Do the souls of deceased relatives meet after death in the next world in heaven. Connecting with Deceased Relatives How Deceased Parents Help

Many who have lost loved ones know the feelings that loss evokes. Emptiness, longing and wild pain in the soul. Grieving for the departed loved ones is one of the most painful psychological conditions.

However, there is a lot of information about the living receive messages from the subtle world.

We will not take into account researchers who purposefully study opportunities for two-way communication with the other world. There are quite a few people who claim that they make no effort to see the souls of the departed. Visions occur, in their opinion, involuntarily.

From this article you will learn how the souls of the dead communicate with the living.

stuck between worlds

People are often frightened when footsteps are clearly heard in their houses where no one walks. Water taps and light switches turn on by themselves, they can things fall off the shelves with enviable regularity. In other words, poltergeist activity is observed. But what is really happening?

To understand who or what communicates with us on behalf of the dead, we need to imagine what happens after death.

After the death of the physical body, the soul seeks to return to the Creator. Some souls will do it faster, while others will take longer. The higher the level of development of the soul, the faster it will reach the Home.

However, the soul can, for various reasons, linger in the astral plane, which is closest in density to the physical world. Sometimes the deceased is not aware of what is happening and where he is. He does not understand that he is dead. He is not able to return to the physical body and gets stuck between the worlds.

For him, everything remains the same, except for one thing: living people stop seeing them. Such souls are considered to be ghosts.

On what period ghost soul will linger next to the world of the living, depends on the level of development of the soul. By human standards, the time spent by a certain soul in parallel with living people can be calculated in decades, or even centuries. They may need the help of the living.

Call from beyond

Phone calls from the inhabitants of the subtle world are one of the ways of communication. SMS comes to mobile phones, calls come from strange numbers from a multitude of numbers. When trying to call back to these numbers or send a response, it turns out that this number does not exist, and later it is completely deleted from the phone's memory.

Such calls, as a rule, are accompanied by a very strong noise, similar to the wind in the field and a loud crash. Through crackling, contact with the world of the dead is manifested. It's like a curtain breaks between the worlds.

The phrases are short and only the caller speaks. Calls coming to mobile phones are observed for the first time after a person has died. The farther from the day of death, the rarer they become.

The recipients of such calls may not suspect that the caller is dead. This is clarified later. It is possible that such calls are made by ghosts who themselves are not aware of their physical death.

What do the dead talk about when they call on the phone?

Sometimes, by calling on the phone, the dead may ask for help.

So, one woman received a call late in the evening from her younger sister, who asked for help. But the woman was very tired, so she promised to call back the next morning and help in any way she could.

And about five minutes later, the younger sister's husband called and said that for about two weeks his wife had been dead, and her body was in the forensic morgue. She was hit by a car and the driver fled the scene.

Souls, by calling on the phone, can warn about the danger of the living.

The young family was driving. A girl was driving. The car skidded, and it miraculously did not roll over, moving off the road. At this time, the girl's mobile phone rang.

When everyone came to their senses a little, it turned out that the girl's mother called. She called back, and she asked in a trembling voice if everything was all right. When asked why she asked, the woman replied: “Grandfather called (he died six years ago), said: “She is still alive. You can save her."

In addition to cell phones, the voices of dead people can be heard in computer speakers along with technical noise. Their degree of intelligibility can vary from very quiet and barely intelligible to relatively loud and clearly distinguishable.

Reflection of ghosts in mirrors and more

People tell how they see reflections of their dead relatives in mirrors, as well as on TV screens and computer monitors.

The girl saw a rather dense silhouette of her mother on the tenth day after her funeral. The woman “sat” on a chair next to her, as she did during her lifetime, and looked over her daughter’s shoulder. After a few moments, the silhouette disappeared and never reappeared. Later, the girl realized that the mother's soul came to her to say goodbye.

Raymond Moody in his books talks about the oldest technique when peering into the mirror, you can establish contact with the deceased. This technique was used in ancient times by priests. True, instead of mirrors they used bowls of water.

