The Memorial Services and their benefits

Contents TRISAGION PRAYER FOR THE DEAD page 7 THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES   On memorial services in general 11 SCRIPTURAL AND OTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES   A. Evidence from Holy Scripture   1. The Old Testament 14 2. The New Testament 15 B. Evidence from the Church's Holy Tradition   1. The Church Fathers 16 2. The Holy Liturgies 18 3. The Diptychs of the Church 20 4. Church Testimonies: Mitrophanes Kritopoulos, Peter Mogila,    Dositheos, Patriarch of Jerusalem 22 5. The Lives of the Saints 25 WHEN ARE MEMORIAL SERVICES PERFORMED? 28 WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE? 32 ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO MEMORIAL SERVICES? 35 How are they Beneficial? 38 Whom do they benefit and do they not benefit? 39 The Case...