul of his servant, N, ' who hath been taken from us ; give him ( k r ) rest in Abraham's bosom, and number him (her) with the Just; and have mercy upon us, in that he is good and loveth mankind. Choir. Amen. Then the BisIwj or the #rincz$al Pricst saith, thrice :

Eternal be thy memory, 0 our brother, who art worthy to be deemed happy and ever-memorable. Or: Give rest eternal in blessed falling asleep, 0 Lord, to the soul(s) of thy servant(s), N. ( N N ) ,departed this life, and make his (kct;rkn'r) memory to be eternal. And the Choir singeth :

Memory eternal ! (Thrice.) T h n strazghtwcry the Birhop, if one be present, or the Pricst, reciteth, aloud, the

May the Lord Jesus Christ our God, who gave his divine commands by his holy Disciples and Apostles, that they should bind and loose the sins of the fallen (we, in turn, having received from them the right to do

the same) pardon thee, 0 spiritual child, all thy deeds done amiss in

this life, both voluntary and involuntary : Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen But in # l a c of thisfinyer, tb.followin., called the PRAYEROF ABSOLUTION, is now general& read: akd being Printed s@arate&, wherr the Ptirst M finished it, he lnyeth it in the Ladperson's hand.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, by his divine grace, as also by the gift and power vouchsafed unto his holy Disciples and Apostles, that they should bind and loose the sins of men : (For he said unto them : Receive ye the Holy Spirit : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted ; and wbosesoever sins ye retain they are retained. And whatsoever ye shall bind and loose

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upon earth shall be bound or loosed also in heaven.) By that same power, also, transmitted unto us from them, this my spiritual child is absolved, through me, unworthy though I be, from all things wherein, as mortal, he (she) hath sinned against God, whether in word, or deed, or thought, and with all his (her) senses, whether voluntarily or involuntarily ; whether wittingly or through ignorance. If he (she) be under the ban or excommunication of a Bishop, or of a Priest ; or hath incurred the curse of his (her)father or mother; or hath fallen under his (hcr)own curse ; or hath sinned by any oath ; or hath been bound, as man, by any sins whatsoever, but hath repented him (her) thereof, with contrition of heart : he (she)

is now absolved from all those farilts and bonds. May all those things which proceed from the weakness of his ( b r ) mortal nature be consigned to oblivion, and be remitted unto him (her) : Through His lovingkindness ; through the prayers of our most holy, and blessed, and glorious Lady, the Mother of our Lord and ever-virgin Mary; of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles, and of all Saints. Amen. Then takingup the remains we oforth to thcgrave,foClowcd by all thc$cople, and$rece&d by the P&st, anis*nging .-

0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 all-holy Trinfty, . . Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . Our Father,. . . For thine is the kingdom, . . . (Page 369.)

And the mortal remains are bnricd with thanksgiving and with joy :and with

the song: Open, 0 earth, and receive that which was made from thee. Then the

body is laid in the grave, and the Birhop or the PriEst, taking a shoveffirl of dust, strcweth it crosswise u$on the remaiq, saying:

The earth is th& Lord's, and the fulness thereof : the round world,

and they that dwell therein. Then hc$orrrcth upon Me body oil om the shrine-lam$, (3) and streweth ashes (4) -from thecmsrr upon it. And t reafterthegraveisfilZedu$ in the usualway, wkifc t k s e Hymns arc sung.

With the souls of the righteous dead, give rest, 0 Saviour, to the soul of thy servant, preserving it unto the life of blessedness which is with thee, 0 thou who lovest mankind. In the place of thy rest, 0 Lord, where all thy Saints repose, give rest, also, to the soul of thy servant: For thou only lovest mankind. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, arid to the Holy Spirit. Thou art the God who descended into hell, and loosed the bonds of

the captives: Do thou give rest, also, to the soul of thy servant.

Now, and ever, and unto es of ages. Amen 0 Virgin alone Pure and ndefiled, who without seed didst bring forth God, pray thou unto him that his (hpr) soul may be saved.

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When one o the Secular Clerg departeth unto t b Lorn, three Pricsls come and undress i m and ( 2 ) rub him with pure oil. Then they a m y hitn i n hir customa r y ~ n r m e n t s ;(3)and over them, in his #&st& vestmcrats; and they c m w h i s f h with a chalice-veil, and lay the book ojthe Holy Go@cls on his breast. Then come the Pricsts, vested in their priestly robes. And the Senior Pricrt beginneth :

Blessed is our God always, . . . (And the rest, as at t h Bunal of of Laymen. Seepage 369). 0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 all-holy Trinity, . . . Lord, have mercy. (Thritr.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, . . . For thine is the kingdom, . . . With the soulsof therighteous dead, . . I n the place of thy rest, . . . Thou art the God . . . 0 Virgin, alone Pure . . .

God of spirits, . . For thou art the Resurrection, . . . More honourable than the Cherubim, . . . Lord, have mercy. (Thricc.9 Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Bless. The Benediction: May Christ, our true God, . . .

T h n t h y take up the remains of the Priest, and bear them to the porck (or the body) of the Church ;and the book of the Holy Go+?s (whuh Lath been borne in fkont of them) is laid ujon them, as bath already been said; and can& sticks, with their tapers, are s d round about, in crossform. A n d a Chanter beginrrelh, in lone VI.,Psalm cxix. :

Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, . . . Alleluia. (And

the rest, as nt the Burial of Laymen (see page 371), to the end of the

Hymn: 0 Christ our God, who from a Virgin didst shine forth upon

the world, through her making us children of the light, have mercy

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The Holy Spirit is of all things the all-redeeming Source.

(See pagc 394) Deaco/r. Let us attend. Priest. Peace be with you all. Choir. And with thy spirit. Dt-acon. Wisdom ! Readtr. The Gradual (Prokfmen),in the Sixth Tone: Blessed is the way in which thou shalt walk today, 0 soul ; for a place of rest is prepared for thee. first (Stikh) : Return thou unto thy rest, 0 my soul, for the Lord hath dealt graciously with thee. Deacon. Wisdom ! Reader. The Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to

the Thessalonians.

Deacon. Let us attend. Reader. (r Tht-ss. iv. 13-18.)Brethren: I would not have you to be ignorant concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and

the dead i n Christ shall rise first : then we which are alive and remain

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Priest. Peace be with thee. R e a h r . And with thy spirit. Deacon. Wisdom ! Reader. Alleluia, in the Eighth Tone. (Thrice.) Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Deacon. Wisdom, 0 believers ! Let us listen to the Holy Gospel. P h t . Peace be with you all. Choir. And with thy spirit. P r k t . The Lesson from the holy Gospel of John. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord ; glory to thee. Priest. (John v. 2 4 - 9 . ) The Lord said to the Jews which came unto him : Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come

into condenlnation ; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. For as

the Father hath life in himself ; so hath he given to the Son to have life

in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and

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shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing; as I hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord ; glory to thee. Deacon. Let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. And the Pn2rl saith this Prayer:

0 Master, Lord our God, who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in light unapproachable ; who slayest and makest alive ; who castest down into Hell, and again raisest up ; Thou in wisdom hast created man, and returnest him to the earth again, exacting the spiritual debt: Receive, we beseech thee, the soul of thy servant, and grant him rest in the bosom of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and give him the crown of thy righteousness, the portion of the saved, in the glory of thine elect. And for those things which in this world he hath wrougl~tfor thy Name's sake, may he receive a rich reward in the mansions of thy Saints ; through the grace, and bounties, and love toward mankind of thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hymn, Tone 11. Today part I from my kinsfolk, and flee unto thee,

the Only Sinless One. In the mansions of the righteous with thine

elect grant me rest. Then PSALM

XXIII. is recited.

The Lord is my shepherd ; therefore can I lack nothing.

Refvain. Alleluia. (Thrice.) H e shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. B (Thrice.) H e shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. @ (Thrice.) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. ]EE ( Thrice.) Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me ; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. J$ ( Thrice.) But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. I$ (Thrice.) Tken, in Tone VI..this Sifting-Hymn ( S y e d d h ) :

Forasmuch as we all are constrained to that same dread abode, and shall hide ourselves beneath a gravestone like to this, and shall ourselves shortly turn to dust,let us implore of Christ rest for him who hath been translated hence. For such is our life here, brethren, a mockery upon the earth ; when we have no being, to receive it, and when we have being to

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dissolve into corruption. We are a fleeting dream ; a breath which endureth not ; the flight of a passing bird ; a ship which leaveth no trace upon the sea. Wherefore, let us cry aloud unto the King Immortal: Deem him worthy of thy bliss never-ending, 0 Lord. (The#refaes to the Gmdual, and the E#isfle,as usual. Seepage 395.) .

Reader. The Gradual (Prokimen), in the Sixth Tone. Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Verse: Unto thee belongeth song, 0 God, in Zion. Reader. The Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to

(Rom.v. 13-22.) Wherefore, brethren, as by one man sin entered into

the world, and death by sin ;and so death passed upon all men, for that

all have sinned. (For until the law, sin was in the world : but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam t o Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore, as by the

offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence migbt abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound : that as sin hath reigned ' unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eter. . nal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Pn'rst. Peace be with thee.