An unprepared person can see in the mirror the image of the one who died by briefly glancing into it. The image can either transform from the reflection of the face of the one who looks into the mirror, or appear next to the reflection of the beholder.

In addition to the signs that the inhabitants of the subtle planes leave through technology or some household items, attempts to make contact are made directly. That is, people physically feel the otherworldly presence of spirits, hear their voices, and even recognize the smells that are characteristic of their timelessly departed loved ones during their lifetime.

Tactile sense of presence

Sensitive people feel the otherworldly presence as a light touch, or a breeze. Often, mothers who have lost their children, in moments of great grief, feel as if someone is hugging them or stroking their hair.

It is possible that in moments when people have a strong desire to see the deceased relatives, their subtle bodies are able to perceive the energies of more subtle planes.

The dead ask for help from the living

Sometimes a person is in an unusual state. He feels that he needs to do something, he is “pulled” somewhere. He does not understand what exactly, but the feeling of confusion does not let him go. He literally does not find a place for himself.

Natalia:

“We came to visit relatives in another city where my grandparents once lived. It was Monday, and tomorrow is Parent's Day. I could not find a place for myself, I was drawn somewhere, I felt that I had to do something. The family discussed tomorrow. They did not remember where my grandfather's grave was located - the cemetery was upset and all the landmarks were removed.

Without telling anyone, I went to the cemetery alone to look for my grandfather's grave. I didn't find her that day. The next day, the third, the fourth - to no avail. And the state does not let go, only intensifies.

Returning to my city, I asked my mother what my grandfather's grave looked like. It turns out that there is a photograph of a stele with a star at the end, on the grandfather's grave. And so we went—this time with my sister and my daughter. And my daughter found his grave!

We put it in order, painted the monument. Now all relatives know where grandfather is buried.

After that, it felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. It feels like I should have brought my family to his grave."

calling voice

Sometimes, being in crowded places, you can very clearly hear the calling voice of the deceased, similar to a hail. This happens when mixing sounds, and unexpectedly.

They just sound in real time. It happens that in moments when a person thinks strongly about something, he can hear the clue in the voice of the deceased.

Meeting with the souls of the dead in dreams

There are many people talking about they take off the dead. And the attitude to such meetings in dreams is ambiguous. They scare someone, someone tries to interpret them, believing that an important message is hidden in such a dream. And there are those who do not take dreams of the dead seriously. For them, it's just a dream.

What are the dreams in which we see those who are no longer among us:

• we receive all sorts of warnings about upcoming events;
• in dreams we learn how the souls of the dead “settled” in the other world;
• we understand that they ask for forgiveness for their actions during their lifetime;
• through us they can send messages to others;
• the souls of the dead can ask the living for help.

You can list for a long time the probable reasons why the dead are filmed alive. Only the one who dreamed of the deceased can understand this.

Regardless of how people receive signs from the dead, it is safe to say that they are trying to get in touch with the living.

The souls of our loved ones continue to take care of us even while in the subtle world. Unfortunately, not everyone is always ready for such contacts. Most often, this causes panic fear in people. Memories of loved ones are deeply imprinted in our memory.

Perhaps in order to meet with the dead, it is enough to open access to our own subconscious.

Can dead ancestors help??

This is the story that Anastasia Semenova told me, which you know from her magnificent books.

"... A few years ago, I interviewed a farmer's mother from East Kazakhstan for a newspaper, a simple, very elderly woman, far from any mysticism. And I heard an absolutely amazing story.

It took place in post-war Kazakhstan. Then still a young girl, Aliya survived a difficult test: she was raped by two SMERSH fighters. And worse than that: it turned out that Aliya became pregnant. Abortions at that time were punished by camps, the attitude towards an illegitimate child, even if conceived by tragic accident, was unambiguous in Muslim regions: from now on, the family is covered with indelible shame. Her fiancé left without saying a word. My sister didn't want to let me into the house.

