Ode 6

Irmos, Tone 6: Beholding the sea of life /

The censing is done as at the previous litany.

Deacon: Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord.

surging with the tempest of temptations, / I run to Thy calm haven and cry unto Thee: / Raise up my life from corruption, // O greatly Merciful One!

While the priest secretly says the prayer:

Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice.

Wondrous is God in His saints the God of Israel.

Deacon: Again we pray for the repose of the departed servant of God N., and that he (she) may be forgiven every transgression, both voluntary and involuntary.

When Thou was nailed to the Cross, Thou didst gather unto Thyself the choirs of the martyrs who followed the example of Thy Passion, O Good One. Wherefore, we pray Thee: Give rest unto him (her) who hath now departed unto Thee.

Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice.

Give rest, O Lord, to the soul of Thy servant who hath fallen asleep.

Deacon: That the Lord God commit his (her) souls to where the righteous repose.

When Thou comest awesomely on the clouds in Thine ineffable glory to judge the whole world, deign, O Redeemer, that Thy faithful servant who Thou hast taken from the earth may meet Thee joyfully.

Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Deacon: The mercy of God, the kingdom of Heaven, and the remission of his (her) sins, let us ask of Christ the Immortal King and our God.

Thou who art the Fountain of life, O Master, Who mightily leadest forth the captive through Thy divinity, do Thou settle in the sweetness of paradise Thy servant who in faith hath departed unto Thee. Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Choir: Grant this, O Lord.

We have returned back to the earth, having apostatized from the divine commandments of God, but through thee, O Virgin, we have ascended from earth to heaven, having shaken off the corruption of death.

Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord

O God of spirits and of all flesh, Who hast trampled down death, and overthrown the devil, and given life to Thy world: Do Thou Thyself, O Lord, give rest to the soul of Thy departed servant N., in a place of light, a place of green pasture, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing are fled away. Pardon every sin committed by him (her) in word, deed, or thought, in that Thou art a good God, the Lover of mankind; for there is no man that liveth and sinneth not, for Thou alone art without sin, Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy word is truth.

Choir: Lord, have mercy.

The deacon does a small censing.

Priest: For Thou art the Resurrection, and the life, and the repose of Thy departed servant, N., O Christ our God, and unto Thee do we send up glory, together with Thine unoriginate Father, and Thy most holy and good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.

Tone 8: With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Thy servant, // where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

Choir: Amen.

Ikos: Thou alone art immortal, / Who didst create and fashion man; / but we mortals were formed of earth, and unto earth shall we return, / as Thou who madest me didst command and say unto me: / For earth thou art and unto earth shalt thou return, / whither all we mortals are going, / making as a funeral dirge the song: // Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

And again: Tone 8: With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Thy servant, // where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.