And with thy spirit. Deacon. Wisdom ! Readn. Alleluia, in the Fourth Tone. (Thrice.) Verse (StiRk): Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. (And the#refaces lo fhe Gospel, as usual. See P a p 395.)

(John v. r7-25.) The Lord said to the Jews which came unto him :

My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for

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what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For

the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself

doeth : and he will show him greater works than these, that y e may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. F o r the Father judgeth no m a n ; but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. H e that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord ; glory to thee. Dcacon. Let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. Priest. W e give thanks unto t h e e 0 Lord our God, for thou only

bast life immortal, and thy glory is ineffable, and thy love toward mankind is unutterable, and thy kingdom faileth not forever, and with thee there is no respect of persons ; for unto all men thou hast appointed a common debt of life, whose measure must be fulfilled. Wherefore we entreat thee, 0 Lord our God : Give rest in the bosom of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob unto thy servant, N., erstwhile a priest and our fellowminister, who hath fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal. And as thou didst appoint him to be a minister of thy Church on earth, so also do thou make him the same at thy heavenly altar, 0 Lord. A s thou hast adorned him with spiritual honour among men, so also receive thou him uncondemned into the glory of the A n g e l s

Thou thyself hast dignified his life upoh the earth ; in like manner, also, make thou glorious the exit of his life a t his entrance among thy holy Saints, and number his soul with all those who from all the ages have been well-pleasing in thy sight. For thou art the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Rest of thy servant, N., who hath fallen asleep, 0 Christ our God ; and unto thee do we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. A m e n If the Lord had not been on our side, we had not been able t o withstand the assaults of the enemy : hence they who conquer shall be exalted. Let not my soul be caught like a bird, in their teeth, 0 Word. For,

woe is me! How shall I escape from the enemy, wedded a s I am unto sin ? Glory to the Father, and to t h e Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit unto all men come adoration, good will, wisdom, peace and blessing : For equally with the Father and t h e Son h e hath effectual power. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Through the Holy Spirit . . . (Repeat.)

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T h e earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is ; the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. Refrain. Alleluia (Thrire.) For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the floods. @ (Thrice.) Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall rise up in his holy place ? @ (Thrice.) Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. @ ( Thrice.) H e shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from

the God of his salvation. Ijl (Thn'cc.)

This is the generation of them that seek him ; even of them that seek thy face, 0 Jacob. @ (Thrice.) Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of Glory shall come in. @ (Thrice.) W h o is the King of Glory? It is the Lord, strong and mighty, even

the Lord mighty in battle. @ (Thrice.)

Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates ; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. @ (Thrice.) W h o is the King of Glory ? Even the Lord of Hosts, he is the King of Glory. B (Thricr.) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Alleluia Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia Then the Hymn, in Tonr I / .

In faith, and hope, and love, in meekness and purity and in priestly worth, uprightly hast thou discharged thy sacred functions, 0 E v e memorable One. For which cause the God eternal, whom thou h a d served, shall himself establish thy spirit in a place of brightness, and of beauty, where the Righteous r e s t ; and thou shalt receive pardon at

the Judgment Day of Christ, and great mercy.

(SyeaVfen),in Tone K

Thou knowest, 0 our God, that we are born in sin ; Wherefore we entreat thee : Give rest unto him who hath departed this life, regarding not,'forasmuch as thou art good, the iniquities which in life he, as man and mortal, hath committed; through the prayers of the Birth-giver of God, 0 thou who alone lovest mankind. (Then the prefaces to the Gradual, as usual.)

Reader. T h e Gradual (Prokimen), in the Sixth Tone. Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Verse : And his remembrance is from generation to generation.

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(And the#refaces, as usnal, to the E#isfZe.)

The Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.

( r Cor. xv. 1-12.) Brethren: I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ; and that he was buried, and that he rose again

the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of

Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. Alleluia Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord.

The Lesson from the holy Gospel of John.

(yoha vi. 35-39.) The Lord said to the Jews which came unto him: I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast t. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the 1 of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. Choir. Glory to thee, 0 Lord; glory to thee. Deacon. Let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy.

0 Lord of Hosts, who art the consolation of the afflicted, and'the comfort of those who mourn, and the succour of all those who are fainthearted : Comfort, through thy loving-kindness, those who are distressed with weeping for him who hath fallen asleep, and heal every pain that doth oppress their hearts. And give rest in Abraham's bosom unto thy servant, N., who hath fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal. For thou art the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Repose of thy servant, N., 0 Christ our God ; and unto thee do we ascribe

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The Assembly of the Just, in that they have thee, 0 Saviour, for

their helper, will not lift up their hands unto iniquity. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

The dominion of the Holy Spirit is over all men. Before him the

heavenly hosts bow down, together with everything that hath breath here below. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

The dominion of tae Holy Spirit . . . ( R e p a t . )

0 how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts ! Rrfrain. Alleluia. (Thrice.) My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. B (Thnke.) Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young ; even thy altars, 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God @ (Thn'ce.) Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; they will be dway praising thee. (Thrice.) Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thy ways. EE. (Thrice.) Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well ; and the pools are filled with water. B (ThticP.) They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of gods

appeareth every one of them in Sion. B (Thrice.) 0 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer ; hearken, 0 God of Jacob. I$ ( Thrice.) Behold. 0 God our defender, and look u w n the face of thine ~ n o i n t e d . @ (Thrice.) For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. (Thn'cc.) I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. l$ (Thrice.) For the Lord God is a light and defence ; the Lord will give grace and worship ; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. @ (Thrice.) 0 Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. @ (Thyice.) ZZen the Hymn ( T e d r ) ,in Tone VZ.

My brethren beloved, forget me not when ye sing unto the Lord,

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but call to mind our brotherhood, and pray ye fervently unto God, that with the righteous the Lord will give me rest. Hymn, in Tonc VI. Suddenly hath Death removed me, and severed me from mine own this day. But do thou who hast called me hence, 0 Christ, in places of refreshing grant me rest. Glory . . Have mercy upon us, 0 Lord, for in thee have we trusted, and be not very wroth with us, neither call thou to remembrance our iniquities; but look down even now upon us, inasmuch as thou art of tender compassion ; and deliver us from our enemies ; for thou art our God, and we are thy people, we are all the work of thy hand, and we call upon thy Name. Now, and ever, . . . HYMNTO THE BIRTHGIVERO F COD(B~g~rddil&n)).

Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, 0 blessed Birth-giver of God. In that we set our hope on thee may we not fall, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities ; for thou art the salvation of all Christian people.

(Then the customary ~5refmeslo the Gradual.)

Reader. The Gradual (Prokimm), in the Sixth Tone. I n the courts of the blessed shall his soul be established. Verse: Unto thee, 0 Lord, will I cry : Think no scorn of me, 0 Lord, my strength. (The customary #refacs to thc E#rjlZc.)

T h e Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to t h e Coriothians. ( I COY.xu. 20-29.) Brethren: Now is Christ risen from the dead. and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For a s in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down-all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is

death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when h e saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Else what shall they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not a t all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

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Alleluia. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. Verse : H i s seed shall be mighty in the earth. (Therr the customary #refaces to the Gospel.)

T h e Lesson from the holy Gospel of John. (John vi. +-&) T h e Lord said to the Jews which came unto him, And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth

the Son, and believeth--on him, may have everlasting life : and I will

raise him up at the last day. T h e Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph,whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven ? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among )iourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at the last day. Then fhe Benfifudes. Tone /I.

I n thy kingdom remember us, 0 Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. For when Adam, of old, had eaten of the tree which was for food, he was driven forth from Paradise. But when the Thief, as he hung upon t h e cross, confessed thee God, he was made a citizen of Paradise. And we, who have been saved by thy Passion, 0 Master, imitating the Thief, with faith do cry: Remember us, also, when thou comest into thy kingdom.

Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. Taking clay from the earth, H e created me, and fashioned my body through his will divine ; and having breathed into it a soul, with his lifebearing breath, h e laid upon it a holy command. Therefore hast thou called me, who am subject to the corruption of sin, 0 thou who lovest mankind, because of thy boundless tenderness of heart. But grant rest with t h e Saints, 0 God, unto him whom thou hast called. W h e n the soul from the body is parted, fearful is the mystery and terrible to all men ; for the soul goeth forth lamenting, and the body is committed to the earth, and hidden from sight. Wherefore, in that we, also. have learned our final end, let us make appeal unto the Saviour,

crying aloud, with tears : Remember us also, 0 Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. W h y mourn ye me so violently, 0 men ? Why clamour ye so vainly ?

H e who is called hence proclaimeth unto all, Death is a rest unto all men. Therefore let us listen to the voice of Job, when he saith : Death is rest unto man. But grant rest with thy Saints, 0 God, unto him whom thou hast taken. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and shall persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. Paul, all-wise, clearly did foretell translation hence, teaching all men that the dead shall rise again incorruptible, and we shall be changed by command divine. Then shall the trumpet ring out with dreadful clang, and they who in all the ages have gone unto their rest shall arise from their sleep. But grant rest with thy Saints, 0 God, unto him whom

thou hast taken. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward in heaven. H e who is gone hence and lieth dead in the grave, in gracious reconciliation crieth unto all : Come unto me, ye earth-born ; behold the beauty of the body all turned to blackness. Wherefore, 0 brethren, forasmuch as we have learned therefrom the end, unto the Saviour let us make appeal, crying with tears : Grant rest with thy Saints, 0 God, unto him whom thou hast taken. Glory . . . now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO T H E BIRTH-GIVEROF COD.