Alia decided to commit suicide. In desperation, she went to the cemetery and, sobbing, sat down on the grave of her grandmother, who died when the girl was not even six years old. Grandmother was the only kindred person to whom she could still turn without the risk of being rejected. And the unexpected happened: obeying some unconscious impulse, the girl threw aside the bottle with the poison that was used to poison the rats, came home and fell asleep peacefully. In a dream, her grandmother appeared to her and suggested what to do: go to the chairman of the collective farm, Russian by nationality and therefore more tolerant of such conflicts, get a passport and go to the city, enter the workers' faculty of the agricultural institute. There are other customs in the city, it is not very customary to discuss someone else's life, and besides, you can introduce yourself as a widow, which is not uncommon in wartime.

The dream was so clear that in the morning Aliya knew by heart not only what she would say to the chairman, but also his answers. The chief, who lost two sons in the war, took pity on the desperate girl. And then everything turned out as my grandmother suggested: Aliya met a young man who adopted her child, they were able to raise him as a caring son, who even today helps in any way he can."

What happened? Why did the life of both mother and child turn out so well - although any psychologist will tell you that the life of a child conceived as a result of rape is almost never prosperous, and only abortion is offered as a way out?

If this episode was the only one, everything could be attributed to a game of chance. But, after hearing this story, I began to look for such stories in magazines and newspapers, collected a huge number of them (the reputable American magazine Fate even publishes regular collections of stories about advice and warnings sent to people by deceased relatives). After all, all blood relatives are united by a single information field, the name of which is the karma of the clan.

Therefore, deceased relatives can help in the most hopeless situation - in the event that the misfortune that befell you is retribution for tribal sins.

Each family bears a store of good and bad karma. And the task of the current generation is to realize and work out the mistakes of their ancestors and to bring into the karma of future generations as many selective fruits of fate as possible. Thus, the karma of a person interacts with the karma of the family. If necessary, when we find ourselves in a critical situation, we can borrow a part of the good karma from the treasury of the clan in order to multiply it and pass it on to our children. Therefore, in a particularly difficult time for you, do not be afraid to conduct a ritual to call the spirits of the dead.

Choose from among the relatives who have gone to another world the one who is closer to you, or the one who is remembered as a good, kind and knowledgeable person by personal communication, by appearance, by stories.

Counting the day of the first quarter of the moon as the first, count the fifth day of the first lunar quarter. From this day on, you need to exclude meat, fish, eggs and dairy products from your food. And starting from this day, for nine days, at any time of the day, having put out the light and drawn the curtains, burn incense on a church candle in memory of a departed relative. Next to the candle you need to put a photo of the deceased or put any of his personal belongings.

After waiting for the room to noticeably smell of incense, read the prayer "Our Father":

Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Amen.

After the third, fifth or seventh day of invocations, some unusual phenomena may begin.

Perhaps you will feel someone's presence, see a flashing shadow, hear unusual sounds.

Various oddities may begin in the house: some thing will suddenly disappear from the place where it lay and be found in a completely inappropriate place, or puddles of water will appear from nowhere ... All this is absolutely not dangerous, because the spirit of a deceased relative cannot harm you.

Take a clean notebook without extraneous marks, draw three crosses on the front side (vertical - 5 cm, horizontal - 3 cm, crossing at a level of 3 cm from the bottom of the vertical, line thickness - 2.5-3 mm). In this notebook every day, carefully write down everything that happens unusual during the day, the content of your dreams and those unexpected, no matter how your thoughts that will come to mind.

It is possible that already at the stage of preparation, the spirit will give you valuable advice.

During these nine days, prepare for invocation.

Wash a long (10 cm below the knee or longer) plain black dress clean.

If there is no dress, a long skirt (but not trousers!) and a blouse or sweater will do. Even better is a black Chinese silk robe with colorful dragon embroidery. It may be short, but not too short.

