This book contains the Greek and English text with all the variables, plus carefully written theological reflections that include a commentary on the entire Funeral Service, the mystery of death and of life after death, and the basic themes of life after death: the intermediate state of the souls after death, the memorial prayers for the dead, the resurrection of the dead, the nature of the resurrection bodies, the universal judgment and the eternal paradise. The book concludes with an essay on the meaning and the consequences of death for our present life.
This book has been written as a practical and pastoral resource book to help young Orthodox clergy not only to conduct effectively the funeral and memorial services in their parishes but also to have ready at hand the Orthodox theological reflections and biblical teachings on death and on life after death, as they provide pastoral care to their grieving parishioners.