In supernatural wise, 0 Lady, without seed thou didst conceive in thy womb the God who was before all the ages, and didst bear him in the flesh, both God and man, without change of Essence, and with Essence still unmingled. Wherefore, we acknowledge thee ever as the Birth-giver of God, and unto the God who was born of thee with faith we cry: Remember us, also, in thy kingdom. (Thecnsfomary Prefaces t o the Gradual.)

The Gradual (Prokimen), in the Sixth'Tone. Blessed is he whom

thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Cl'rrse: Among the blessed shall his soul take up its abode. (Thc customary Prefaces t o the E$istZc.)

The Lesson from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to the Romans.

(Rom. xiv. 6-9 ) Brethren : H e that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord : and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. H e that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; and he that eateth not to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord ; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. Alleluia, in the Sixth Tone. Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken, 0 Lord. Vkrse: Among the blest shall his soul take up its abode.

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(Tkc cnstomary jrrfnccs to tkc Gospel.)

T h e Lesson from the holy Gospd of John. (YoArt vi. 4-54.) T h e Lord said to the Jews which came unto him, I a m that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and t h e bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of t h e world. T h e Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to e a t ? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my

flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up a t t h e last day. Then Psalm li. (sccpage 380). And tkc Canon. Tonc Vl. Canticle I.

Theme-Song ( I m d s ) . T h e children of those that were saved hid under the earth him who, of old, drowned in the waves of the sea the tormentor pursuing. And let us like the virgins sing unto the Lord : For h e hath gloriously glorified himself. Refrain. Unto the soul of thy departed servant give rest, 0 Lord. Nymrrs (Tr@ari?). With burning tears fall we down before thee, 0 Beneficent One, and before Christ the Lord of all, and utter forth with wailing this funeral song : Give rest to thy faithful servant, in that thou art full of loving-kindness. Graciously grant, 0 Word, that he may stand in holiness with thine elect on thy right hand, in the hope of resurrection from the dead. 0 thou who lovest mankind, we fervently entreat thee with the voice of

praise. Graciously grant, 0 thou who lovest mankind, that thy chosen servant, who hath been taken from earth, may radiantly rejoice in thy heavenly, august: kingdom ; regard not his transgressions, forasmuch as thou art of tender loving-kindness. Glory . . W o e is me! For earthly glory hath suddenly sprung up like the grass, and straightway hath withered. What is rank in the grave? W h a t is comeliness or beauty there? Therefore, 0 Lord, spare thou thy servant, fotasmuch as thou art full of loving-kindness. Now, and ever, . . .

HYMNTO THE BIRTH-GIVER

OF G,OD(Bogordditckm).

A s is our bounden duty, we all with love sing praises unto thee, 0 Mary, Virgin all-undefiled, the Mother of God, in that me have the sleepless eye of thy prayers. From sin deliver us now, and from the condemnation of death.

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Theme-Song. There is none holy like unto thee, 0 Lord my God, who hast exalted the horn of thy faithful, 0 Good One, and hast established us upon the rock of thy confession. Hymns. There is no man upon the earth who sinneth not, 0 Word. Accept, therefore, the petition of us humble ones; and pardon, remit, 0 Saviour, all the iniquities of thy servant. And who is full of love toward mankind like unto thee, 0 merciful Lord, who with great power forgivest sins both to the living and also to

the dead ? Wherefore, save thou thy servant, by the same power.

Glory . . . Of thy heavenly calling, 0 Saviour, make thou an heir him who, in faith, hath been translated hence, accepting this last tearful prayer, 0 only Sinless One. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. Cease not thou, who art our true Lady, 0 Virgin most holy, to implore God whom thou hast borne, that unto him who hath departed this life in the faith he will mercifully vouchsafe his heavenly kingdom.

Sittinx-Hymn(Sye&flen),in Tour V7. Of a truth, all things are vanity, and life is but a shadow and a dream. For in vain doth every one who is born of earth disquiet himself, as saith the Scriptures. When we have acquired the world, then do we take up our abode in the grave, where kings and beggars lie down together. Wherefore, 0 Christ our God, give rest to thy servant departed this life ; forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. Canticle ZV: Theme-Song. When Habakkuk, by anticipation, beheld thine exhaustion divine upon the Cross, in amaze he cried: Thou hast destroyed the dominion of the mighty, 0 Good One, in that thou hast joined thyself unto the company of those who were in hell ; For thou art almighty.

Hymns. Forasmuch as the judgment of that dread day of wrath is not to be endured, let us diligently entreat of Christ remission of all iniquities for him who hath departed this life in faith and in the hope of resurrection. Mercifully vouchsafe, 0 Christ, unto this thy servant, who, through repentance ere his death burned before thee as a bright light thy mansions of light, 0 Master, Saviour, tenderly compassionate. Glory . . . When thou shalt reveal all secrets, and shalt convict us of our sins, 0 Christ, spare him whom thou hast taken unto thyself, calling to mind his confession, 0 Good One. Now. and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. Forget not all us who, with wailing,

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diligently do call upon thee, 0 holy Birth-giver of God. Entreat thou, 0 Good One, that thy faithful servant departed this life may obtain rest. Canticle K Thme-Song. When Isaiah beheld the light which knoweth no setting of thy divine manifestation, that was graciously made unto us, 0 Christ, his soul longed for thee in the night-season, and he cried :

The dead shall rise, and those who lie in the grave shall be awakened,

and all the earth-born shall rejoice. Hymns. In the assembly of the Elect, and the delights of Paradise, 0 Bountiful One, establish thou him whom in the faith thou hast trans lated from us. For thou hast appointed, 0 our Saviour, godly-inspired repentance unto all us sinning mortals. Fol-asmuch as thou art the Lord, unto this man also graciously vouchsafe thy heavenly kingdom. Through thy power as God, in sovereign wise dost thou show mercy, 0 Lord, upon thy creatures whom thou hast brought into subjection to mortal law, 0 thou who lovest mankind. Wherefore, 0 Saviour, pardon, remit, forgive the sins of him who in the faith hath departed this life ; and vouchsafe unto the same thy kingdom. Glory . . .

None shall escape the dread judgment of thy throne. Side by side with their slaves stand all the mighty kings, and the terrible voice of

the Judge ordereth sinful man to the condemnation of Gehenna ; from

the which deliver thou thy servant, 0 Christ.

Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giverof God Of thee, in supernatural wise, was the Redeemer born after the nature of men: Whom also do thou entreat, 0 Virgin unwedded, that from all torments, and from fierce, dread pains in hell, he will deliver and will save him who now in the faith hath departed from us. Canticle VZ. Theme-Song. The nethermost abyss of sin hath compassed me about, and unable to endure the billows thereof, like Jonah I cry aloud unto thee, 0 Master : Lead me forth from corruption. Hymns. Death and the grave await us, and the judgment, which shall reveal all deeds. Deliver thou therefrom thy servant whom thou hast taken hence, 0 thou who lovest mankind. Unto him who is gone hence, 0 my Saviour, open thou, we beseech

thee, the door of thy mercy, 0 Christ ; that he may rejoice in glory, as he partaketh of the joys of thy realm. Glory . . . Through thy mercy deliver thou from his iniquities, 0 Saviour, thy servant whom thou hast now translated hence in the faith. For out of

the things which he hath done in the body shall no man be justified,

0 thou who lovest mankind Now, and ever, . . .

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Hymn to the B i d - g i v e r of God. 0 Progenetrix of God, in the flesh hast thou borne the Destroyer of Death, and the Release from the curse, the Creator who saveth all them that die in the faith, forasmuch as he is good and loveth mankind.

Deacon. Again, yet again, in peace let us pray And the rnisf, meanwhile, saiih to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) the God o Prayer: f spirits. .0 .. Again we pray for the repose of the soul of N., (set page 37% BURIALOF LAYthe servant of God who hath fallen asleep ; and that

he may be pardoned every transgression, whether voluntary or involuntary. Iji That the Lord God will establish his soul where the Just repose. I$

The mercies of God, the kingdom of heaven, and the remission of his

sins let us ask of Christ, our King Immortal, and our God. Choir. Grant it, 0 Lord.

The CbZ/ect-Hymn (fin&&), in Tone YZZI.