Clothes should be dried in such a way that, if possible, direct sunlight does not fall on them. After sunset, the dried clothes should be taken out into the street (or onto the balcony) and, turning to face west, shake, quietly saying the spell:

The Spirit of God hovered over the waters and breathed into the face of man the breath of life. May Michael be my leader and Sabtabiel my slave in light and light. Let the word become my appearance, and I will command the spirits of this air and bridle the horses of the sun: by the desire of my heart and the reflection of my mind, and by the power of the gaze of my right eye. So, I conjure you, creature of the air,

Pentagrammaton and the name Y-E-V-E, in which pure desire and strong faith are concentrated. Amen.

Iron your clothes the next morning. Then prepare three sufficiently large church candles (they will need to burn for an hour), some holy water and an oval mirror measuring at least 15 cm. A spell must also be cast over these items (after sunset). Pick up any knife, holding it with the point up, light a candle (but not from the three stocked) and loudly enough, with an expression, a firm and slightly chesty voice, so that you feel vibration in the area of ​​​​the collarbones, say:

Head of the dead, let the Lord command you through the living and dedicated Serpent! Herub, let the Lord command you through Adam-Jothava! Wandering eagle, let the Lord command you with the sides of a bull! Serpent, let the Lord command you through the Herald and the Lion! Mi hael, Gabriel, Rafael, Anael! Dead-eyed angel, obey or disappear with the holy water. Winged calf, work or return to earth if you don't want me to stab you with this knife. (Knife lunge a little up and turn it upside down.) Chained eagle, obey this sign or get away from this breath. (Blow on the hand that holds the knife.) Moving serpent, crawl at my feet or be tormented by the sacred fire. Water, back to water! Fire, burn! Air, keep moving! Let earth fall on earth with the power of the pentagram, which is the morning star! Amen!

And sprinkle all conjured objects with holy water.

You will also need two white saucers without a pattern (the gold border can be removed with fine sandpaper); ceramic mugs for you, for the spirit and for your assistants, if any; a loaf of rye bread; a small (50 g) piece of boiled meat; a bottle of dry white wine. The wine must first be tasted and made sure "that it is natural. It is better to buy bread directly on the day of the ritual.

The evocation itself can be carried out within a week after you have completed the nine days of preparation, and during this time you must fast. It is highly desirable to conduct the ritual in the company of one or two friends who will be your assistants (you may not be at home), but in the absence of those who wish, you can act alone.

Remember - during the ritual and thirty minutes after it, the assistants must be in the room where the evocation takes place, and maintain complete silence. Then you can share experiences.

Call after sunset. Dress so that you are not embarrassed. From underwear, leave only black panties. Take off your shoes, take off your tights, stay in one black dress. If you have long hair, comb it and tie it with a black ribbon. Assistants can be dressed as they please, but not in white.

On a table covered with a clean white tablecloth, place three candles close to each other in a triangle on a candlestick or wooden stand, so that the tip of the triangle is facing you. Place a mirror behind the candles. Behind the mirror is a white saucer with meat and a slice of rye bread.

This food is for the spirit. Here, put a mug into which pour a little bit of wine. To the right of the mirror, place another mug half-filled with wine. On the left is another white saucer with a quarter of bread. Assistants, if they are present, should also take their mugs of wine and bread, put all this beside them and look in the mirror, photographs or things of the called relative, over which you read the Our Father, should not be in the room. Give the notebook in which you wrote down your impressions to one of the assistants or put it about three meters from the table. Put a simple pencil in your notebook.

Turn off the lights and light the candles. Keeping silence, use the candle closest to you and burn incense in a spoon until its smell becomes very distinct. Then look in the mirror and quietly, but solemnly and expressively in a low chest voice, say the spell:

Oh Hekate! Goddess of heaven, goddess of earth and Proserpina of hell. O mother of shadows! Supreme queen of the army of the dead, do not send your legions against me. Oh Hekate! Command them to serve me. O triple Hecate! Great goddess of invocations, look: in the fire dedicated to you, incense burns in your honor! Oh Hekate! May your divinity and your power descend upon me; my Father, do not be angry at this. Amen.

Pause and carefully peer into the mirror - if a shadow flashes behind your back.

