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All Souls Saturday, Death, Prayers for the Dead - March 13, 2023

All Souls Saturday

This past Saturday and this upcoming Saturday we celebrate All Souls Saturday. All Souls Saturday is a special day when we specifically pray for the soul's of the dead.

This Saturday, March 19th, is the third All-Souls Saturday, where we commemorate the dead. Dokimos Olivia's currently reading a book about the Great Fast that talks about All Soul Saturday and was struck by this passage:

"Praying for the dead is an essential expression of the Church as love..."

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