“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.” In Russian?
I plan on getting a tattoo in honor of my grandfather. I grew up with my grandparents and I am very close to him. When I was younger we would say the Lord’s Prayer and when it came to saying “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.” he would say it in English then Russian, where he is originally from. I’ve asked him how to say it and he says it’s pronounced like “Musaw Sina Sweta Dushah Amen” but he has no idea how it would be spelled out because when he was a kid they only learned to pronounce their language, not write it. This is very important to me as my Papa is getting older and sicker. He has a rare disease called Castleman’s Disease. I want to always keep him with me. If you can help or know anyone who can please let me know. Thanks so much!
vo imya otsa, e sina, e svetovo duxa, amen.
I hope this helps.
Previous answer is not 100% correct. It is a kind of mixture of speeling and pronnounciation, with one big mistake of the way Holy Spirit is pronounced on Russian: it’s not “svetovo duxa”, but “svyatago duha”. Besides Russian, the other official language of Russian Orthodox Church is churchslavic (most beautiful Slavic language, very similar to Russian).
Now about your plan for getting a tattoo: it really sounds great to get that kind of tattoo, but I think that you should know that getting of tattoo is not basically an act in orthodox (christian) spirit. Every single body of baptised soul is “temple of Holy Spirit”, according to New Testament, so you don’t need any more to treat your body as something beautiful. Also, problem of tattoos is mentioned in Holy Tradition of Orthodox Church. First christians used to draw tattoos of cross and fish, because they were affraid of getting antychrist seal. Saint fathers of our Churc told them that they don’t have to do that, actually that it is not good (because body is Temple of Holy Spirit).
On the other words, I think your grandpa would be pleased to know that you are baptised in russian Church, because that would be the right way to show your honor to your grandpa. He was obviously great man, and it would be pitty to stop your family tradition of orthodoxy. At the end, I hope that you’ll agree that life similar to your grandfather’s is much stronger way to show your honor than just making a tattoo.
Try to talk with local orthodox priest about your plan – at the end, he will tell you more about Orthodoxy and about the way you should write and pronounce name of Holy Trinity on churchslavic language.
Best regards from Belgrade!