This is a sign that the spell is starting to take effect. Then continue.

In the name of Hecate! O genius, lord of the winds. In the name of Hecate! Souls of the suffering dead! In the name of Hecate! O souls that are agitated in the near worlds, be my helpers with my strength, my army.

Then take a notebook and, opening it from the back, write in pencil:

I wish the servant of God (name of your spouse) to break up with (name of mistress), for she is dishonest, and return to me. (If you do not know the name of the mistress, simply write "with my rival"). Spirit (the name of a relative in the genitive case, for example, "the spirit of Ivan"), by the power of Hekate you have the power to fulfill my desire.

Then burn the incense again and say the spell:

In the name of Hekate, in the silence of the night, I called on the air legions, the magnificent army of obs. To some I offered food that was pleasant for them (touch the saucer and mug that stand behind the mirror with your hands), to others the bread they crave. Six of your years, while the mighty stars shine, and the forces called by me act like a lord in black robes, your servant, O Hekate, will lie down to sleep with confidence!

Then another thirty minutes or so you need to look in the mirror.

After that, everyone should drink wine and eat their share of bread. The share of the spirit (wine, bread and meat that stand behind the mirror) will need to be wrapped in a piece of black cloth (soak bread with wine) and buried or drowned in any body of water (in extreme cases, buried in snow).

The six years of Hekate that are mentioned in this ritual are six periods of 28 days during which the spirit will help you. This period can be changed if desired. If you notice that the ritual is weak, it can be repeated every month, on the full moon. At the same time, nine days of preparation do not need to be observed; three days of fasting are enough before the ritual.

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Hello. This is the first time I've encountered the death of a loved one. October 26 will be 40 days since my grandmother is gone. Tell me, please, what should be done? I don't understand any of this at all. Thanks in advance.

Hope

Hope, first of all, the departed need our prayerful support. Most likely, after the death of your grandmother, you have already ordered a magpie for the repose (that is, commemoration at the Liturgy for forty days). Now, if there is a desire and opportunity, you can order a liturgy for a year or six months. On the fortieth day, come to the temple, pray for your grandmother at the liturgy, order a memorial service. Visit the cemetery and then have a memorial meal. Pancakes with honey and kutya - rice with honey and raisins are usually served at the meal. It is better to refuse alcohol.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Question to father Alexander Hello, father. And how can the departed not see us and not hear our prayers, if they are alive even after death, and do I think correctly that they know what is happening with us, in this world?

Catherine

Hello Ekaterina. Why guess, we will each find out in due time what it is like "there". Just as we, in our present state of nature, do not see souls, neither the living nor the dead, so the souls of the dead do not see us. And our prayers do not affect the souls of the departed directly, but through the mercy of God, Who accepts our work for the sake of loved ones and eases their lot. The fact that we hear messages about some phenomena of a "otherworldly" nature does not violate this rule, but refers to a different kind of reality. Some saints, who make up one millionth of all mankind, had certain visions, about which the Apostle spoke very well: knows) was caught up to the third heaven. And I know about such a person (I just don’t know - in the body or out of the body: God knows) that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which a person cannot retell" (2 Corinthians 12.2- four). I saw it, but there is nothing to say. Another reality cannot be described by our concepts. And what is described by our concepts belongs to our world, i.e. earth, but we know that the devil and his angels were cast down to earth. Let's leave...

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Due to certain circumstances, my brother was not buried (he died on 17.08). The body could not be kept in the morgue for a long time, because. It was hot and there were a lot of dead people. I know that it is necessary to "seal" the earth for up to 40 days, i.e. until 25.09. I'm afraid to go to the cemetery, because there is a checkpoint on the way, which is periodically fired upon. What can I do in this situation? How to follow all the rules in such an environment? Cry from the heart. Help!

Natalia

Dear Natalya, it is not necessary to pour out the earth from the absentee funeral service on the grave of the deceased for up to forty days. No earthly action can hinder or contribute to the action of God's mercy. What the departed really need is our prayer. When peace is established, then it will be possible to go to the cemetery and finish what you cannot now. God bless you.

