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 of thy servants N. and N. who are gone before us, with the sign of faith, and rest in the sleep of peace. To whom, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech thee, a place of refreshment, of light, and of peace.”

LITURGY OF THE NESTORIANS, G.C.—“O Lord, powerful God, receive this oblation, for all the departed, who being separated from us, have quitted this world.” Renaudot. T. ii. p. 590.

LITURGY OF THEODORUS, G. C.-“O Lord our God, graciously receive from us this sacrifice of thanksgivingthat it may be in thy sight a good memorial of all the children of the Holy Catholic Church, of those who have passed out of this world in the true faith: that thou mayest, O God, graciously grant them pardon of all the sins and offences, by which, in this world, in a mortal body, and in a soul subject to inconstancy, they have sinned or offended before thee, because there is no one who does not sin.” Ibid. p. 620.

LITURGY OF NESTORIUS, G. C.-“We pray and entreat thee, O Lord, be mindful of all our brethren in Christ, who are departed out of this life in the true faith, whose names are known to thee, loosing and remitting to them the sins and offences, which, as men liable to error and passions, they have committed before thee, through the prayer and intercession of those, who have been pleasing in thy sight.” Ibid.

COPTIC LITURGY OF ST. BASIL, G. C.-“ Be mindful, also, O Lord, of all who have slept and reposed in the Priesthood, and in every rank of the secular state. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to grant rest to the souls of them all in the bosom of the Saints, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Command those, O Lord, whose souls thou hast received, to repose in this place, and preserve us,” &c. Renaudot. T. 1. p. 19.

ALEXANDRIAN LITURGY OF St. Basil, G. C.-"Be mindful, also, O Lord, of all the Sacerdotal order, who are now departed, and of those who were in a secular state.