{"id":4720,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/prayer-for-the-departed\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:27","slug":"prayer-for-the-departed","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/prayers\/prayer-for-the-departed\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Departed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O God of spirits and of all flesh, who <span class=\"pr-t\">hast<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">have<\/span> trampled down death, overthrown the devil, and given life to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> world: give rest, O Lord, to the soul of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> servant N., who has fallen asleep, in a place of light, a place of green pasture, a place of refreshment, from which pain, sorrow and sighing have fled away.<\/p>\n<p>Pardon every sin committed by him (her) in word, deed or thought, for <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> a good God who <span class=\"pr-t\">lovest<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">love<\/span> mankind. There is no man who lives and does not sin, for <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> alone <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> without sin; <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> word is truth.<\/p>\n<p>For <span class=\"pr-t\">Thou<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> <span class=\"pr-t\">art<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">are<\/span> the resurrection, the life and the repose of <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> servant N., who has fallen asleep, O Christ our God, and to <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span> we send up glory, together with <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> unoriginate Father and <span class=\"pr-t\">Thine<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Memory eternal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient prayer of the Churches for all who have fallen asleep in the faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4720","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}