Priest Sergiy Osipov

Hello! My story began when my father started getting sick. His illness greatly frightened me. His suffering was excruciating not only for him, but also for me. And I began to go often to the temple to pray for his health. But the Lord took my daddy. My life has been turned upside down. It is so important for me that my father saw my love for him. Not only when he was alive. My biggest fear was that my father would not be able to see Ray. During his life, he was not a very religious person, but he often said that angels came to him, and then he confessed and took communion on the eve of his death. I know that on the 40th day after death, God will determine his soul. But I want to influence his fate. I love my father so much that every day I come to the temple and order proskomedia, requiems... It is important for me where his soul will dwell. His bodily pains are empty compared to hell, there is no death there... I am very worried about my father. I do not find a place for myself, because I am afraid that dad will go to hell. I so want to make him happy, I so want him to rejoice forever, to go to Paradise, where there is no pain and sadness. I know that I have to pray for him all my life. And by your deeds show love for God. But I have a question. Can the dead see us? Do our prayers feel? Does my father know how much I love him? And should I believe in dreams? After all, he comes affectionate to my dream. Today is 40 days. My soul hurts and rejoices, I don’t want to cry, because my dad is next to the Lord, but I really want to see him. I'm afraid that after 40 days eternity will come, and I don't know what it is. I do not like to go to his grave, because there is only a symbol - victory over death. I want my father to live forever in my prayers. And only in the temple I feel a dialogue with him, I feel how he looks. I know that today is a very important day, today he will rise before God again, but I sincerely hope that the Lord will have mercy on his soul and I will find peace with my dad.

Olesya

Hello Olesya. My condolences. Death is the common destiny of all people. And they will sing and bury us with you. But the one who does not die cannot be resurrected. The Lord conquered death by death. Bodily death puts a limit on the existence of sin. Continue to commemorate the deceased. Your prayers help the father. He does not see or hear you, but the connection between you remains - this is prayer. Do not pay attention to dreams, you see not your father, but your memory of him. We ask the Lord to give the departed eternal memory, behold, the Lord fulfills our petitions and does not allow us to forget our loved ones. We remember them, so we pray for them and see them in our dreams. The saints called sleep the delirium of the soul. This is how you feel about dreams. These are not revelations or phenomena, just a natural reaction of the soul. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Hello! My mom and dad died. Mom is September 7, and dad is September 11, 40 days. Can everything be done in one day? And when exactly?

Irina

Irina, a memorial meal can be made on any day convenient for you. But on the very days of the memory of your parents, go to the temple, order a liturgy for the repose and a memorial service. Prayer is the main thing that the departed expect from us.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello, father! Tell me, please, before the birth of Christ, all people went to hell? Did I understand correctly? I read the Law of God, it says, “When the body of the Savior lay in the tomb, He descended with His Soul into hell, to the souls of people who died before His suffering and death. And all the souls of the righteous people who were waiting for the coming of the Savior, He freed from hell. " So, all the righteous, saints, pious people went to hell for the slightest sin? Can you explain please! And another question, my husband and I are not married, he does not want to, the marriage is registered, is our life fornication? Do I need to confess this sin constantly? If the husband never wants to get married? Thank you.

Valentine

Valentine! 1. Before the coming of the Savior, the righteous departed were in the bosom of Abraham. According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, this is a place in hell where the souls of the Old Testament righteous went before the Resurrection of Christ. There was no hellish torment in this place, but there was also no heavenly joy. Abraham points to the state of man in this place when he speaks of Lazarus: “Now he is comforted here” (Luke 16:25). He does not “enjoy” as in heaven, but only “consoles himself” with the fact that, unlike the merciless rich man who is tormented in hell, he escaped the torments of hell; that he found communion with the forefathers and forefathers of the Jewish people here; that from their lips I received confirmation of the ancient promise about the future coming into the world of the Messiah, who will save the human race and lead the souls of the righteous from hell to paradise, which happened after the Resurrection of Christ. 2. The Orthodox Church recognizes the legality of a marriage registered with state bodies. Such a marriage is not a fornication. Just pray for your husband so that he comes to faith and realizes the importance of the sacrament of marriage for Orthodox spouses as God's blessing and His grace-filled help on the path of family life.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

