How to remember

The deceased made the earth and is held there until the end of time or the General resurrection, which is promised by sacred Scripture – the Bible. However, the love of family and friends does not dry out to the person and after his death. He forever remains in their hearts. The Church offers several ways of remembrance of dead people.

How to commemorate the dead?

Note. In the Church you can write a special note "at rest", indicating the names of their friends, relatives and loved ones. All names should be indicated in the genitive case. Such notes are not made to specify more than 15 names. They all read at least the eyes, even if these names were not uttered by the priest aloud during public worship. In most churches this kind of commemoration is considered to be shareware: you need to sacrifice for the development of the Church as much as possible.

Candles. Another type of Wake the dead are candles, delivered to the special icons. To be sure to ask the parishioners what the icon answer "for the repose". Another interesting thing: during a Church service, the priest can extinguish these candles. Ask questions at this point is not necessary. Once the priest extinguished the candles - so necessary. This is very important for Orthodox Christians - no one to distract.

Prayer. Believed to help the deceased rewarded by the zeal of the people praying for him. For this you need to ask God for mercy for the deceased in the Church. You can not pray aloud, and about myself and even my own words. The main thing here is the sincere desire of goodness and love to those who left this land.

The prayers of the poor. It is believed that the Lord hears the prayers of the poor more often than ordinary people. That's why, to commemorate his friend, or close friend, you can bring food and wine (sacramental wine) in a special place in the Church is for donations. These products are distributed in memory of the dead. You can directly help the poor – feeding them at the temple.

How to hold a funeral dinner?

Funeral diner – it is a necessary form of commemoration of the deceased. Orthodox Christians decided to hold three memorial dinner: immediately after the funeral, on the ninth and fortieth days. This ritual is to be performed in memory of any deceased Orthodox Christian, showing him respect.

The memorial meal is a normal meal. That's just to put food on the table should be specific: the funeral of the deceased decided to hold the Christmas pudding, pancakes and jelly. Everyone who came to the memorial meal, gets on the plate one pancake and a glass of jelly. If the funeral held in a cafe, to pancakes, you can put eggs, cold fish appetizers, and include lunch stuffed pancakes.

Before dinner every visitor should himself read the "our father". During the memorial meal for the dead it is necessary to remember only the good word. You can not behave relaxed, laughing, swearing, singing some or other drinking songs, and to remember anything bad about the deceased.