Give rest with the Saints, 0 Christ, to the soul of thy servant, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting. Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me: For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song: Alleluia. In thought I implore ye, hearken unto me : For with difficulty do I announce these things. For your sakes have I made moan ; perchance it may profit one of you. But when ye shall sing these things make mention, now and then, of me whom ye have known. For often have

we walked together, and together in the house of God have sung: Alleluia. Rise now, all ye, and make ready, and when ye are set, hearken ye unto the word. Terrible, my brethren, is the Judgment Seat before which all we must appear. There is neither bondman nor freeman there; there is neither small nor great; but we shall all stand naked there. Wherefore, it is good to. sing together the psalm : Alleluia Let us all be consumed with tears, when we behold the eartbly remains lying low ; and when we shall all draw near to kiss, and peradventure to utter such things as these : Lo ! thou hast abandoned us who love thee. Why speakest thou no more with us, 0 friend ? Why speakest thou not, as thou wert wont to speak, but holdest thus thy

peace who before with us didst say : Alleluia Why these bitter words of the dying, 0 brethren, which they utter

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as they go hence? I am banished, brethren. All my friends do I abandon, and go hence. But whither I go, that understand I not, neither what shall become of me yonder; but only God, who hath summoned me knoweth. But make commemoration of me with the song: Alleluia But whither now.go the souls ? How dwell they now together there ? This mystery have 1 desired to learn, but none can impart aright. Do they call to mind their own people, as we do them? Or have they already forgotten those who mourn them and make the song : Alleluia ? Accompany ye the dead, 0 friends, and come ye to the grave with beed, and there gaze ye steadfastly, with understanding; and make ready your feet. All youth is fallen to dissolution there; there all the

flower of life is faded ; there are dust, and ashes, and worms ; there all is silent ; and there no man saith : Alleluia. Lo! now behold we him who lieth here, but ne'er shall lie before us more. Lo! already is his tongue stilled, and lo ! his mouth hath ceased to speak. Fare ye well, 0 my friends, my children. Fare ye well, 0 brethren ! Fare ye well, 0 my comrades ; for I go forth upon my way. But make commemoration of me with the song : Alleluia None of the dwellers yonder have returned to life to tell us howthere they fare, our erstwhile brethren and our offspring gone before us to

the Lord. Wherefore, again and oft we say : Shall we see each other

there? Shall we see our brethren there? Shall we there again together say the psalm : Alleluia ? We go forth on the path eternal, and as condemned, with downcast faces, present ourselves before the only God. Where then is comeliness ? Where then is wealth ? Where then is the prlorv of this world ? There shall none of these things aid us, but oily i o say oft the psalm : Alleluia Why dost thou untimely vex thyself, 0 man ! Yet one hour, and all things shall pass away. For in Hell there is no.repentance, nor further remission there. There is the worm that sleepeth not; there is the land, all dark and gloomy, where I must be judged. For I made not haste to say the psalm : Alleluia. Naught is so easily forgot as mortal from his brother-mortal parted.

If for a brief space we call to mind, yet straightway forget we Death, as we had not ourselves to (lie. Parents, also, are utterly forgotten of their children, whom from their own bodies they have borne and reared ; and they have dropped tears with the song : Alleluia. I remind ye, 0 my brethren, my children, and my friends : Forget me not, when unto the Lord ye pray. I entreat, I beseech, I implore, that ye learn by heart this thing, and mourn for me night and day. As said Job unto his friends, so say I also unto you: Sit ye again and say: Alleluia Leaving all things behind us, forth we go, and naked and grieving must present ourselves to God. For like the grass doth beauty fade, and man is but allured therewith. Naked wast thou born, 0 wretched

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one, and naked there must every man appear. Dream not, 0 mortal, of sweetness in this life, but only groan ever with the moan : Alleluia If thou hast shown mercy unto man, 0 man, that same mercy shall be shown thee there ; and if on an orphan thou hast shown compassion,

the same shall there deliver thee from want. If in this life the naked

thou hast clothed, the same shall give thee shelter there, and sing the psalm : Alleluia. Toilsome the way in which I must go hence, the which, in truth, I never yet have trod ; and unknown is that land, and thereof knoweth no one anywhere. Awesome is it to behold my guides ; most terrible he who hnth called me, the Ruler of life and death, who also calleth us, when he willeth, thither: Alleluia. If journeyingfrom a home-land we stand in need of guides, what shall we do when forth we fare to a land to us still all unknown? Many leaders wilt thou then require, many prayers to accompany thee, to save the wretched sinner's soul ; until thou come to Christ and say to him : Alleluia. They who are in thrall to the material passions shall find no pardon

whatsoever there. For there are the dread accusers; there, also, the books are opened. Where, then, around about thee wilt thou gaze, O man? And who then shall succour thee? Unless thou hast led an upright life, and hast done good to the needy, singing: Alleluia Youth and the beauty of the body fade at the hour of death, and the tongue then burneth fiercely, and the parched throat is inflamed. The beauty of the eyes is quenched then, the comeliness of the face all altered,

the shapeliness of the neck destroyed ; and the other parts have become

numb, nor often say : Alleluia Hush, then ; be dumb. Henceforward keep ye silence before him who lieth there, and gaze upon the mighty mystery; for terrible is this hour. Be silent, that the soul may issue forth in peace. For it to a great ordeal is constrained, and in fear doth oft petition make to God : Alleluia I have beheld a dying child, and I have mourned my life. He was all agitated, and trembled greatly when the hour was come, and cried, 0 father, help me! 0 mother, save me! And no one then could succour him, but only pined away as they gazed on him, and wept for him in the grave: Alleluia How many suddenly are snatched even from the plighting of their troth, and united by a bond eternal ; and without avail have made their

moan unending, and have not risen from that bridal chamber! But there was both marriage and the grave, both union and disunion, both laughter and weeping, and the psalm : Alleluia. With ecstasy are we inflamed if we but hear that there is light eternal yonder ; that there is the fountain of our life, and there delight eternal ; that there is Paradise, wherein every soul of Righteous Ones rejoicetb Let us all, also, enter into Christ, that all we may cry aloud thus unto God : Alleluia.

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Hymn to the Birth-gfver of God. 0 all-holy Virgin unwedded, who hast brought forth the Light Ineffable, I make petition never ceasing, and beseech thee, and entreat thee : Implore thou the Lord perpetually for thy servant who hath fallen asleep, 0 most pure One; that he may find there remission of his iniquities in the Day of Judgment, 0 Allpure One. For thou, 0 Lady, hast boldness ever to beseech thy Son : Alleluia.

The Collect-Hymn.

Give rest with the Saints, 0 Christ, to the soul of thy servant, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting. Canticle Vl/.

T h e - S o n g . 0 marvel unutterable ! He who delivered the Holy Children in the fiery furnace from the flames is laid dead, bereft of breath, in the grave, for the salvation of us who sing : 0 God our Redeemer, blessed art thou. Hymns. From the fires of Hell and the dread sentence of condemnation deliver thou, 0 Christ, forasmuch as thou lovest mankind, thy servant whom thou hast now taken hence in the faith. And grant that thy servant may sing unto thee : 0 God our Redeemer, blessed art thou. 0 God, who hast been graciously pleased to establish in the land of

the meek, in the delights of Paradise, in the marvellous tabernacle of

thou. Cantic& VWI.

Theme-Song. Fear with trembling, 0 ye heavens, and let the foundations of the earth be shaken. For lo! he who dwelleth on high is numbered among the dead, and is lodged in the narrow grave. Ye Children, bless ; ye Priests, sing praises ; ye People, magnify him unto all the agesHymns. What a dread hour awaiteth sinners, 0 brethren ! 0 what is t h e terror then, when Hell's fire unquenchable shall consume and torture evermore ! Wherefore, 0 Christ, bountiful Master, deliver thou

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from the dread ban him who this day hath been translated from us, that he may escape the torments of Hell. 0 the joy of the Righteous, which they shall receive when the Judge shall come ! For there a mansion is prepared, and Paradise, and all Christ's kingdom : wherein establish thou thy servant, making him glad with the Saints, 0 Christ, unto all the ages. Glory . . . Who shall withstand, 0 Christ, the dread menace of thy coming again? For then shall the heavens be rolled up like a scroll, in terrible wise ; and the stars shall fall; and all creation shall quake with fear; and

the light shall suffer sombre change. But in that day, 0 Word, spare

thou him who hath been translated from us. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth--ver of God He who, in more than mortal wise, was incarnate of thee as thy Son, 0 Pure One, the same is the Judge both of the quick and of the dead, and judgeth all the earth, and saveth from torment whomsoever he willeth : More especially those who, with love, do worship him in his manifestations; and who sing pl'aises unto thee, 0 Birth-giver of God, unto all the ages.

Theme-Song. Lament not for me, 0 Mother, when thou beholdest in the grave thy Son whom, without seed, thou didst conceive in thy womb. For I shall rise again and glorify myself; and in that I am God, I will raise in glory that hath no ending those who, with faith and love, do magnify thee. Hymns. Mourn not for all who have died in the faith: for Christ hath endured for us the flesh, the cross, and the grave, making children of immortality all those who cry aloud unto him : Enter thou not into judgment with thy servant. Let us fervently entreat Christ, 0 ye faithful, that he will establish in the abode of the blessed our brother who hath fallen asleep in the faith, and in the hope of resurrection. For there is the stem judgment

seat, and the dread trial, and none can aid himself ; but only good deeds and the prayers of the faithful. And so let us cry aloud : Enter thou not into judgment with thy servant, 0 Lord. Glory . . . In thy glory which waxeth not old, in the sweetness of Paradise, establish thou now, 0 Good One, him who hath been translated from us ; forasmuch as in the true belief and in repentance he hath hastened unto thee in faith. And make him an elect defender of thy kingdom. Now, and ever, . . Hymn to the Biyth,qiver of God. Thee, as the Mother of the Life, and in more than mortal wise the Virgin Birth-giver of God, we faithful devoutly magnify. For through thee we, who before were dead, have become immortal; we have found life, arid lo! unto thee do we make this song.

