The Memorial Services and their benefits

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The Memorial Services

and their benefits

New Skete - Mt. Athos

book size (in cm): 11.5X16
Pages:47
Paperback
Language: English

TRISAGION PRAYER FOR THE DEAD	page 7
THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES
On memorial services in general	11
SCRIPTURAL AND OTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES
A. Evidence from Holy Scripture
1. The Old Testament	14
2. The New Testament	15
B. Evidence from the Church's Holy Tradition
1. The Church Fathers	16
2. The Holy Liturgies	18
3. The Diptychs of the Church	20
4. Church Testimonies: Mitrophanes Kritopoulos, Peter Mogila, Dositheos, Patriarch of Jerusalem	22
5. The Lives of the Saints	25
WHEN ARE MEMORIAL SERVICES PERFORMED?	28
WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE?	32
ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO MEMORIAL SERVICES?	35
How are they Beneficial?	38
Whom do they benefit and do they not benefit?	39
The Case of the Heavily Sinners	41
The Benefits for the Living	45