Akathist for the repose of all the departed
Akathist for the Repose of All the Departed.
This Akathist for the Repose of All the Departed was written to pray for all the dead and departed, to help them on their final journey, and to appease God for their souls.
Remember that prayer for the departed is not only a duty before God, but also an expression of care and love for our loved ones who are no longer with us. We can help them with our prayers, and the Akathist for the Repose of All the Departed is an excellent way to do so.
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Prayer for the Departed
God of spirits and of all flesh, who hast trampled down death and abolished the devil, and given life to Your world! O Lord, grant rest to the souls of Your departed servants: the most holy patriarchs, the most reverend metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops, who have served You in the priestly, ecclesiastical, and monastic orders; the founders of this holy temple, the Orthodox forefathers, fathers, brothers and sisters, lying here and everywhere; the leaders and warriors who laid down their lives for the faith and fatherland, the faithful, killed in civil strife, drowned, burned, frozen in the cold, torn to pieces by wild beasts, who died suddenly without repentance and did not have time to reconcile with the Church and with their enemies; in the frenzy of the mind of the suicidal, those for whom we were commanded and asked to pray, for whom there is no one to pray and the faithful, Christian burials deprived of (the name of the rivers) in a place of light, in a place a greener place, a place of peace, from where sickness, sadness and sighing have escaped. Every sin committed by them, whether in word or deed or thought, as a good God who loves mankind, forgives them, for there is no man who lives and does not sin. For You alone are without sin; Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your word is truth.
For You are the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Rest of Your departed servants (names), O Christ our God, and to You we send up glory with Your beginningless Father, and Your most holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.