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Now am I at rest, and have received great allevation, in that I have been taken from corruption and translated unto life. Glory to thee, 0 God. Th People. Verse (Stikli) : As for man, his day is like the grass, like

the flower of the field.

Veyse: For his spirit goeth forth, and he ceaseth to be. Verse: But the truth of the Lord abideth forever. And aflcr each Verse fhExaposfildrion is rcpeafed.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Now have I chosen the Maiden Mother of' God: for Christ, the Redeemer of all men, is born of her : Glory to thee, 0 God. And then imwrcdiafely PSALM

0 praise God in his holiness : praise him in the firmament of his power. Refrain. To thee, 0 God, is due a song.

Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. I$ Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. I$ Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe. I$ Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. I$ L e t every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. I$ Tkcrr the Stanzas (Stikhiri), in Tone VI.

Thy godly minister, made a partaker of the nature divine in his translation hence, through thy life-giving mystery, 0 Christ, is now come unto thee. Receive thou his soul in thy hand, as it were a bird, 0 Saviour. Establish thou him in thy courts, and in the choir of the Angels; and because of thy great mercy, 0 Lord, give rest unto him whom thou hast taken by thy command. Strange is the mystery of death : for it cometh to all untimely. Nature is dissolved by force. I t taketh old men, abbots and learned men ; it slayeth the teachers of vain philosophies, bishops and pastors, and every nature of mortals. But let us cry aloud, with tears : Bemuse of thy great mercy, 0 Lord, give rest unto him whom thou hast taken

by thy command. H e who lived in godliness, and was adorned as thy priest, the sacrificer and minister of thy mysteries divine, by thy divine command hath

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passed over from life's clamour unto thee. Save him whom, as Priest, thou didst accept, 0 Saviour ; and because of thy great mercy, give unto him rest with the Just. . now, and ever, . . . Glory Hymn to the Birth-giver of God We have come to the knowledge of God who was incarnate of thee, 0 Virgin Birth-giver of God : Entreat thou him that he will save our souls.

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 0 Lord God, heavenly King, God

the Father Almighty.

0-Lord, the Only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit; 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, 0 Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy Name forever and ever. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord God of our fathers, and praised and glorified be thy holy Name forever. Let thy merciful kindness, 0 Lord, be upon us, as we do put our

trust in thee. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord : 0 teach me thy statutes. (Thrice.) Lord, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. I said: Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Lord, I flee unto thee. 0 teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee ; for thou art my God. For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light. 0 continue forth thy loving-kindness unto those who know thee. Then trke following Stanzas (Stikhirr'), by St. John of Damascus. Tone I.

What earthly sweetness remaineth unmixed with grief ? What glory standeth immutable on earth ? All things are but shadows most feeble, but most deluding dreams : yet one moment only, and Death shall sup plant them all. But in the light of thy countenance, 0 Christ, and in

the sweetness of thy beauty, give rest unto him whom thou hast chosen :

forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. lrcrse (StiRh): The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. In very deed, 0 my Saviour, dost thou show forth that thou art the

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Resurrection of all men, who, by thy word, 0 Word, didst raise up Lazarus from the dead. Then were the bars shattered, and the gates of Hell were confounded. Then was man's death shown to be but a sleep. But do thou, who art come to save thy creation, and not to condemn it, give rest unto him whom thou hast chosen: forasmuch as thou lovest mankind Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Hymn to th Birtkgrgrverof God. Thou hast manifested thyself a fervent Intercessor for all men, 0 Birth-giver of God ; the Protector of all men, and the Power of God to those who have recourse unto thee ;

the Succour of those who are in need ; a speedy Deliverance unto those

who are captive. For Christ hath appointed thee to be a Defender and a Champion against the barbarian, and a Wall indestructible, and a Fortress impregnable for the weak; and the Bestower of peace upon our souls. Sianzas (Stirkhin], in Tone II. Woe is me! What manner of ordeal doth the soul endure when from the body it is parted ! Woe is me! how many then are its tears; and there is none to show compassion! I t turneth its eyes to the Angels ; all uhavailing is its prayer. It stretcheth out its hands to men; and findeth none to succour. Wherefore, my brethren beloved, meditating on the brevity of our life, let us beseech of Christ rest for him who hath departed hence; and for our souls great

mercy. V e m : I called upon the Lord when I was in trouble, and he heard me. Come, let us a11 gaze upon the marvel that is past understanding: he who but yesterday was with us now lieth dead. Come, let us learn how that, in a little while, we also shall end in the swathing-bands of death. How lie they in stench, who were anointed with sweet-smelling spices! How lie they who erst bedecked themselves with gold, now unadorned, bereft of form ! Wherefore, my brethren beloved, let us meditate upon the brevity of our life, and entreat of Christ rest for him who hath been translated hence; and for our souls great mercy. Verse: Deliver my soul, 0 Lord, from the mouths of the ungodly. Farewell, vain life! Farewell, all ye, my kinsfolk, friends and children! For I tread a way wherein I ne'er have walked. But come, remembering my love for you, follow me, and commit this, my mortal

clay, unto the grave : And make entreaty with tears, unto Christ who shall judge my humble soul, that he will snatch me from the fire unquenchable. Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . H y m n to the Birthkgiver of God. Thou Gate Impassable, mystically ' sealed, 0 blessed Virgin Birth-giver of God, accept thou our petitions, and bear them unto thy Son and God ; that through thee he may save our souls. S t a n z a , in Tone III. Lo, here I lie, my brethren beloved, silent and voiceless amid you all. My mouth is idle, my tongue is stopped, and

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my lips are curbed ; my hands are bound, and my feet are fettered ; my semblance is changed, mine eyes are quenched, and behold not those who make moan ; mine ears receive not the wail of the mourners, my nose perceiveth not the sweet fragrance of the incense. But true love can in no wise die. Wherefore I beseech all my dear ones : Remember me before the Lord in the Day of Judgment, that I may find mercy at that dread Judgment Seat. Verse : I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, whence cometh my help. All mortal things are vanity, and exist not after death. Riches endure not, neither doth glory accompany on the way: for when death cometh, all these things vanish utterly. For which cause let us cry

unto Christ the Immortal: T o him who hath been translated from among us, give thou rest where is the abode of those who are glad. Verse: ,The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth, even forevermore. 0 men, why vex we ourselves in vain ? Swift and grievous is the course we run. Life is a smoke, and vapour, and ashes, and clay ; and soon shall we be dust, and like a flower shall we wither away. Wherefore, unto Christ, the King Immortal, let us cry: To him who hatb been translated from among us, give thou rest where is the abode of those who are glad. Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of G o d Thee as a Haven of salvation, 0 Virgin Birth-giver of God, have we who are tempest-tossed on the sea

of life. Wherefore, entreat thou him who, without seed, was incarnate of thee, and in wise ineffable was made man, that he will save our soulsi Stansas, i n Tone I E Where' is earthly predilection ? Where is the pomp of the ephemeral creatures of a day ? Where are the gold and

the silver? Where is the multitude of .household servants and their

clamour? All dust, all ashes, all shadows. But come, let us cry aloud unto the King Immortal : 0 Lord, thine eternal good things vouchsafe thou unto him who hath been translated from us, giving him rest in thy blessedness which waxet h not old. Verse: I rejoiced when they said unto me : Let us go into the house of the Lord. Death came like a robber ; he came, the corrupter, and laid me low ; he came, the corrupter, and made me as one that existeth not ; he came, and being earth, I lie as though I were not. Of a truth are we mortals a dream ; of a truth are we a vision. .But come, unto the King Immortal let us cry: Thine eternal good things vouchsafe thou, 0 Lord, unto him who hath been translated from us, granting him rest in the

life which waxeth not old. Glory . . now, and ever, . . . H p n to the Bib-giver of God. 0 Virgin alone Pure and Undetiled, who without seed didst bring forth God : Pray thou that our souls may be saved.

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Stanzas, in Tone C.: I called to mind the Prophet, how he cried : I am earth and ashes ; and I looked again into the graves, and beheld the bones laid bare ; and I said : Who then is the king or warrior, the rich man or the needy, the upright or the sinner ? Yet give rest with thy Saints, unto thy servant, 0 Lord Yme: Our feet have stood in thy courts, 0 Jerusalem. Thou hast said, 0 Christ, that he who believeth on thee shall not see death ;and forasmuch as I, from the Light in the Light, am the Light, so also shall ye be illumined with me in my glory. For, being very God, I am come to save those who, in true right belief, do honour me, the only Lord God, twofold in nature, of flesh and Godhead, and one in

Person. Wherefore, in the light of thy countenance, with the Saints, give rest unto this thy faithful servant, who hath confessed me : forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. Glory . . now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. We entreat thee, as the Mother of God, 0 Blessed One: Beseech thou him that he will save our souls. Stamas, in Tone Vl. Thy creating command was my origin and my foundation: for thy pleasure it was, out of nature visible and invisible, to fashioh me, a living creature. From the earth thou didst shape my body, and didst give me a soul by thy divine and quickening breath. Wherefore, 0 Lord, give rest to thy servant, in the land of the living, in the habitations of the Just.

