At our church St. John The Evangelist, remembrance of the dead will be Sunday, April 23rd, after St. Mass.

Memorial Easter

What is Memorial Easter?

Memorial Easter is the most significant of all the days that mention death communal and are given alms. It’s the only day that commemorates all the dead at the cemetery. It’s the biggest commemoration that make believers in honor of the departed. That’s the nicest their habit.

Memorial Easter is celebrated the day after Thomas Sunday, Monday or eighth day after Easter. After enlightened feast of great joy for the man who rose from the dead, the Resurrection, Easter is coming and the Memorial Easter.

Lord Jesus Christ Himself, before His passion, in speech parting with His disciples saddened they predicted that their sorrow shall be turned into joy and that joy no one will take it from them, joy that the disciples had when they saw the Lord after his resurrection (John 16, 20-22, 20, 20).

This great joy of the Resurrection of Christ, the Easter they have lived it and Christians in Bright Week and to remember the universal resurrection, they then come to share and are asleep in the hope joyful revival, whose joy proclaimed Lord Jesus Christ, who before his resurrection came down to teach the first victory over death, the dead from hell (I Peter 3: 19). Even so his followers come this day to the ones are asleep to proclaim their joy of Christ’s victory over death.

So Easter Memorial foundation is faith united in hope that the death Conqueror, as he promised (Matthew 25: 31-46), will raise the souls of all the faithful departed fiercely county: parents, friends and nations for eternal joy.

Therefore and in remembrance of those expensive new sleepers to make due with the joy of Christianity. On this day the priests are dressed in Easter vestments, shining, reminding glowing white robes in front of those who were dressed angels at the tomb of Christ, who gave myrrh-bearing women that Christ rose from the dead (Luke 24: 4 6; John 20: 11-13).