Rugăciunea pentru cei adormiţi, legătura iubirii între cer şi pământ, exprimată în Sfânta Scriptură şi Sfânta Tradiţie
Prayer for the departed, the bond of love between heaven and earth expressed in Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition

Author(s): Cristin-Ioan Loghin
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: prayer; soul; eternity; heaven; hell; worship; mercy; requiem;
Summary/Abstract: In Orthodoxy, the cult of the deceaseds has a special importance and scope. After the death of a person, the soul, by being eternal, remains in touch with the Church. The foundations of prayer and worship for those who passed are the following: a) Christian love; b) the example of practicing the prayers ones for each other, especially in difficult times of trial; c) man's dialogical relationship with God; d) the command received to pray for one another; e) the pedagogy of God's sacrificial love for us and f) heaven and hell are states and places of good and evil. The duty of the living to pray for the deceased is a constant mark in the life of the Church. This teaching has always existed and has been transposed into the practice of the Church. Patristic literature confirms not only the existence but also the practice of prayers for the passed ones. Also, the Holy Scriptures, both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, often speak of prayers and almsgiving for the deceaseds. The Holy Church, through the worship of the deceased, realizes an extraordinary spiritual connection between the living members and the deceased members, united by love for Christ and living in Christ. At the same time, this practice is a real school, where all Christians have learned generation after generation, which no one and nothing could tear down, but over the centuries, it has become stronger.

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