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1st Saturday of Souls Liturgy

This is day set aside during the Lenten season for the commemoration of our departed loved ones. These days are devoted to prayer for departed relatives and others among the faithful who would not be commemorated specifically as saints. The Divine Services on these days have special hymns added to them to commemorate the departed. There is a Memorial Service after the Divine Liturgy on Saturday morning, for which Koliva (a dish made of boiled and dried wheatberries) is prepared and placed on the Memorial table. After the Service, the priest blesses the Koliva. It is then eaten as a memorial by all present.

Earlier Event: February 20
WHYs of Orthodoxy
Later Event: February 23
Sunday Divine Liturgy