The Saturday of Souls / Saturday before Pentecost (Saturday before Lent)
Σήμερα Σάββατο πρό της Πεντηκοστής – Β’ Ψυχοσάββατο, 11 June 2022, ο Καθηγουμένος στην Ιερά Μονή ” Παναγίας Τουρλιανής”, in Ano Mera of Mykonos, the Most Reverend Archimandrite p. Alexios Papadopoulos celebrated the Orthro and then the Divine Liturgy in the presence of pious Mykonians who came to pray together, with the observance of the foreseen measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The Holy Lecture was served by the cantor Alexios Nestouris.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence held a memorial prayer for the repose of all the sleeping Orthodox Christians, "of all those who have slept devoutly for ages in hope of resurrection to eternal life".
In her special care for the sleeping, Our Holy Orthodox Church has designated a special day of the week for them.
As Sunday is the day of the Lord's resurrection, In her special care for the sleeping, In her special care for the sleeping. In her special care for the sleeping, In her special care for the sleeping, In her special care for the sleeping, but he also asks for the prayers of the Church for them.
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On an annual basis the Church has designated two Saturdays, which she dedicates to the deceased of "Saturday of Souls".
Today's Saturday before Pentecost is called "Saturday of Souls" or Psychosabbath. It is the second of the two Psychosabbaths of the year (the first precedes Lent Sunday).
Our forefathers and brothers also have spiritual benefit by performing the sacred memorials, but also the living Christians. Respect for the dead as well as the memory of death help man to be humble and philanthropic. They also cultivate the awareness that the present world is transient and futile. What remains as a good memory is the personality of the person who is full of love, forgiveness and diligence.
"After the saints rest, Christ, the souls of your servants, there is no pain, oh sorry, th sigh, but eternal life".
but he also asks for the prayers of the Church for them:
