Prayer for a Dead Person

O Master, Lord our God, Who in Thy wisdom hast created man, and didst honour him with Thy Divine image, and place in him the spirit of life, and lead him into this world, bestowing on him the hope of resurrection and life everlasting, and after he had violated Thy commandments, Thou O Gracious Lover of mankind, didst descend to the earth that Thou mightest renew again the creation of Thy hands.

Therefore we pray Thee, O All-Holy Master, give rest to the soul of Thy servant (name), in a place of brightness a place of coolness, a place of repose; and, in that he hath sinned in word, or deed, or thought, forgive him:

For Thou art a good God and lovest mankind and unto Thee do we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, Who is from everlasting, and Thine All-Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, always, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.