Prayers for the Departed

Panakhyda (Prayers for the Departed)

+ Blessed is our God, always, now and forever.

[R] Amen. + Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us. (3 times)

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

Lord, have mercy. (3 times)

+ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, always and forever. Amen.

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 evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, + Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

[R] Amen.

With the just souls of the departed, O Saviour, grant rest to the soul(s) of your servant(s) (name(s)); bestowing upon him (her/them) the blessed life which is from You, Who loves mankind.

In your peace, O Lord, where all your saints repose, grant rest also to the soul(s) of your servant(s) (name(s)), for You alone are the Lover of mankind.

+ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

You are the God Who descended to the dead and delivered those who were bound there in suffering; grant rest also to the soul(s) of your servant(s) (name(s)).

Now, always and forever. Amen.

You alone pure and Immaculate Virgin, having borne God in virginity; implore Him for the salvation of his (her/their) soul(s).

Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear us and have mercy.

[R] Lord, have mercy (3 times)

Again let us pray for the repose of the soul(s) of the departed servant(s) of God (name(s)), that all voluntary and involuntary transgressions be forgiven him (her/them).

[R] Lord, have mercy (3 times)

That the Lord God commit his (her/their) soul(s) where the Saints and the just repose.

[R] Lord, have mercy (3 times)

Let us ask for the mercy of God, for the heavenly kingdom and for the remission of his (her/their) sins, from Christ, the immortal King and our God.

[R] Grant it, O Lord.

Let us pray to the Lord.

[R] Lord, have mercy.

O God of all spirits and of all flesh, Who has conquered death and destroyed satan and granted life to Your world, grant rest, O Lord, to the soul(s) of Your departed servant(s) (name(s)) in a place of light, of happiness, of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, nor lamentation. And as a gracious God and a Lover of mankind, forgive him (her/them) all transgressions committed by him (her/them) by word, deed, or thought, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin; You alone are without sin, Your righteousness is everlasting, and Your word truth.

For You are the resurrection, life and repose of Your departed servant(s) (name(s)), O Christ, our God, and we give glory to You, together with Your eternal Father, and with Your all holy, good and life-creating Spirit, now, always and forever.

[R] Amen.

Let us be attentive!

[R] Higher in honour than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, being a Virgin you gave birth to God the Word. You are indeed the Mother of God and we magnify you.

Glory be to You, O Christ, our God, our hope; glory be to You.

[R] + Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, always and forever. Amen.

Lord, have mercy. (3 times)

Bless us, O Lord.

May Christ, our true God, (Who has risen from the dead), Who rules over the living and the dead, through the prayers of His most pure Mother, of the holy, glorious and illustrious apostles, of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers, and of all Saints, place the soul(s) of His departed servant(s) (name(s)) in the abode of the Saints, and number him (her/them) among the just, and have mercy on us, for He is gracious and loves mankind.

[R] Amen.

In blessed repose grant eternal rest, O Lord, to Your departed servant(s) (name(s)); and render eternal his (her/their) memory.

[R] Eternal memory. May memory of him (her/them) be eternal!

NOTE: If people would like to, now, add the names of those who have departed from this mortal realm onto this thread, feel free to do so. Allow us then to pray daily on their behalf.

NOTE 2: No attacks on the Catholic/Orthodox practice of praying for the dead. Take up such an argument elsewhere. Placing such discussion in this thread will result in it's deletion. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals. I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven.

To this list I'd like to add the following:

1. My grandfather's Thomas and Dominic.
2. My great uncle Joseph

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Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals. I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven.

In your kindness, please pray for the souls of:
Pascal
Aunt Regina
Aunt Isabelle
Sister Mary Eucharia, RSM
Uncle Leo
Grandma Mollie
Grandma Claire
Grandpa Paul
Grandpa Leo
unborn child Lynn
unborn child Xenia-Maria
Bishop Boris
Priest Basil
Alex
John Olaf ..
Alvilde Norve ..
Great Aunt May
Reader Gene

And may their memory be eternal.

Please pray for my:

Grandfathers Johnathan and Henry

Aunt Brenda
Uncle Bill

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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

---Saint Francis de Sales

My aunt Cathy Burden
My grandmother Jean Egeler
My great-grandmother Florance Egeler
My grandpa in-law Donald Woodruff
My uncle Barry Egeler
NYFD Chaplain, Father Mychal Judge who died on Sep. 11, 2001
My old Baptist Deacon T.K. Smith
My Grand parents best friends Paul & Sylvia Carley



Corey M. Toney

May 31, 1997
July 17. 2003

May the Lord be with you little one.

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FR. GEORGE ABRIAHAM martyred June 6, 2003

Sally - July 15, 2003

May their memory be eternal.

I'd like to add:

my grandads- Vincent Parkinson (26.02.2003) and Victor Gregory (14.02.1986)
my friend, Nichi Townson , who was just 15 when she died (30.04.2002)
Auntie Vera
Uncle Jack and Uncle John
Tom Roberts

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2 Maccabees 12:43-45

He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice.

In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death.

But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought.

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Father Stefano Gorzegno

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Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals. I get my back into my living. I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven.

Brendan Gonzalez

http://www.christianforums.com/t54252

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