Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church

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A memorial service (Ancient Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, 'memorial'; Church Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, 'vigil' (etymologically 'all-nighter'); Romanian: parastas and Serbian: парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, parástasis) is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches.

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