PANACHIDA FOR 1ST ALL SOULS SATURDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED AFTER 11:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
NOTE: All Byzantine Catholics observe All Soul Saturdays on Meatfare Saturday (Feb 7); Saturdays of the Great Fast; so the second (Feb 28), third (Mar 7), fourth (Mar 14), and the Saturday before Pentecost (May 23). Our Parish will celebrate the Panachida after either the 9:00 AM or 11:00 AM Divine Liturgies on the Sunday. See calendar/future posts.
PROPERS FOR ALL SOULS SATURDAY: All_Souls_Saturday_DL
PARASTAS: Parastas
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An Explantation of the Byzantine Rite Liturgical Practice of Observing All Souls Saturdays (from the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh): https://archpitt.org/an-explantation-of-the-byzantine-rite-liturgical-practive-of-observing-all-souls-saturdays/
All Souls Saturday is a day set aside for commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Churches. Saturday is a traditional day for prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday.
There are several All Souls Saturdays throughout the year. These days are devoted to prayer for departed relatives and others among the faithful who might not be commemorated specifically as Saints. The Divine Services on these days have special hymns added to them to commemorate the departed.
