Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church

A memorial service (Ancient Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, 'memorial'; Church Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, 'vigil' (etymologically 'all-nighter'); Romanian: parastas and Serbian: парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, parástasis) is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. == Service == In the Eastern Church, the various prayers for the departed have as their purpose praying for the repose of the departed, comforting the living, and reminding the living of their own mortality and the brevity of this earthly life.

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