Verse: Unto thee have I lifted up mine eyes, 0 thou who dwellest in the heavens. With thine own image hast thou honoured the work of thy hands, 0 Word, depicting in material form the likeness of thine Essence supersensual ; whereof, also, thou hast made me a participant, placing me on earth to rule with independent lordship over created things. Wherefore, 0 Saviour, ive rest unto thy servant, in the land of the living, in

the habitations o the Just.

. now, and ever, . . Glory Hymn to the Bib-giver of God. We have beheld God who was incarnate of thee, 0 Virgin Birth-giver of God. Wherefore entreat thou him that he will save our souls. Stanzas, in Tone VZl. When, in the beginning, thou hadst created man after thine own image and likeness, thou didst set him in Paradise to reign over thy creatures. But when, beguiled by the malice of the Devil, he tasted of the food, he became a transgressor of thy commandments. For which cause, 0 Lord, thou didst condemn him to return again unto the earth whence he was taken, and to entreat repose. Verse: How amiable are thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of hosts. Death which looseth every sorrow is granted unto the race of Adam.

Forwe became subjeet unto corruption through the eating of the fruit ; for we know that, as we were made of earth, dust shall we be again, and ashes, as we were before. Wherefore, with the voice of entreaty, let us

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beseech the Creator that he will grant pardon and mercy unto him who hath been translated hence. Glory . . now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birthgiver of God. We faithful have thee, 0 Birth-giver of God, for a Wall impregnable and a steadfast Hope. Wherefore, cease thou not, 0 Lady, to entreat for thy servants who have fallen asleep, that they may receive pardon at the Judgment Day, when thy Son and God shall sit as Judge (for thou knowest our nature, how that of every manner of sin are we now commingled); that we may all bless thee. Stanzas, in Tone VIII. I weep and I wail when I think upon death, and behold our beauty, fashioned after the image of God, lying in the tomb, disfigured, dishonoured, bereft of form. 0 marvel 1 What is this

mystery which doth befall us ? Why have we been given over unto corruption, and why have we been wedded unto death ? Of a truth, as it is written, by the command of God, who giveth the departed rest. How are we become subject unto corruption, we who have borne the image of the Incorruptible, and have received a soul immortal through

the breath divine, and so are become of blended nature, as it is written ?

How have we sinned against the commands of God ? 0 marvel ! How have we, abandoning the food of God, eaten the fruit which begetteth death and bitterness ? How, being led astray, have we bereft ourselves of life divine? Henceforth let us cry unto Christ : In thy courts establish thou him whom thou hast translated hence. Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. Thy protection, 0 Virgin Birtbgiver of God, is spiritual healing. For having recourse thereunto, we are released from our spiritual ills. Stanzas in Tone VII% Measureless is the torment of those who have lived lewdly; gnashing of teeth and wailing unconsoled ; gloom unlightened and outer darkness, the worm that sleepeth not, tears unavailing,

and judgment without mercy. For which cause, ere the end shall come, let us cry aloud and say: Unto this man whom thou hast chosen, 0 Lord Christ, give rest with thine elect.

The trump shall thunder forth its sound, and the dead shall rise as it

were from sleep, desiring with great longing to receive the heavenly life, setting their hope on thee, their Creator and their Lord. Condemn thou not, therefore, thy servant, 0 Immortal One, who for our sake didst become mortal. For which cause, ere the end shall come, let us cry aloud and say: Unto this man whom thou bast chosen, 0 Lord Christ, give rest with thine elect. Lo ! the elements and heaven and earth shall be changed ; and all creation shall put on immortality, and mortality shall be destroyed ; and darkness shall flee away at thy coming. For thou shalt come again in glory, as it is written, to requite unto every man according to what he hath done. Unto this man whom thou hast chosen, 0 Lord Christ, give

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Glory . . . Tone VI. Ceme ye all, and behold a sight strange and terrible, familiar unto all,

the image t ~ d a ybeheld ; and vex yourselves no longer about temporal

things. To-day is the soul severed from the body, and translated to

the world eternal ; for it setteth out upon a path which it hath never

trod, and goeth to the Judge who respecteth not persons, where the Angelic Hosts stand round about. For terrible, 0 my brethren, is that Judgment Seat, where all we naked must appear. For some shall be put to shame,and some shall receive crowns. Wherefore, let us cry unto the King Immortal : When thine it shall be to try the secret things of man, spare thy servant whom thou hast taken, 0 Lord who lovest mankind. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birthgiver of God. By the prayers of her who bare thee, 0 Christ, and of thy Forerunner ; of the Apostles, Prophets, Hierarchs, Holy Ones, and Just, and of all the Saints : Give rest unto thy servant who hath fallen asleep.

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy Name, 0 Most Highest ; to tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the.night-season; upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 0 Lord, how glorious are thy works! thy thoughts are very deep. An unwise man doth not well consider this, and a fool doth not understand . it. When the ungodly are green as the grass, and w h e ~all the workers of wickedness do flourish, then shall they be destroyed forever; but thou, Lord, art the Most Highest for evermore. For lo, thine enemies,

0 Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn ; for I am anointed with fresh oil. Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me. The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. Such as are planted in

the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of the house of our

God. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking; that they may show how true the Lord my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him. 0 Holy God, Holy.Mighty, . . . Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 allholy Trinity, . . . Lord, have mercy. ( Thn'ce.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, . . . For thine is the kingdom, . . . (See the Burial of Laymen, page 369.) Give rest with the Just, 0 Saviour, unto thy servant, and establish him in thy courts, as it is written: Regarding not, in that thou art good, his sins, whether voluntary or involuntary, and all things com-

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mitted either with knowledge or in ignorance, 0 thou who lovest mankind. In the place of thy rest, 0 Lord, where all thy Saints repose, give rest also to the soul of thy servant : for thou only lovest mankind. 0 Holy Mother of the Light Ineffable, with songs angelic honouring, devoutly do we magnify thee.

Come, brethren, let us give the last kiss unto the dead, rendering thanks unto God. For he hath vahished from among his kin,and presseth onward to the grave, and vexeth himself no longer concerning vanities, and concerning the flesh, which suffereth sore distress. Where are now his kinsfolk and his friends? Lo, we are parted. Let us beseech the Lord that he will give him rest. What is this parting, 0 brethren? What is this wailing, what this weeping at the present hour? Come ye, therefore, let us kiss him who was but lately with us ; for he is committed to the grave ; he is covered with a stone ; he taketh up his abode in the gloom ; he is interred among

the dead, and now is parted from all his kinsfolk and his friends. Let

us beseech the Lord that he will give unto him eternal rest. Now is all life's solemn triumph of vanities destroyed. For the spirit hath vanished from its tabernacle; its clay groweth black. T h e vessel is shattered, voiceless, bereft of feeling, motionless, dead. Committing which unto the grave, let us beseech the Lord that he will give him rest. What is our life like unto ? Unto a flower, a vapour, and the dew of the morning, in very truth. Come ye, therefore, let us gaze keenly at the grave. Where is the beauty of the body, and where its youth ? Where are the eyes and the fleshly form ? Like the grass all have perished, all have been destroyed. Come ye, therefore, let us prostrate ourselves at

the feet of Christ with tears.

A great weeping and wailing, a great sighing and agony, and Hell and destruction is the departure of the SOUL This transitory life is a shadow unreal and an illusive dream ; the trouble of the life of earth is a phantasm importunate. Let us, then, flee afar from every earthly sin, that we may inherit heavenly things. As we gaze on the dead who lieth before us, let us all accept this example of our own last hour. For he vanisheth from earth like the smoke ;. like a flower he fadeth ; like the grass he is cut down Swathed in a tattered garment he is concealed in the earth. As we leave him hidden from sight, let us beseech Christ that he will give unto him eternal rest. Draw nigh, ye descendants of Adam, let us gaze upon him who is

laid low in the earth, made after our own image, all comeliness stripped

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off, dissolved in the grave ; by decay, by worms in darkness consumed, and hidden by the earth. As we leave him hid from sight, let us beseech Christ that he will give unto him eternal rest. When the soul from the body is about to be rent with violence by Angels dread, it forgetteth all its kinsfolk and acquaintance, and is troubled concerning its appearance before the judgment which shall come upon the things of vanity and much-toiling flesh. Come ye, then, importuning the Judge, let us implore that the Lord will pardon him all his deeds which he hath done. Come, 0 brethren, let us gaze into the grave upon the dust and ashes from which we are made. Whither go we now? What are we become? Who is poor, who rich ? Who is the master ? Who a freeman ? Are not

we all ashes ? The beauty of the countenance is mouldered, and Death hath withered up all the flower of youth. Vanity and corruption, of a truth, are all the illusions and the inglorious things of life. For all we shall pass away : all we shall die, kings and princes, judges and rulers, rich and poor, and every mortal creature. For now they who were erst alive are cast down into the grave. Wherefore, let us beseech the Lord that he will give rest. Now are all the bodily organs seen to be idle, which so little while ago were filled with motion; all useless, dead, inactive. For the eyes have withdrawn inward, the feet are bound, the hands lie helpless, and the ears withal ; the tongue is imprisoned in silence, committed to the tomb.

