The censing is done as at the previous litany.
Deacon: Again and again, in peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Wondrous is God in His saints the God of Israel.
Tone 4: [Troparion melody] In the place of Thy rest, O Lord, / where all Thy saints repose, // give rest also to the soul(s) of Thy servant(s), for Thou alone art the Lover of mankind.
While the priest secretly says the prayer: 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 souls of Thy departed servants, 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 them 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.
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.
Hope made strong the choirs of martyrs, and enflamed them toward Thy love, prefiguring to them truly the unchanging rest of the life to come; which, O Good One, do Thou vouchsafe the departed faithful to attain. Be pleased, O Christ, that he (she) who hath departed in faith may attain unto Thy bright and divine radiance, giving him (her) repose in the bosom of Abraham, for Thou alone art merciful, and do Thou vouchsafe eternal blessedness. O Thou Who art by nature good and compassionate, and willest mercy and art an abyss of loving-kindness; him (her), O Savior, whom Thou hast translated from this place of affliction and the shadow of death, do Thou settle where Thy light shineth. A holy tabernacle we understand thee to be, O pure one, and an ark, and a tablet of the law of grace; for through thee is forgiveness granted unto those who are justified by the Blood of Him Who was incarnate of thy womb, O all-spotless one.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. / Thou art the God Who descended into hades and loosed the chains of
The Prayer of Absolution
Deacon: That the Lord God commit his (her) soul to where the righteous repose.
And we begin to chant the stichera of John the Monk, in the Eight Tones: Tone 1: What earthly sweetness remaineth unmixed with sorrow? / What glory on earth continueth unchanged? / All things are more feeble than shadows, / all things are more deceptive than dreams; / yet one moment, and Death shall take away them all. / But in the light of Thy countenance, O Christ, / and in the enjoyment of Thy beauty, / give rest unto him (her) whom Thou hast chosen, // for Thou art the lover of mankind.
the captives;//
This prayer is said out loud at this Litany:
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.
Tone 2: Woe is me! What manner of ordeal doth the soul endure / when it is torn from the body! / Alas! How it weepeth then, / and there is none to have mercy on it! / To the angels it lifteth up its eyes, / it prayeth without avail; / stretching out its hands to mortals, it findeth none to help. / Wherefore, my beloved brethren, / having pondered upon our short life, / let us ask of Christ repose for the departed, // and for our souls great mercy.
do Thou Thyself give rest also to the soul(s) of Thy servant(s).
While the priest secretly says the prayer: 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 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.
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 3: All mortal things are vanity, / nothing whatsoever remaineth after death; / riches abide not, nor doth glory attend, / for when death cometh, all these things vanish. / Wherefore, let us cry unto Christ the Immortal: / Give rest unto the departed, // where is the dwelling-place of all that are glad.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. / O only pure and blameless Virgin, who without seed gavest birth to God, // pray that his (her/their) soul(s) be saved.
Priest: O Christ, Who didst pre-commit the Thief that on the cross cried to Thee,
Tone 4: Where is worldly inclination? / Where the imaginings of the ephemeral creatures of a day? / Where are the gold and the silver? / Where is the multitude of servants and noise? / (continue to next page) All is dust, all ashes, all a shadow. / But come let us cry unto the Immortal King: / O Lord, vouchsafe Thine eternal good things unto him (her) who hath departed from us, // granting him (her) rest in Thine unaging blessedness.
The censing is done as at the previous litanies.
Priest: O Thou Who reignest over life and death, give rest in the courts of Thy saints to him (her) whom Thou hast taken away from transitory things; and remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom.
Tone 5: I remembered what the prophet cried: / I am dust and ashes. / And again I looked into the graves, and saw the bones laid bare, / and said: Who then is king, or warrior, or rich, or poor, or righteous, or sinner? // But give rest, O Lord, with the righteous unto Thy servant.
Lord have mercy. Thrice. Father, bless.
Priest: O Thou Who rulest over souls and bodies, in Whose hand is our breath, Consolation of the afflicted, give rest in the land of the righteous, to Thy servant whom Thou hast translated.
Tone 6: Origin and substance to me was Thy fashioning command; / for, having desired to form me, from nature visible and invisible, / of earth Thou didst make my body, / and didst give me a soul by Thy divine and life-giving breathing. / Wherefore, O Christ, give rest to Thy servant / in the land of the living, // and in the tabernacles of the righteous.
