The Prologue, Kauma, and Introductory Prayer
Eqbo
Blessed are you dead, you who ate the living body and drank the propitiatory blood; it shall raise you up at the right hand side, on the day, when the resurrection comes,
Proemion and Sedro (common)
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honor and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to him, to the joyous and ineffable light , the great splendor who calls sinners to him and has promised them his heavenly kingdom with his saints, to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life for ever, Amin.
We give thanks to you, heavenly Lamb, who were born from the bosom of the hidden Father, and took flesh of the daughter of David and suffered and died for the sake of your flock, which was enslaved to the evil one, and set it free from slavery by your everlasting love; and , behold, in all quarters she sings praise to you in the choirs of her sons; count us sinners, Lord , in the number of prophets and unite us with the apostles and martyrs, save us from the punishments of sin, and from the enemy who persecutes us, from being absorbed in the world and being victims to envy, that we may conquer the evil one and his powers; may our incense be acceptable in your sight and may our petitions be answered from the riches of your treasure house; send health to the sick, comfort to the sorrowful, relief to the afflicted, and redemption to those in captivity; guard the living and let your peace and tranquility and love reign over the four quarters of the world; give rest to the faithful departed, and we will offer praise and thanksgiving to you and your Father and your holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Qolo
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Give rest, Christ our king, with all your saints to the souls of your servants in peace, where death does not reign nor suffering nor sorrow but life eternal.
May all my bones bless his holy name.
In God is our refuge, the creator of our father Adam, the hope of the living and the dead; this world is nothing, neither its pleasures nor its power; it is a but a passing dream.
Glory be to the Father...
I called upon you, Lord, all the day, and I stretched out my hands towards you, because you have done wonders for the departed; the might shall praise you and tell of your grace, that you are he who raises the dead.
From ages of ages..
This death is a sleep, my beloved, as Paul the blessed apostle said; let us pray and beseech our Lord, that we may not taste that other death, which is called the second.
Of the Mother of God
He came forth from you in humility, the most High, who became little, that he might raise up the fallen earthly Adam, and he has honored and magnified your memory here and above in heaven; may your prayer be a stronghold to us.
Moses likened you to the bush and David, your father to the ark, Gideon figured you by the fleece and Jacob the just by the ladder, by which the race of man has been raised up to heaven.
Moses the prophet saw on the mountain a fire, which rested on a bush and bush was not burned by it; it was a figure of the virgin Mary, in whom the Son of God dwelt , and she was not burned by his flame.
Jacob represented you by the ladder, which he saw in Bethel, while he slept , and he called it the house of God, in truth, you were the dwelling place of God, who descended and rested in your womb according to his pleasure.
Of the saints
Peace be with the prophets, peace be with the apostles , peace be with the martyrs , who loved the Lord of peace, and peace be with the holy Church , in whom dwell the sons of peace.
You are true physicians, noble prophets, apostles and martyrs, open the treasury of your prayers and give help to the needy, who ask help of you.
Like the wall of a city Moses placed the bones of Joseph in the camp of Israelites, and your bones, O martyrs , have been made a stronghold for our souls; may we be protected beneath your wings.
No kings or judges or powers of this world have gained anything such as the martyrs gained, who shed blood of their necks and brought for themselves a kingdom on high, and behold they are made its heirs.
On Repentance
Joseph made his brothers swear in the name of God, when he was dying; do not leave me in a foreign land; bring up my bones from Egypt, that I may go in your company, and our Lord will be your helper.
Do not be sad, my brother Joseph, and do not let your mind be afraid, lest we should go and leave you; we are not unmindful of the kindness, which you showed to us in Egypt, when you do not remember our fault.
To the sinful woman, who anointed your feet, O sea full of mercy, you forgave her sins and her offenses; and I, who have wretchedly sinned against you, like the publican I cry to you, have compassion on me and have mercy on me.
Jesus our king, who cast down the power of the evil one, our enemy, remove from us the temptations and passions, which trouble our souls, and may our prayer appease you and our supplication enter into your sight.
Of the departed
Let us open the graves and consider the heroes and noble men, who have fallen there into corruption. Behold, their stature is brought low and they are reduced to dust in Sheol; be mindful, Lord, of your image.
From the tree of knowledge Adam stretched out his hand and ate the fruit, in which death was hidden; and our Lord ascended the cross and tasted death for him and restored him to the place of his inheritance.
The death which the just taste is not that death which is for ever; their bodies rest, as it were, in sleep, until the day of the resurrection; their bodies remain in the earth and shall rise and give praise.
Let us remember our fathers, who taught us in their lifetime to be children of God; may the Son of God give them rest in the kingdom of heaven with the just and righteous.
Etro (from the common)
Accept, Lord in your compassion the incense of your servants and be appeased by the smoke offered by your priests and be pleased with the service of your worshippers make there by a good memory of your mother and your saints; give rest to all th faithful departed. Christ the Son, who are worshipped and glorified with your Father and your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
May our God have mercy upon us.
In the evening when the just complete their labors and receive their wages, complete the work of your grace in us and drive away the evil one from us.
May he bless us and show forth the light of his countenance upon us.
Blessed is your evening, which gathers us together, and your cross which protects us; blessed is our right hand, Lord, which has woven crowns for the martyrs.
Glory be to the Father...
In the service of evening and in the time of prayer have compassion on us and , when you set up your seat of judgment, raise us up at your right hand.
From ages of ages...
An evening, Lord, full of peace and a night of righteousness grant us, Christ our Saviour, for you are the king of glory.
