Panikida

THE PANIKHIDA – REQUIEM SERVICE
OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH

The Service is conducted in the centre of the church or at the graveside. In church, a table is prepared with Kollyva and candles. The mourners hold candles. The censing continues throughout, almost uninterruptedly.

Blessing. Priest. Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. + Choir. Amen. Litany. Priest.Choir Priest.

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In peace let us pray to the Lord. Lord have mercy. For the peace that is from above and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. For the forgiveness of sins of those who have departed this life in blessed memory. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Havemercy. For the ever-remembered servants of God -NN- ; for their repose, tranquillity and blessed memory. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. That God will pardon them every offence, whether voluntary or involuntary. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. That they may present themselves blameless before the dread throne of the Lord of Glory. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. For thesorrowing and the sick who have set their hope in the consolation of Christ. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. That Christ will release them from all sickness, all sorrow, and sighing, and make them glad where the light of God’s countenance shall visit them.

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Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy.That the Lord God will establish their souls in a place of green pasture, a place of repose, where all the righteous dwell. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. That they may be numbered with those who are in the bosom of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ( and with the blessed matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Rachel). Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. That God will deliver us from alltribulation, danger and necessity. Let us pray to the Lord. Lord Have mercy. Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and deliver us O God by your grace. Lord Have mercy. Having asked for the mercies of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, and the pardon of sins, let us commend ourselves, and each other, and all our life, to Christ our God. To you O Lord.
The Priest bows his head and quietly reads the Prayer:

O God ofspirits and of all bodies, who trampled down death and overcame the devil, and bestowed life on your world, yourself O Lord set to rest the soul of your servant (N) who has fallen asleep, in a place of light, in a place of green pastures, in a place of rest whence all pain, sorrow and sighing have been driven away. Forgive him (her) every transgression committed in word, in deed, or in thought,for you are a good God, the Lover of mankind; yet there is no man born who does not

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transgress, and you alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. (Aloud: +) For you are the resurrection, the life, and the repose of your servant (N) who has fallen asleep, O Christour God, and to you we offer glory, together with your Unoriginate Father, and your all holy, good and life-giving Spirit, Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Alleluia ( x 3) Blessed are those whom you have chosen and taken O Lord Alleluia (x3) Their memory shall last from generation to generation. Alleluia (x 3). Their souls shall repose among the blessed. Alleluia ( x 3). Our onlyCreator, who with most profound wisdom order all things in your mercy, and give what is needful to all human beings, give rest O Lord to the souls of your servants -NN-who have fallen asleep; for they set their hopes on you, our Maker, the Author of our Being, and our God. + Glory + Now and ever. In you, O Virgin Mother of God, we have a Wall of Defence and a Refuge, an Intercessor pleasing to God...