Do the Orthodox use something like the Catholic Mass cards?

Basil the Great · Nov 2, 2018

I know that you pray for the departed for a year or so I have read. Do you assign certain Divine Liturgy services to commemorate particular souls who have died? If so, how is it decided which deceased will be mentioned? Does a church member have to make a specific request? Can this be done only at a funeral service and at the one year anniversary of death or at other times during the first year and what if a church member wants it done beyond the one year anniversary?
Thanks...

ArmyMatt · Nov 2, 2018

the departed are remembered on the slips for Proskomedia, the Augmented Litany, and during the Anaphora

archer75 · Nov 2, 2018

To add to what Fr Matt said - I think this can be done at literally any time, right? No restrictions?

ArmyMatt · Nov 2, 2018

archer75 said:
To add to what Fr Matt said - I think this can be done at literally any time, right? No restrictions?

correct. and I should add that if the Liturgy is on a weekday, the names are commemorated during the Litany for the departed.

nutroll · Nov 2, 2018

I think the difference is that we see the liturgy as a corporate event to the extent that it would be inappropriate to have a "private" liturgy for the purposes of commemorating a departed loved one. We pray for the departed in all of our services (some to a greater extent than others), but we do so as the whole church, not as individuals.

E.C. · Nov 3, 2018

Since the other questions have been answered I'll take this one.

Basil the Great said:
Can this be done only at a funeral service and at the one year anniversary of death or at other times during the first year and what if a church member wants it done beyond the one year anniversary?
Thanks...

Other times during the year.

In the OCA and Antiochian parishes I've attended, the deceased have been commemorated in the litanies for about 40 days after their falling asleep. Other intervals have been the one year anniversary, five year anniversary then every five years afterwards. There's also been a short panikhida said at the end of liturgy on the anniversaries - especially if family are present and request it.

I've never attended a Liturgy on Lazarus Saturday, but the cathedral in Miami where I was chrismated would go to the cemetery where the parish had bought a collection of plots. They'd set up an altar, have a Liturgy there, and, commemorate all those who had fallen asleep.

Basil the Great · Nov 3, 2018

E.C. said:
Since the other questions have been answered I'll take this one.

Other times during the year.

In the OCA and Antiochian parishes I've attended, the deceased have been commemorated in the litanies for about 40 days after their falling asleep. Other intervals have been the one year anniversary, five year anniversary then every five years afterwards. There's also been a short panikhida said at the end of liturgy on the anniversaries - especially if family are present and request it.

I've never attended a Liturgy on Lazarus Saturday, but the cathedral in Miami where I was chrismated would go to the cemetery where the parish had bought a collection of plots. They'd set up an altar, have a Liturgy there, and, commemorate all those who had fallen asleep.

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