Of a verity, all mortal things are vanity. Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. Save thou those who fix their hope on thee, the Mother of the Sun that knoweth no setting, 0 Progenetrix of God. With thy prayers entreat, we beseech thee, the God exceeding good, that unto him who hath now been translated, he will give repose where the souls of the righteous rest. Manifest him an heir of eternal good things in the courts of the Just, unto everlasting memory, 0 Allundefiled One. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Tone VL As ye behold me lie before you all speechless and bereft of breath, weep for me, 0 friends and brethren, 0 kinsfolk and acquaintance. For but yesterday I talked with you, and suddenly there came

upon me the dread hour of death. But come, all ye who loved me, and kiss me with the last kiss. For nevermore shall I walk or talk with y o u For I go hence unto the Judge with whom is no respect of persons. For slave and master stand together before him, king and warrior,

the rich and the poor, in honour equal. For according to his deeds shall

every man receive glory or be put to shame. But I beg and implore you all, that ye will pray without ceasing unto Christ our God, that I be not doomed according to my sins, unto a place of torment ; but that he will appoint unto me a place where is the light of life. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. H e who hath been translated hence hath crossed life's ever-troubled

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sea, and hath sailed into thy haven through faith ; but in thy tranquillity and sweetness immortal, with the Saints instructing him, give rest, 0 Christ, to the soul of thy servant. Tone IY: To-day is fulfilled the all-praised word of devout David, who said : Man is like the grass, his days are as the flower of the field when it is withered. For erstwhile we beheld him living and speaking; lo, now he lieth dead, motionless, bereft of breath. He is gone forth, and hath departed from present things, thither where is the recompense of his deeds ;thither, where is the joy of all the Saints. With the same give rest, 0 God, unto him that is gone hence : in that thou art merciful and lovest mankind.

Tone VIIL Give rest, 0 Lord Almighty, to the soul of thy servant, in the mansions of the Just, where the light of thy countenance shineth upon all that are worthy, 0 thou who alone lovest mankind. I have vanished from among my kin, and have abandoned the residue of my life, and have fled unto thee, 0 Lord: Save me. Through the prayers of the Birth-giver of God, give peace to the life of us who cry unto thee : 0 Life-giver, glory to thee ! 0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . and the rest to the end of the Prayer: Our Lord Jesus Christ by his divine grace, . . . (Seepage 392.) Thtr, as thy o forfh to the grave, the Priests sing the T h e - S o n g s (Irmosf)of

the GREAT$ANON OF ST. ANDREWOF CRETE.

A helper and protector hath revealed himself to me unto salvation ; H e is my God, and Him will I glorify; the God of my fathers, and Him will I exalt : For greatly hath he glorified himself. Hear, ye heavens ; I will proclaim and sing praises unto Christ, come in the flesh through a Virgin. On the rock immovable of thy statutes, 0 Christ, establish thou my thoughts.

The prophet heard of thy coming, 0 Lord, and was affrighted, that

thou shouldest will to be born of a Virgin, and to reveal thyself unto men ; and he said : I have heard the tidings, and was sore afraid : Glory to thy might, 0 Lord. I have longed for thee in the night-season, 0 thou who lovest mankind ; illumine me, I beseech thee, and guide me in thy commandments. And teach me, 0 Saviour, to do thy will. With my whole heart cried I unto God, rich in mercies, and he heard me from the nethermost hell, and led forth my life from corruption. We have sinned, we have dealt unlawfully, we have wrought evil in thy sight, neither have we observed, neither have we done those things which thou hast commanded us : yet cast us not away utterly, 0 God of our fathers. Him whom all the Hosts of heaven glorify, before whom tremble

Cherubim and Seraphim ; praise ye, bless ye, and magnify forever, everything that hath breath and every creature.

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Passing understanding is the Nativity of seedless conception, incorruptible is the fruit of the mother unwedded; for the birth of God reneweth nature: Wherefore all generations, and we with them, right gloriously do magnify thee, as Bride and Mother of our God. 0 Holy God, . . Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 all-holy Trinity, . . . Lord, have mercy. ( Thrice.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, . . . For thine is the kingdom, . . . In the place of thy rest, . . . Thou art the God who didst descend into Hell, . . . 0 Only Pure and Spotless Virgin, . . . (page 369J And the Litany: Have mercy God of spirits, . . . (page 370) upon us, 0 God : with tk.e Prayer: and the rest, as at the Burial of Laymen.

W i t h tkis dzrerence : That in tke Benediction, and in the ' l E t e n ~ a imemory,"

BGh@ (i one be resent), or by the Prirtcz;bal Pricst ;and it is t k m $ i d in tAc ha of the a d Priest in the cofln by his Confessor.

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The Priest. Blessed is our God always, now, and ever, and unto ages

of ages. Choir. Amen. Then Psalm xci.: Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Alleluia, in Tone K (Seepage 371,

the Burial of Laymen.)

Vene (StiKh) : Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken,

0 Lord. Choir. Alleluia. Vme.: -And his remembrance is from generation to generation. Choir. Alleluia. 0 Holy God, Holy Mighty, . . . Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . 0 all-holy Trinity, . . . Lord, have mercy. (Thrice.) Glory . . . now, and ever, . . . Our Father, . . . For thine is the kingdom, . . . (Set page 369, Burial of Laymen.) 0 Thou who, with wisdom profound, mercifully orderest all things, and givest that which is expedient unto all men, thou Only Creator : Give rest, 0 Lord, to the soul of thy servant who hath fallen asleep; For he (she) hath set his (her)hope on thee, our Maker, the Author of our being and our God. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. For he (she) hath set his (her) hope on thee, our Maker, the Author

of our being, and our God. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Thee have we as a Wall and a Defence, and a Mediatrix well-pleasing unto God whom thou hast borne, 0 Virgin Birth-giver of God, the salvation of the faithful. Then Psalm li., Have mercy upon me, 0 God, .

. . (Seepage 380.)

Andafttr that begirmefh the CANONFOR T H E DEAD,over fh~ a r f e cW.

Canticle I., Tone YIII...

Theme-Sorzg (Irmds). When Israel had passed through the water as it had been dry land, and had esca~jedfrom the malice of the Egyptians, they cried : Let us sing praises unto our deliverer and our God. Refrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. 0 Word of God, who didst humble thyself even unto the flesh, and wast graciously pleased to become a babe, yet without change :

* The Order for the Burial of a Chid under seven years of age differcth from that of B u d of Adults, inasmuch as it is celebrated over innocent, sinlw beings.

Ordain thou that this child whom thou hast accepted may be received into Abraham's bosom, we beseech thee. Thou wast beheld a little child, thou who existest before all the ages, and forasmuch as thou art good, unto children hast promised thy kingdom : Number therein this child here present. .Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Thou hast taken unto thyself, 0 Saviour, this spotless child, ere he (she) had been tempted of earthly pleasures, bestowing upon him (her) thine eternal good things ; forasmuch as thou lovest mankind. Now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. 0 thou who, in wise inexpressible, didst bear the Wisdom and Word of the Father, heal thou the cruel

wound of my soul, and soothe the pang of my heart. Canf icle 111.

Theme-Song (Imds). 0 Master and Creator of the vault of heaven, and Founder of the Church, establish thou me in thy love, 0 thou who alone lovest mankind ; the Summit of desire, the Confirmation of the faithful. Refrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. 0 Word all-perfect, who as perfect child didst manifest thyself, thou hast translated unto thyself this child imperfect in the flower of life.. Give him (her) rest with all the just who are well-pleasing unto thee, 0 thou who alone lovest mankind. This uncorrupted child, whom thou hast translated through thy command divine, torn hence ere he (she) had tasted the sweets of earth, show thou forth a partaker of supermundane good things, we beseech

thee, 0 Beneficent One. Glory . . . A partaker of heavenly mansions, and of radiant rest, and of the holy Choir of the Saints, make thou, 0 Lord, this child most pure, whom it hath seemed good to thee, 0 Saviour, to call unto thyself. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God Bereft of all things I flee to thy sole shelter, 0 Lady Most Pure : Succour thou me. For I have heaped up a treasure of iniquity, and am all filled with poverty of virtues. Then fhe Theme-Song :0 Master and Creator . Then the P&f

Again, yet again, in peace let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. Furthermore we pray for the repose of this blessed child, N. And that, according to his word, H e will graciously vouchsafe unto him (her) his heavenly kingdom. C . r . Lord, have mercy. ( Thn'ce.)

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That the Lord our God will appoint his ( b y ) soul where all the Just repose. Choir. Lord, have mercy. ( Thrice. .

