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Byzantine prayer for the deceased

Oratio pro defunctis

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English source

Manual of Indulgences — English text · PDF page 74

Approved English edition translated from the fourth Latin edition. The complete formula is on the indicated page.

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Estimated English reading time 45–90 seconds

How the estimate was made

Measured the complete English prayer body in the approved 2006 Manual; heading and adjacent grant text excluded. Editorial vocal pace 100–160 words/minute, outward rounding.

Reading estimate for the complete English formula in the linked approved Manual only; the separately linked Greek form is not measured here. It excludes surrounding liturgical rites, chanting, pauses and other grant conditions. No required minimum duration is stated by this estimate.

Greek source

Byzantine prayer for the deceased — Greek liturgical form · PDF pages 37–38, printed Greek pages 73 and 75; the prayer begins in the lower half of page 73 and ends with the first Amen on page 75.

The Holy See’s booklet for the funeral of Pope Francis (26 April 2025) prints the Greek prayer with English and Italian beside it. This liturgical form names Francis, Bishop, where the Manual’s English formula has N.; it also appears within a larger funeral rite. The linked Greek prayer is an edition-specific counterpart, not a literal translation of the Manual’s English wording or a requirement to recite the surrounding rite.

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Greek reading time has not been estimated for this form.

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Status labels below reflect the catalog as of 27 October 2026.

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