Of the Mother of God
Make petition on our behalf, O pride of those who believe, to the only Son, who came forth from you, that he may have mercy on us all.
Do not cease, O holy one, from your petition on our behalf, make supplication to your only Son, that we may have mercy on us all.
Virgin, who were the source from whom life was transmitted, make supplication to your only Son, that he may have mercy on us all.
Daughter of David and daughter of Abraham, who were chosen from the beginning, make supplication to your only Son, that he may have mercy on us all.
Of the Saints
May the prophets, who spoke of you by the Spirit, and the apostles, who announced your revelation, and the martyrs who died for love of you, intercede with you; have mercy upon us.
Make memory, O our Saviour, of the prophets, apostles and martyrs, the just and the righteousness, and help us by their prayers.
Intercede with us, you saints, to him whose will you did, that he may banish and remove from us the scourge and the rod of wrath.
Martyrs, you are like eagles and you are swifter than the wind; him, who calls on you at sea, you answer and on the land, too, you are present.
Of a Saint
Your memory, O Mar (X), is here on earth and above in heaven; may those, who honor your memory, be helped by your prayers.
In the place, where your bones are placed Mor (x) of noble grace, may the peace of your Lord and his calm rest for ever.
On your door, O compassionate one, knocks the voice of our petition; do not withhold from your worshippers the answer to their needs.
O God, correct us in mercy and delver us from the rod of wrath; open your door to our prayer and answer to our requests in your mercy.
O God, on you we call for help in our weakness; hear, O God one, the vocie of our prayer and answer our requests in your mercy.
Have pity on me, Lord, have pity on me in the abundance of your loving kindness and do not remember the evil, that I have done, in your mercy.
Of the Departed
May the departed; Lord, who were clothed in you in the waters of baptism, be clothed by your right hand in the garment of glory in your kingdom.
May our fathers and brothers, who have slept and departed from this temporal life, be raised by your living voice from the grave to Paradise.
Of the departed, Lord , whose memory we celebrate today, may the names be written in the book of life in your kingdom.
To God in the heights be praise to his mother exaltation, to the martyrs crowns of priase, and to the departed compassion and mercy.
Quqlion
As a father pities his children, halleluiah and halleluiah, the Lord has pity on those who fear him.
For he knows how we are formed, halleluia and halleluia , he remembers we are dust.
The days of man are like grass, halleluiah and halleluiah, like the flower of the field so he blooms.
When the wind blows over it, it is no more halleluiah and halleluiah, and it place is no more known.
Eqbo
The thunder of the resurrection will thunder over the depths of Sheol, and death will hear it and be dismayed, and the forms which were wasted away will be renewed. Full of mercy, renew your servants who have rested in your hope. Stomen Kalos, Kurielaison.
Proemion and Sedro (of the departed)
Let us all pray and beg for mercy and compassion.
Merciful Lord, have mercy on us and help us.
Praise, thanksgiving, glory, honor and exaltation, continually and without ceasing at all times, may we be worthy to offer to him, to the hope of the living and giver of life to the dead; to him in whose hands are the souls of the just and righteous , to him who renews the flesh of his creatures and raises them from the depths of Sheol; to whom belongs glory and honor and worship at this time of Evening and at all times and seasons and hours and moments of the days of our life for ever, Amin.
We beg and beseech you, Lord God, that on the last day of the resurrection when you shall dissolve the vast frame of the universe and shall gather together all the families and tribes and nations; when the angels shall quake at your brightness and the archangels shall be dismayed and all the sons of men shall stand in fear and trembling; at that dread hour, at that time of terror, have pity, Lord , have pity in your compassion, have pity in your mercy on the souls and bodies of the faithful departed, who were clothed in you by water and the spirit, and received your body and precious blood for the pardon of their offenses and the forgiveness of their sins; do not enter into judgment with them, do not summon them and make them stand up to a strict examination, do not bring to memory our faults and theirs; but receive them in peace and kindness, pardon their offenses by your grace and forgive their transgressions in your loving kindness; let them enter your marriage-chamber, place them at your talbe and give them the joy of the glorious vision of your face; that we and they may stand at your right hand and behold your compassion, and we will offer praise and thanksgiving to you and your Father and your Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever. Amen.
Abraham presented incense to you and Noah offered you sacrifice; refresh by your grace your servants for whom we present incense.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ended their lives in a foreign land, and, behold, they are laid to rest in the land of Canaan and await the day of your manifestation.
Glory be to the Father...
Have pity, Lord on our departed who are laid in the earth like seed; raise them up, as you are wont, and comfort those who mourn.
From ages to ages...
In the bosom of Abraham and in the tabernacles of light give a dwelling, Lord God, to your servants who have rested in your hope.
Moriyo rahem melain oo aa darein
Give rest to your servants among the just, Son of God, in that kingdom which has no end among the saints..
Glory to you, who raise the dead from their graves and clothe them with a robe of glory on the day of the resurrection.
The generations succeed one another on the way of the world and go one after the other and hasten to depart; behold, they follow one another on the crossing of the great bridge and one presses upon another to reach the end.
Behold, all who enter this evil world are worn out by it and those, who love it, are not permitted to remain in it; like settlers and heirs they labor in it, but like pilgrims and wayfarers they depart from it.
In the days of their life men command like God but at the time of their end they all die like beasts; yesterday they were proud kings, exalted and powerful, today they are dead, fallen, cast down and wretched.
Christ who prayed that the cup of death might pass from you, make to pass from us the cup of the second death.