The mercies of God, the kingdom o heaven, and rest with tbe Saints,

for him (her) and for ourselves, let us beseech of Christ, our King Immortal and our God. Chair. Grant it, 0 Lord. Pn'csi. Let us pray to the Lord. Choir. Lord, have mercy. 0 Lord Jesus Christ our God, who hast promised to bestow the kingdom of heaven upon them that have been born of water and of the Spirit, and in spotlessness of life have. been translated unto thee, and hast said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven : We humbly entreat thee that thou wilt give unto thy servant, the spotless child, N., now departed from us, the inheritance of thy kingdom, according to thine unfailing promise. And grant that we may continue in innocency of living, and make a Christian ending

of our life, and attain to an abode in the heavenly mansions, with all thy Saints. For thou art the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Repose of all thy servants, and of thy servant, this child, N., now taken from us, 0 Christ . our God ; and unto thee do we ascribe glory, together with thy Father who is from everlasting, and thine all-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Choir. Amen. Hymn. Of a truth, all things are vanity, and life is but a shadow and a dream. For in vain doth every one who is born of earth disquiet himself, as saith the Scriptures. When we have acquired the world, then do we take up our abode in the grave, where kings and beggars lie down together. Wherefore, 0 Christ our God, give rest to thy servant departed this life ; forasmuch as thou lovest mankind.

Theme-Sm,q(Irmds). I have heard the mystery of thy dispensation, 0 Lord, and have considered thy works, and have glorified thy divinity. Rtfrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. Let us not mourn the child, but rather weep heavily for ourselves who sin always ; that we may be delivered from Gehenoa. Thou hast deprived the child of earthly joys, 0 Mgster. Grant unto him (her) thy heavenly good things; forasmuch as thou art he who judgeth righteously. Glory . . . A citizen of ~aradise,'Otruly blessed child, shall he make thee who summoneth thee from earth, and numbereth thee with the company of

Now, and ever, . .

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Hymn to the Bidh-givcr of God. All we who are illumined know thee, 0 Birth-giver of God most pure. For thou hast borne the Sun of Righteousness, 0 Ever-Virgin O n e Canticle Y;

T h m - S o n g ( I d s ) . Wherefore hast thou cast me away from thy countenance, 0 Light which knowest no setting? And why hath hostile darkness encompassed me, the wretched one? But turn thou me again, and guide thou my paths in the light of thy commandments, I beseech thee. Refrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. H ' n r . By thy righteous judgment hast thou mowed down, ere like a green shoot it had put forth buds, the child whom thou hast called to thyself, 0 Lord But in that thou hast led the same unto the mount of blessings everlasting, implant thou him (her) firmly there, 0 Word. T h e sword of death hath come and cut thee off like a tender branch, ere thou hadst tasted earthly joys, 0 Blessed One. But lo ! Christ doth

open unto thee the heavenly gates, numbering thee with the elect. For he is full of loving-kindness. Glory . . . Grieve ye not for me, for he hath ordained nothing worthy of grief. But weep ye rather always for yourselves who have sinned sore, 0 kin and friends, the dead child crieth: that when ye shall be proved ye receive not chastisement. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Bidh-giver of God Of myself do I despair, when I look upon the multitude of my deeds. But when I take thought of thee, who beyond understanding didst bear the Lord, 0 Mother of God, I am refreshed with hope. For thee alone do we possess as our Protector. Canticle VI.

Theme-Song ( I d s ) . I will pour out my petition unto the Lord, and unto him will I proclaim my grief. For evil hath filled my soul, and my life hath drawn nigh unto the pit ; and like Jonah will I pray : Lead me forth from corruption, 0 God. Refrtrin. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. A s a child thou wast laid in a manger, and didst yield thyself to the embrace of an aged man who had begotten babes in his loins. And ere this child had attained unto his (her) full stature, thou hast trandlated him (her) into life. For which cause we glorify thee with thanksgiving. Thou didst cry unto the Apostles, 0 Word: Suffer the little children t o come unto me, for unto such as are like unto them in spirit is

my kingdom given. Grant, therefore, thy light unto the child who hath been translated unto thee.

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mightest manifest him (her) apartaker of heavenly good things, inasmuch as he (she) had not offended against thy commands divine. Let us glorify the depth immeasurable of thy providence, 0 Blessed One. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God. Thee have we as a vast wall of refuge, 0 Maiden, and an all-perfect salvation for our souls, and an abiding-place in sorrow; and in thy light will we rejoice evermore. 0 Lady, save us now from our griefs and woes. Then the Theme-Song: I will pour out my petition . . . Z7un the Pricst reciteth the Litany :Again, yet again : with t h Prayer: 0 Lord Jesus Christ our God, . . . andthe Exclamation. (Seepage 425.) T k n is sung the CuZlect-Hymn (Kon&k), in Tone VZII.

With the Saints give rest, 0 Lord, to the soul of thy servant, where' there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

. Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For

out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me : For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, all we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song : Alleluia. Also the folhwing Zkosi:

Naught is more pitiable than a mother, naught more wretched than a father; for their affections are sore distressed when they send their children forth bdore them to the grave. Great, also, is the pang of their hearts because of their children, and yet the more when these are sweet of speech, as they call to mind their sayings with the song: Alleluia - -. .--. Oft do they beat their breasts before the grave and say : 0 my son, and sweetest child, hearest thou not what thy mother crieth unto thee? Behold, also, the womb that bare thee. Why speakest thou not with us, as thou wert wont to speak, but thus holdest thy peace, and sayest not with us : Alleluia. 0 God, 0 God, who hast called me hence, be thou the consolation of

my household now; for a great affliction hath befallen them. For all hold their gaze fixed steadfastly on me, having me as their onlybegotten one. But do thou, who wast born of a Virgin Mother, refresh

the bowels of my mother, and water with dew the heart of my father,

even with this : Alleluia. - -

With the Saints give rest, 0 Lord, to the soul of thy servant, where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

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Canticle Vff.

Thme-Song (Imds). The Hebrew Children in the furnace trod boldly on the flames, and the fire was transformed into dew as they cried: Blessed art thou, 0 Lord God, forevermore. Refrairz. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. Inscribe this child in the Book of the Redeemed, in that thou lovest mankind, 0 Bountiful One; that, rejoicing, he may cry aloud to the majesty of thy glory: Blessed art thou. With the radiant light of thy countenance illumine thou, 0 Word, thy child who, in the faith, hath been translated unto thee in unripe age, and singeth unto thee : 0 Lord God, blessed art thou. Glory . . . A cause of woe doth thy going hence now seem to those who love thee; but of a surety to thee a cause of joy and gladness. For thou,

0 child, hast inherited life unto all the ages. Now, and ever, . . . Hymn to the Birth-giver of God Behold, 0 Virgin, the affliction which the multitude of my evil deeds hath brought upon me ; and ere I go hence, give me refreshing with thy maternal prayers, that G-od may show mercy upon me. Canticle VffZ. Theme-Song ( I d ) . With seven-fold heat did the Chaldaean tyrant in his rage cause the furnace to be heated for the Godly Ones ; but when he beheld them saved by a better power, he cried aloud unto their Maker and Redeemer : Ye Children, bless; ye Priests sing praises; ye People exalt him unto all the ages. Refrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. In Abraham's bosom, in the mansions of rest, where abideth

ever the joy of those who make glad ; in the places of refreshing where is the water of life, may Christ establish thee, in that he himself became a little child for the sake of us who continually do cry unto him: Ye Priests, sing praises ; ye People, exalt him forevermore. Thy going hence is, of a truth, the all-sufficient and ever-memorable cause of our grief and of our tears. For ere thou hadst tasted the pleasant things of this present life, thou hast left the earth, and thy parents' bosom. But Abraham's bosom shall receive thee ; for thou art but a little child, and hast no part in any stain. Glory . . . Why mourn ye me, the child translated hence ? he crieth invisibly, as dead he lieth. There is no cause for grief. For unto children who

have committed no deeds worthy of tears is appointed the joy of all the Righteous. For unto Christ they sweetly sing : Ye Priests, sing praises ; ye People exalt him forevermore. Now, and ever, . . . Hynrn to t h Birth-giver of God. Arise to my succour, 0 Birth-giver

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of God. Receive my supplications, and deliver me from condemnation dread, from rigorous searching-out, from outer darkness, and fire, and from gnashing of teeth ; from the spiteful abuse of demons, and from every distress, 0 Hope of the hopeless, 0 Life of the despairing. Cantaide I X .

Thew-Song (lrmds). Heaven was affrighted, and the ends of the earth were amazed : For God revealed himself unto men in the flesh, and thy womb became more spacious than the heavens. For which cause the chieftains of men and of Angels do glorify thee, 0 Birthgiver of God. Refrain. Give rest to the child, 0 Lord. Hymns. 0 Christ, who didst become a little child, yet without change of essence ; and of thine own good will didst unite thyself unto

the Cross ; and with pity didst look upon the maternal sorrows of her

who gave thee birth : Assuage thou the sadness and sore grief of the faithful parents of thy dead child : that unto thy majesty we may sing