The priest takes the censer, and does a small censing
Priest: May Christ give thee rest in the land of the living, and open unto thee the gates of paradise, and show thee to be a citizen of the kingdom, and grant thee pardon for those things in life wherein thou hast sinned, O lover of Christ.
Tone 7: In the beginning having created man / according to Thine image and likeness, / in paradise Thou didst place him to rule over Thy creation; / but beguiled through the envy of the devil, / he partook of the fruit, becoming a transgressor of Thy commandments. / Wherefore, Thou didst condemn him to return again to earth from whence he was taken, O Lord, // and to beg for repose.
The priest covers the face of the deceased with the burial shroud if there is one. He then pours some earth upon the deceased in the form of a cross, while saying:
Priest: Let us go forth and we shall look into the graves, for there are naked bones of men, food for worms, and stench, and let us learn what are riches, beauty, strength, comeliness.
Tone 8: I weep and I lament, when I think about death, / and see our beauty, fashioned according to God s image, / lying in the graves, disfigured, without glory, bereft of form. / O marvel! What is this mystery concerning us? / How have we been given up to corruption? How have we been linked with death? / Truly, as it is written, by the command of God, // Who giveth repose unto the departed.
The earth is the Lord
Priest: Let us hearken unto what the Almighty crieth: Woe unto them that seek to behold the dreadful day of the Lord! For it is darkness; for everything shall be tried by fire.
The Beatitudes
s, and the fullness thereof, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Priest: In the unoriginateness and the begetting and the proceeding, I worship the Father Who begat; I glorify the Son Who was begotten, I hymn the Holy Spirit Who shone forth with the Father and the Son.
, to be a citizen of paradise because of his repentance, vouchsafe this also to me, the unworthy.
He then sprinkles the coffin with holy water, saying:
Priest: How from thy breast floweth milk, O Virgin? How dost thou nourish the Nourisher of creation? He knoweth, He Who made water to flow from a rock, streams of water for a thirsty people, as hath been written.
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 precede 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 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.
This coffin is blessed through the sprinkling of this holy water, in the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Deacon: Let us attend.
At this point, a sermon is given, and it is a good practice to let the people know about the parts of the service that will follow, and especially that they should not leave after the last kiss, but stay until the casket is taken out of the Church.
If he recently performed the unction service for the departed, he may also pour the remaining oil on the deceased in the form of a cross. The lid of the coffin is closed, and if the coffin does not have a cross on it, he makes one over the lid, covering the head of the deceased.
Priest: Peace be unto all.
Then, the last kiss is given while the following stichera are chanted. If everyone has given the last kiss before these stichera are completed, they may be abbreviated:
And so, taking up the remains, we go forth to the grave, followed by all the people, and preceded by the clergy and chanters, singing: At the cemetery, the coffin having been placed ready for the lowering into the grace, a Trisagion service (or Litia for the departed is done). The Priest in epitrachelion and cuffs:
Choir: And to thy spirit. Priest: Wisdom!
Tone 2 [Spec. Melody: When from the Tree]: Come, brethren, let us give the last kiss to the dead, / rendering thanks unto God, / for this one hath disappeared from among his (her) kindred, / and hasteneth to the grave, no longer having concern with vanities / and the many passions of the flesh. / Where now are kindred and friends? / Behold, we are parted from him (her) // for whom let us pray the Lord to grant repose.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's sake.
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Blessed is the way in which thou shalt go today, O soul; / for a resting place is prepared for thee.
What is the parting, O brethren? / What this weeping, what this wailing at the present hour? / Come then, kiss him (her) who was but lately with us, / for he (she) is given over to the grave, / is covered with a stone, in darkness dwelleth, / is buried with the dead, and now is parted from all kindred and friends; // for him (her) let us pray the Lord to grant repose. Now is life s evil triumph of vanity destroyed; / for the spirit hath gone from its dwelling, /
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry, O My God, be not silent unto me, lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
the clay is ashes, the vessel is broken, /
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Reader: Blessed is the way in which thou shalt go today, O soul.
voiceless, unfeeling, dead, motionless. / Committing him (her) to the grave, // let us pray the Lord to give him (her) eternal rest.
Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Deacon: Wisdom.
What is our life? A flower, and smoke, and truly a morning dew. / Come then, let us look clearly upon the tombs; / where is the beauty of the body? Where is youth? / Where are the eyes and the bodily form? / All like grass have withered, all have perished. // Come let us fall down before Christ with tears.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Thou art the God Who descended into hades and loosed the chains of the captives;// do Thou Thyself give rest also to the soul of Thy servant.
Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians [1 Thess. 4:13-17].
Great is the weeping and wailing, / great the sighing, and the need, at the parting of the soul; / hades and destruction await; / transitory life is but a fleeting shadow, a deceptive dream; /
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. O only pure and blameless Virgin, who without seed gavest birth to God, // pray that his (her) soul be saved.
Deacon: Let us attend.
the toil of earthly life is an untimely phantasy. /
The censing is done as at the previous litanies.
Priest: Peace be unto thee.
Far let us flee from every earthly sin, // that we may inherit heavenly things.
The deacon censes, around the coffin, if possible, while the choir sings:
Reader: And to thy spirit.
Gazing upon the dead who lieth before us, / let us all accept this image of the final hour; / for he (she) is gone from the earth like smoke, / is faded like a flower, cut down like grass, / wrapped in a winding sheet, covered with earth. / Having left him (her) hidden from sight, // let us pray Christ to give him (her) rest unto the ages.
the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Come ye descendants of Adam, / let us behold him (her) who is made according to our image laid low in the earth, / all grandeur put aside, dissolved in the grave s decay, / by worms in darkness consumed, covered by earth. / Having left him (her) hidden from sight, // let us pray Christ to give him (her) rest unto the ages.
Lord have mercy. Thrice.
Reader: Alleluia in the 6th Tone. Blessed is he whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself, O Lord.
When the soul is snatched away from the body by the dread angels, / it forgetteth all its kindred and acquaintances,/ and is concerned with its appearance at the judgment to come, / which shall decide regarding vanities and toils of the flesh; / then importuning the Judge, let us all pray // that the Lord will forgive him (her) whatsoever he (she) hath done.
Father, bless.
Deacon: Wisdom! Aright! Let us hear the Holy Gospel.
Come, brethren, let us gaze into the grave / upon the dust and ashes from which we were formed. / Whither go we now? What are we become? / What is the poor or the rich? / or what the master? or what the free? / And are not all dust? /
The priest takes the censer, and censes the coffin
Priest: Peace be unto all.
The beauty of the countenance is gone, //
And while this is sung, the coffin is lowered into the grave. The priest then takes the shovel, and pours some earth upon the coffin, in the form of a cross, while saying:
Priest: The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to John [5:24-30].
and all the flower of youth death hath withered.
The earth is the Lord
Deacon: Let us attend.
Truly vanity and corruption are all the things of life, / illusory and inglorious; for we all disappear, / all die, kings and princes, judges and tyrants, /
s, and the fullness thereof, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Priest: 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 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 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.
the rich and the poor, and all of mortal nature; /
And then he scatters the ashes from the censer upon the coffin. If the tomb stone is present, he blesses it with the service in the Trebnik, and likewise blesses the grave itself, if the grave has not already been blessed.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
for now they who before were alive are cast into the grave, // for whom let us pray the Lord to grant repose.
The Order for the Blessing of a Grave
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
All the bodily organs now are seen to be idle, / which a little while ago were active, / all is useless, dead, senseless; / for the eyes have sunken inward, /
(In an Unconsecrated Cemetery)
Priest: May our Lord Jesus Christ, through His divine grace, gift, and power, given through His holy disciples and apostles to 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 whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained; and whatsoever ye shall bind or loose on earth shall be bound or loosed also in heaven), which was passed down from them to us, being transmitted from one to another, forgive through me, the lowly one, this my spiritual child [name] all things wherein, as a mortal, he (she) hath sinned against God, in word, or deed, or thought, and in all his (her) senses, voluntary or involuntary, known or unknown. If he (she) be under the ban or excommunication of a bishop or priest, or hath incurred the curse of his (her) father or mother, or hath fallen under his (her) own curse, or hath transgressed by an oath, or hath been bound as a mortal by any sins whatsoever, but hath repented of all these things with contrition of heart, may He absolve him (her) of the guilt and bonds of all these; whatsoever he (she) hath forgotten through the weakness of nature, may He forgive him (her) all these things for the sake of His love for mankind, through the intercessions of our most-pure and most-blessed Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, of the holy glorious and all-praised apostles, and of all the saints. Amen.
the feet are bound, the hands are stilled, /
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's sake.
Reader: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
and the hearing with them; /
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: 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 the ages of ages.
the tongue is locked in silence, given up to the grave. //
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Reader: Amen.
