Saturday of Souls Resource Page

Praying for and Remembering the Departed

Testimonies on the Benefits of Prayers for the Dead

The Meaning of Memorial Services in the Orthodox Church

 

Prayer for the Dead

On the Commemoration of the Dead in the Divine Liturgy (St. Cyril of Jerusalem)

Concerning Those Who Are Asleep (St. Gregory of Nyssa)

On the Benefits of Memorials for the Dead (St. John Chrysostom)

On the Commemoration of the Departed (St. Epiphanios of Salamis)

On Praying for the Dead (St. Augustine of Hippo)

 

Homily on the Commemoration of the Dead (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Saint Paisios on Praying for the Departed and Memorials

The Best Memorial For the Deceased

What Does It Mean When We Chant "Eternal Memory" at Memorial Services?

The Mystery and the Process of Death

We and the Spirits of the Departed

Elder Thaddeus on the Souls of the Dead

The Benefits of Acts of Charity for the Dead

On Prayers and Alms for the Deceased

Prayer and Good Works Benefit The Dead

 

Which Is Better for the Dead, Prayer or Almsgiving?

 
Nun Barsanuphia and the Pouch with Thousands of Names

Feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Kollyvades Fathers

Praying for the Reposed Non-Christians and Non-Orthodox

Prayer to the Holy Martyr St. Varus for Those Who Have Died Outside the Faith

Can We Say "Eternal Memory" for Departed Non-Orthodox Christians?

 

What the Spirit of His Dead Aunt Told Saint Iakovos of Evia

St. Paisios the Athonite and the Monk Who Prayed For Stalin

 

Saint Paisios and the Soul of Old Thanasis

 

What the Holy Father John Kalaides Taught His Spiritual Children About Commemorating the Dead

 

The Saturday of Souls of Saint Demetrios: A Macedonian-Thracian Ecclesiastical Tradition

 

On Prayer For Those Who Commit Suicide and For the Departed Non-Orthodox

A LETTER OF CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED

Saturdays Before Meatfare and Cheesefare

Synaxarion for the Saturday Before Meatfare

Saturday of Souls Before Meatfare Sunday

 

Saturday of Souls (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos)

 

Commemorating the Dead on Meatfare Saturday (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Homily for Meatfare Parental Saturday - On the Prayerful Commemoration of the Departed (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

Saturday of Souls on the Island of Imvros

 

Saturday of Cheesefare Resource Page

 

First Saturday of Great Lent

First Saturday of Great Lent: Epistle and Gospel Reading

Synaxarion for the First Saturday of Great Lent

 

The Tradition of the "Kollyva-Saturday" of Saint Theodore in Oia of Santorini 

Holy Theodoroi Resource Page (Theodore the Stratelates and Theodore the Tiro)

 

 

Second, Third and Fourth Saturday of Great Lent

Homily on Ancestors Saturday in the 2nd Week of Great Lent: About Prayer for the Dead

 

Saturday Before Pentecost

The Saturday of Souls Before Pentecost

The Significance of the Saturday of Souls Before Pentecost

 

The Meaning of the Saturday of Souls Before Pentecost 

 

Walnut Leaves at Pentecost and the Souls of the Dead 

Homily on the Value of Patience (St. John Chrysostom)