Short Russian Funeral Prayer

ohdearyoucouldnt	Short Russian Funeral Prayer
50,422 / 50,000 Joined: Nov 3, 2006 Location: here Posts: 34 Posted on: Nov 11, 2007 - 22 30	One of my characters only speaks Russian and broken English (since he's only just arrived in the US and didn't learn any English back in Russia) and has just come across several dead bodies. Does any one (please?) know a short prayer he could say over them in Russian? Preferably transliterated, since my computer sucks at picking up some cyrillic stuff, but either is well appreciated! Please? ---------- Communism is just the other side of the same coin. Socialism's the edge.
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sweetart13	RE: Short Russian Funeral Prayer
50,368 / 50,000 Joined: Nov 13, 2003 Location: Redlands CA, USA transplanted from SF Bay Area Posts: 28 Posted on: Nov 11, 2007 - 23 46	Um, it's definitely NOT short, but this is the traditional Russian prayer for the dead (from the Orthodox church) entitled Memory Eternal. I know it wouldn't be entirely accurate if you did this, but maybe you could have your character say only part of it? http://blog.dpitts.com/index.php/category/News (scroll down to "Memory Eternal Betty Arlene Estep I will miss you.") Or this site discusses the process of praying for the dead as set down in the Orthodox church, and it includes some short phrases from prayers (for example, on Trinity Saturday) http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/prayer_dead.aspx ---------- Robyn 2003 Attempt: Missed Connections (Late start 30K words in 17 days) 2004 Winner: In The Cards 2005 Winner: Tri 2006 Winner: Walking the Fault Line 2007 Winner: The Rooster Crowed at Midnight
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K8E	RE: Short Russian Funeral Prayer
14,181 / 50,000 Joined: Oct 1, 2004 Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming Posts: 12 Posted on: Nov 12, 2007 - 00 04	ohdearyoucouldnt wrote: One of my characters only speaks Russian and broken English (since he's only just arrived in the US and didn't learn any English back in Russia) and has just come across several dead bodies. Does any one (please?) know a short prayer he could say over them in Russian? Preferably transliterated, since my computer sucks at picking up some cyrillic stuff, but either is well appreciated! Please? ---------- Communism is just the other side of the same coin. Socialism's the edge. Um, wow, I actually needed something like this, too. Quelle coincidence. And there's already an answer. Sweet.
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ohdearyoucouldnt	RE: Short Russian Funeral Prayer
50,422 / 50,000 Joined: Nov 3, 2006 Location: here Posts: 34 Posted on: Nov 12, 2007 - 00 53	sweetart13 wrote: Um, it's definitely NOT short, but this is the traditional Russian prayer for the dead (from the Orthodox church) entitled Memory Eternal. I know it wouldn't be entirely accurate if you did this, but maybe you could have your character say only part of it? http://blog.dpitts.com/index.php/category/News (scroll down to "Memory Eternal Betty Arlene Estep I will miss you.") Or this site discusses the process of praying for the dead as set down in the Orthodox church, and it includes some short phrases from prayers (for example, on Trinity Saturday) http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/prayer_dead.aspx Thank you! That's exactly what I needed to find. K8E: Glad to be of service. ---------- Communism is just the other side of the same coin. Socialism's the edge.
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