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A dirge (Latin: dirige, nenia [1]) is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn, dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegies. [2] Dirges are often slow and bear the character of funeral marches.
A passage in the New Testament which is seen by some to be a prayer for the dead is found in 2 Timothy 1:16–18, which reads as follows: . May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy on that day); and in how many ...
The service is composed of Psalms, ektenias (litanies), hymns and prayers. In its outline it follows the general order of Matins [note 2] and is, in effect, a truncated funeral service. Some of the most notable portions of the service are the Kontakion of the Departed [note 3] and the final singing of "Memory Eternal" (Slavonic: Vyechnaya Pamyat).
Psalm 91 is the 91st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." In Latin, it is known as 'Qui habitat". [2] As a psalm of protection, it is commonly invoked in times of hardship.
"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
Right at the beginning of the funeral, Psalm 118 (Septuagint numbering; KJV: Psalm 119) is chanted. In the Orthodox Psalter this is known as the 17th Kathisma, and is the longest psalm in the Bible. The psalm is divided into three sections, called Stases, the first two of which is followed by a brief Ektenia (litany) for the Dead.
In the Lutheran Churches, last rites are formally known as the Commendation of the Dying, in which the priest "opens in the name of the triune God, includes a prayer, a reading from one of the psalms, a litany of prayer for the one who is dying, [and] recites the Lord’s Prayer". [2]
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Every Sunday and Principal Festiva [3] (1834) [4] A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1835) [5] A Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Anthems (1842) [6] A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Diocese of Nova Scotia [7] [8] (1859) [9] A Church Hymn Book (1861) [10]
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