Orthodox Church Panakhida Memorial Saturday Services Memory Eternal Вечная память Vechnaya Pamyat 

We celebrated Memorial Saturday and remembered the souls of our dearly departed who have fallen asleep in hopes of the Resurrection. Here is a video clip from our Panakhida service. Archpriest Father Don of Saint Elia the Prophet Orthodox Church in Akron, OH, leads the congregation in prayer. Also in the video is Deacon Joel Chupp.
For those departede this life before us: May their memory be eternal! Вечная память Vechnaya Pamyat!
Memorial Services ((Greek): Μνημόσυνα (mnemosyna, memorial) or Παραστάς (wake); (Old Church Slavonic): Паннихида (Latinized as Pannikhída, Pannichida, or Panikhída; from the Greek for "all the dead") are special prayer services offered for the benefit of the departed.