Orthodox Memorial Service for the Departed (Trisagion)

OPENING
Priest:
Blessed is our God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
Holy God, Holy Strong, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (x3).
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and
for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our sins.
Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for
your name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and
for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen
Our Father in heaven, may your name be sanctified, your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest: For yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
TROPARIA
Then the following troparia are sung:
Mode 4.
With the spirits of the righteous made perfect in death give rest, O
Saviour, to the soul(s) of your servant(s); keeping it (them) for the life of
blessedness with you, O Lover of mankind.
In your repose where all your saints find rest, give rest, O Lord, to the
soul(s) of your servant(s), for you alone are immortal.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
You are our God who descended into Hades and did away with the pains
of those who had been bound; give rest, O Saviour, also to the soul(s) of
your servant(s).
Both now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Theotokion.
O only pure and spotless Virgin, who bore God without seed, intercede
for the salvation of the soul(s) of your servant(s).
LITANY FOR THE DEPARTED
Deacon:
Have mercy on us, O God, according to your great mercy, we pray you,
hear and have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy. Three times.
Deacon: Also we pray for the repose of the soul(s) of the servant(s) of
God, N., who has/have fallen asleep, and that he/she/they may be
pardoned every offence, both voluntary and involuntary.
People: Lord, have mercy. Three times.
Deacon: That the Lord our God may establish his/her/their soul(s) where
the righteous rest.
People: Lord, have mercy. Three times.
Deacon: The mercies of God, the kingdom of heaven and the forgiveness
of his/her/their sins, let us ask of Christ, our immortal King and God.
People: Grant this, O Lord.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest:
PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED
O God of spirits and all flesh, who trampled down death and crushed the
devil, giving life to your world; do you, Lord, give rest to the soul(s) of
your servant(s) N., who has/have fallen asleep, in a place of light, a place
of green pasture, a place of refreshment, whence pain, grief and sighing
have fled away. Pardon, O God, as you are good and love mankind, every
sin committed by him/her/them in word or deed or thought, because there
is none who will live and not sin, for you alone are without sin; your
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your word is truth.
For you are the resurrection, the life and the repose of your servant(s) N.,
who has/have fallen asleep, Christ our God, and to you we give glory,
together with your Father who is without beginning, and your all-holy,
good and life-giving Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen
DISMISSAL
The Priest gives the Dismissal as follows:
Glory to you, O God, our hope, glory to you.
Reader: Glory, both now. Lord, have mercy x3. Holy Father, give the
blessing.
Priest:
May he who has authority over the living and the dead, as immortal King,
and who rose from the dead, Christ, our true God, through the prayers of
his most pure and blameless Mother, of the holy, glorious and all-praised
Apostles, of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers, of the holy and
glorious forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of the holy and righteous
Lazarus, for four days dead, the friend of Christ, and of all the Saints,
establish in the tents of the righteous the soul(s) of his servant(s) N., who
has/have gone from us, give him/her/them rest in the bosom of Abraham,
and number him/her/them with the righteous; and have mercy on us and
save us, for he is good and loves mankind.
Everlasting your memory, our brother/sister/brothers and sisters, worthy
of blessedness and ever-remembered x3.
The People: Everlasting Memory. Three times.
Priest:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have
mercy upon us.
The Choir and all the People: Amen.