He that arose from the dead, Christ our true God, through the prayers of his most pure Mother, of the holy glorious and all-praised apostles, of our venerable and God-bearing fathers, and of all the Saints, place the soul of his servant, name, departed from us, in the tabernacles of the just, rest it in the bosom of Abraham, and number it with the righteous, and have mercy upon us, as being good and the lover of mankind. Amen.
And the archpriest, or the principal priest, saith himself this thrice.
Thy remembrance is everlasting, O our deservedly blessed and ever remembered brother.
Thrice.
Then the singers sing thrice,
Everlasting remembrance.
And straightway the archpriest, if he happen to be there, or the priest, readeth the prayer of absolution with a loud voice.
The Lord Jesus Christ our God, who gave divine commandments unto his holy disciples and apostles to bind and loose the sins of the fallen, and from whom we have again received authority to do the like, forgive thee, O spiritual child, whatever thou hast done in the life that now is, voluntarily or involuntarily, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.
And so, taking up the remains, we go forth to the grave, followed by all the people, and preceded by the priests, and singing, Holy God.... O most holy Trinity.... Our Father.... and the rest.