1. In my prayer book, in a prayer for the living, it is written: "... save, Lord, and have mercy on the Most Holy Ecumenical Bishop (name)", etc. What is the name of the Ecumenical Bishop? 2. Do I need to be baptized at the entrance to the cemetery, at the exit and at the grave? Do I need to read any prayer at the same time?

Tatiana

1. Here we mean the Ecumenical Patriarchate, also known as Constantinople. In our time, the Patriarch of Constantinople is Bartholomew. 2. And this is a matter of your will and desire: if the soul asks, why not cross yourself, give yourself this joy. Special prayers are not required at the entrance to the cemetery, however, out of a pious feeling, you can read the troparion “God rest with the saints” or, given that now are Easter days, “If thou hast descended into the grave, Immortal”, “Flesh asleep” and other hymns Easter. Yes, and "Christ is Risen" can be said to the departed. The lives of the saints speak of the Kiev-Pechersk saint, the Monk Dionysius, who once descended into the caves to the deceased brethren, and exclaimed to them: “Christ is Risen!” And the departed brethren answered him: “Truly He is risen!” At that moment, such grace enveloped the monk that he asked the rector's permission never to leave the caves again and spent the rest of his days there in labor and prayer.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, father! Christ is Risen! My dad died unbaptized. I know that you can remember him in prayer at home. And in the temple, when a memorial service is served or the dead are commemorated at the liturgy, can I silently pray for his repose?

Tatiana

Yes, Tatyana, you can, and even very well! The Lord is merciful, and will accept your prayer as a favorable sacrifice, pray!

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello! My dad died, he died suddenly, shock and grief indescribable. But the most important thing that torments me greatly is that I did not have time to tell him the main words about how much I love him, I could not ask for forgiveness for some insults and misunderstanding. Now I'm crying, I'm sorry, I'm praying for his soul. He hears me, sorry?

Natalia

Natalya, very often after the death of loved ones we realize how much we did not have time to tell them in time. Now your love for your dad should be manifested in earnest prayer for him. The departed feel our prayer, it greatly facilitates their posthumous fate.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello. Tell me, please, my grandmother died the day before, and in a month it's my birthday. Tell me, can I celebrate or not?

Alexander

Alexander, there are no special rules on this issue. But personally, I think that memorial days are more important than birthdays. The deceased cannot pray for themselves, and therefore they rely on our and church prayer. So my advice is that until 40 days have passed, there is no need to celebrate a birthday. During this period, it is better to pray intensely for your grandmother, to order her commemoration in the Church. And celebrate your birthday later - a little late, but that's okay.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Dear fathers, in the Old and New Testaments, in the lives of saints, we often find that signs and revelations come to people in dreams. But at the same time, many spiritual books say that dreams cannot be believed, because we are sinful people and are not able to recognize the nature of these phenomena. How do you treat this modern people? Indeed, sometimes we dream of our dear departed, or we see some events “as if in reality”. Thank you for your reply.

Tatiana

Tatyana, notice how many such significant, prophetic dreams are described in the Holy Scriptures? Just a few. And how much do we dream? Whole stream! So, dreams from God are a very, very rare thing, and the Holy Fathers teach to recognize them like this: if a dream brings you to a deeply repentant feeling, to the consciousness of your sins and your plight spiritual situation, then perhaps it is from God, although it is possible that it is not. And in all other cases, even when the deceased relatives dream, but the dream does not change us spiritually, it has nothing to do with God.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello. Tell me, is it necessary to make a wake for the deceased, 11 years old?

