Topic: How do you say Memory Eternal - in Greek

[LizaSymonenko]

I have a Greek friend who has lost his father.

I'd like to wish him something like:

May God grant your father eternal rest among his saints, and may his memory be eternal.

I don't trust Google translate for something like this....because it may come out jovial sounding and I wouldn't know it.


....AND is there some way to write it using English letters?  I don't know Greek. 

[biro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Eternal_(chant)

"Memory Eternal (Greek: Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη, Eonia i Mnimi)..."

Hope this helps.

[LizaSymonenko]

It does, thanks!

I'm just afraid of handwriting - Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη.  What if I get some squiggle wrong?   

[Arachne]

I'm just afraid of handwriting - Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη.  What if I get some squiggle wrong?   

Aιωνία η μνήμη.

These are all the squiggles you need. The rest still appear in more ancient forms of the language, but modern writing did away with them in 1982.