NOTE: A Panachida will be celebrated for the 4th All Souls Saturday after the 11:00 AM Divine Liturgy of St. Basil on Sunday, March 30th.
PROPERS FOR ALL SOULS SATURDAY: All_Souls_Saturday_DL
PARASTAS: Parastas
Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory
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.
All Byzantine Catholics observe All Soul Saturdays on Meatfare Saturday (Feb 222); Saturdays of Great Lent so the second (March 15), third (Mar 22), and fourth (Mar 29); and the Saturday before Pentecost (June 7).
