Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Second All Souls Saturday with the Evlogitaria of the Dead - Holy and Glorious Pascha Celebration Fortyninth Day

Sundays of Pascha or Pascha Cycle
Sunday of Pascha	Sunday after Pascha	Day of Pascha	Name	Apostolos	Gospel	Tone
7	6	43	Fathers First Ecumen- ical Council	Acts 20:16-18 27-36	Jn. 17:1-13	7
2 Sat. Dead	Sat. after 7 Sunday	49th day Pascha 1 day before Pente- cost
8	7	50	Pentecost	Acts 2:1-11	Jn. 7:37-52, 8:12	8

All Souls Saturdays celebrate the memory of all those who have "Fallen Asleep in the Lord" in the hope of eternal life. On this day, all our predecessors in the faith who have "Fallen Asleep in the Lord" are remembered.

It is important to remember that many of the faithful, who have "Fallen Asleep in the Lord", did NOT have any liturgical prayers. To enable all the faithful to have some liturgical prayers, the Fathers of the Church made a general funeral service for all the faithful departed.

Pascha Cycle

The Second All Souls Saturday is within the Pascha Cycle. The Second All Souls Saturday is the day before the Great Feast of Pentecost.
It is the 49th day of Pascha.

Pascha Cycle

Triodion

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Memorial Service

All Souls Saturdays with the Evlogitaria of the Dead has a description of the Memorial Service, including the "Evlogitaria of the Dead" prayer.

How to determine when the Second All Souls Saturday occurs.

A count back from the date of Pascha is made.

Feasts of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha Cycle in Latin Catholic Dominated Countries

Some important dates in Feasts of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha Cycle in Latin Catholic Dominated Countries for the years 2000-2010.

More Information

Primer for Melkite Worship and Ritual Please click on 40 Day Memorial for the Dead. Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton, Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States. Material prepared by Fr. Philaret Littlefield for inclusion in the St. George (Milwaukee, WI) Melkite Sunday Bulletin.

Sundays of Pascha or Pascha Cycle
Sunday of Pascha	Day after Sunday of Pascha	Sunday after Pascha	Day of Pascha	Name	Apostolos	Gospel	Tone	Saint
1		0	1	Pascha	Acts 1:1-9	Jn. 1:1-17	0
Bright Monday Vespers			1				0
Bright Monday	Monday after Pascha		2	New Monday	Acts 1:12-17, 21-28	Jn. 1:18-28	0
Bright Week	Mon. - Sat. after Pascha		2-7	New Week	many	many	0
2		1	8	Thomas Sunday Bright Sunday New Sunday	Acts 5:12-20	Jn. 20:19-31	1	Holy Glorious Apostle Thomas
3		2	15	Myrhh- Bearing Women	Acts 6:1-7	Mk. 15:43-16:8	2	Perfume- bearing Woman Mary Magdalen, Equal of Apostles
4		3	22	Paralytic	Acts 9:32-42	Jn. 5:1-15	3
Mid Pentecost	Wed. after 4 Sunday		25	Middle feast	Acts 14:6-18	Jn. 7:14-30	3
5		4	29	Samaritan Woman	Acts 11:19-30	Jn. 4:5-42	4
6		5	36	Man Born Blind	Acts 16:16-34	Jn. 9:1-38	5
Great Feast Ascension into Heaven Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ	Thurs. after 6 Sunday		40th day Pascha 10 days before Pente- cost		Acts 1:1-12	Lk. 24:36-53	6	Theotokos Apostles
7		6	43	Fathers First Ecumen- ical Council	Acts 20:16-18 27-36	Jn. 17:1-13	7
2 Sat. Dead	Sat. after 7 Sunday		49th day Pascha 1 day before Pente- cost
8		7	50	Pentecost	Acts 2:1-11	Jn. 7:37-52, 8:12	8	Theotokos Apostles

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Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is dedicated to my cousins: Bucky (Richard C. Liles) and Shirley (Shirley Jean Liles Buck). Bucky fell asleep in the Lord on Dec. 12, 2000 and Shirley fell asleep in the Lord on Nov. 8, 2001.
O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death, overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord, to the souls of your servants Bucky and Shirley, who has departed from this life, that it may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And since You are a gracious God and the Lover of Mankind, forgive him/her every sin he/she has committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin : You alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. You are the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of your departed servants Bucky and Shirley. O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, together with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good and life-givng Spirit, now and always and for ages upon ages. Amen.

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