Truly all mortal things are vanity.
Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
And these troparia:
O thou who savest them that hope in thee, / Mother of the Unsetting Sun, O Theotokos; / through thine intercessions entreat the most-good God / to give rest where the spirits of the righteous repose / to him (her) who hath now departed; / show him (her) to be an heir of divine good things, / in the courts of the righteous, // in eternal remembrance, O all-blameless one.
The Priest, sprinkling the Grave(s) three times with Holy Water, says:
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.
Glory Tone 6: As ye behold me lying before you voiceless and breathless, / weep for me, brethren and friends, / kindred and acquaintances; / for yesterday I conversed with you, / and suddenly the dread hour of death came upon me; / but come ye, all that love me, and kiss me with the final kiss; / for no longer will I walk or talk with you; / for unto the Judge do I depart, / where there is no respect of persons; / for servants and master together stand, / king and warrior, rich and poor in equal worthiness; / for each according to his deeds is either glorified or put to shame. / But I beg and implore all, / pray unceasingly to Christ God for me, / that I be not brought down according to my sins to a place of torment; //
This Grave is (these Graves are) sanctified by the grace of the Most-Holy Spirit, through the sprinkling of this Holy Water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (thrice).
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.
but that He may number me where is the light of life.
And immediately the Dismissal.
Deacon: That the Lord God commit their souls to where the righteous repose.
Both now Through the intercessions of her who gave Thee birth, O Christ, / and of Thy Forerunner, the Apostles, Prophets, Hierarch, / Monastics and Righteous Ones, and all the Saints, // give rest unto Thy servant who hath fallen asleep.
Revised 8/17/2017
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.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
The translation used is primarily that of Fr. Lawrence of Jordanville
Priest: 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 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.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's sake.
are from The Psalter According to the Seventy, Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used ial, such as prayers and hymns, are also Copyright HTM, used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, beyond printing out a single copy for personal non commercial use, without the prior written authorization of Holy T The censer, holy water, and aspergillum (Krupilla), and a small cup of earth should be at ready near the coffin, should be placed in the hands of the deceased, a shroud is often placed over the body, but not covering the hands and head as of yet. A paper band with the Trisagion is placed on the forehead. Priest in phelonion, opens the Royal Doors,
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.
Lord have mercy. (Thrice)
before an analogion, which is placed in front
Deacon: Wisdom!
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
the head of the coffin, with sufficient space between it and the coffin
Priest: O most holy Theotokos, save us.
Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
for censing. The deacon stands behind, and to the right of the priest, until the Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name's nd to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, Our Father, Who art in the Heavens, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily give us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into
Choir: More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 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
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: May Christ our true God, Who rose from the dead, through the intercessions of His most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing fathers, and of all the saints, commit the soul of His servant N., that hath departed from us, to the tabernacles of the righteous, give him (her) rest in the bosom of Abraham, and number him (her) with the righteous, and have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind.
Choir: Amen.
Deacon: In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servant N., and make his (her) memory to be eternal.
Priest: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Reader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: 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 the ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
And these troparia: In the place of Thy rest, O Lord, / where all Thy saints repose, // give rest also to the soul of Thy servant, for Thou alone art the Lover of mankind.
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.
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.
Deacon: That the Lord God commit his/her soul to where the righteous repose.
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.
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.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Priest: O most holy Theotokos, save us.
Choir: More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim; who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, /
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: May Christ our true God, Who rose from the dead, through the intercessions of His most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing fathers, and of all the saints, commit the soul of His servant N., that hath departed from us, to the tabernacles of the righteous, give him (her) rest in the bosom of Abraham, and number him (her) with the righteous, and have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind.
Deacon: In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servant N., and make his (her) memory to be eternal.
Priest: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Reader: Amen. Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Reader: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: 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 the ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O Master, Lord our God, through Whose mercy the souls of the faithful find rest: Do Thou bless the Grave(s) of this Thy servant, N. (these Thy servants, NN.), and send down Thy holy Angel to guard it, that the body (bodies) which shall be (is/are) buried here may find it a habitation of repose even until Thy Second Coming and his (her/their) own resurrection, and that his (her/their) soul(s), loosed from every bond of sin, may be counted worthy of eternal joy with Thy Saints in the heavenly courts. For Thou art the King of peace and the Savior of our souls, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
Translated by Jordanville / saintjonah.org. Edition trebnik.en.saintjonah.