Elena

Elena, it is necessary to pray for the deceased, no matter how old he is and how long ago he died. The departed are always waiting for our prayers for them. On the anniversary of the deceased, you must definitely pray for him in the church, and at the end of the service, ask the priest to serve a memorial service. Another thing is the memorial table - this is far from being so important, although it will not be superfluous.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

How to count 40 days? From the day you die?

Yuri

Yuri, the day of death is considered the first day, 3, 9 and 40 days must be counted from it. It is extremely important to remember that the departed need prayer. They can no longer pray for themselves, so we, the living, must pray for them. Days 3, 9 and 40 are special memorial days for the dead. These days, you need to pray purely for them, serve memorial services and order a church commemoration for the baptized dead. The most important day is the 40th, when it is determined where the soul will go, to heaven or hell.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Good afternoon! On August 10, I ordered a magpie for the pope, there was a liturgy and a memorial service, but the pope will have 9 days on August 14. I was told at the church that you can order in advance. This is right? Did I make a mistake, I'm very worried.

Elena

Elena, the commemoration of the newly deceased is very important for his soul. The dead cannot pray for themselves. Special memorial days are 3, 9 and 40. These days should not be moved to another date. We need to remember these days. The most important day for the deceased is the 40th day, when his posthumous fate is determined. So stick to the exact date.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, dear father! June 29th will be 1 year since my mom passed away. We do commemoration at home, please tell me, are they lenten or meat?

Svetlana

Svetlana, more attention should be paid not to the feast, but to the prayerful commemoration of the departed. The deceased cannot pray for themselves, they really hope for us, the living, and for church prayer. June 29 will be Saturday, on this day you need to pray in the church for the Liturgy and remember your mother, at the end of the service you need to serve a memorial service. Petrov fast begins on July 1, there is no fast on June 29, and therefore any products, including meat, can be put on the memorial table.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Is it possible to celebrate a wedding on the day of the death of a long-dead grandfather?

lyudmila

Lyudmila, in principle, you can, but do not forget that your grandfather needs prayer - and who else will pray for him, if not close relatives? The departed hope for our prayer for them.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Can a husband go to a grandmother's funeral if there is a newborn in the house?

Alyona

Alena, and where does the newborn come from?! All this is some kind of superstition. It is possible for your husband to go to your grandmother's funeral without any doubt. But for the dead, you need to pray, both at home and in church. Commemoration of the dead is our direct duty to the dead relatives. The deceased cannot pray for themselves, and therefore we must help them with our prayer.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, fathers! Why did it happen that it is necessary to commemorate the dead and go to the cemetery on Radonitsa? And about the other days of the year, a special commemoration of the dead. On this day, do our loved ones see and hear us better? And do they not see and hear on other days? And why is it customary to go to the cemetery, is it there that our loved ones see us, but not in another place? I thought that in the sky they see us everywhere. Then why do these days lead us to the graveyard? And I wonder how they actually see and hear us - just like we, the living, here? Or is it done more for us alive, so that we remember our loved ones, pray? But after all, as they say about the painful music that accompanies the last journey - to whom it is bitter and so crying, and to whom it is all the same - and the music will not change anything. After all, people who are close in spirit, and not just out of duty, and so they constantly remember and pray.

Ludmila

Lyudmila, whether the dead see us or not - there are many opinions on this, but now, living on earth, we cannot say for sure. Only one thing is clear: an invisible spiritual connection, of course, always exists. Regarding why after Easter it is customary to go to the cemetery only on Radonitsa, we can say that this tradition is of a statutory nature: for the sake of the triumph, joy and greatness of Easter, for some time the Church does not perform public prayers for the dead, but only secret, in the altar. But on Radonitsa, we all go to cemeteries in order to proclaim Easter joy to the dead with the greeting "Christ is Risen!" This tradition is not related to the fact that the deceased, as you say, see us better on this day than on other days, no, this is done to emphasize the solemnity of the holiday. But we must always remember our dead, and an Orthodox Christian, taking the example of the Mother Church, which commemorates the dead every day, also daily, even during the Easter period, at home in prayer commemorates his departed relatives.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello! My daughter's birthday (1 year old) is May 12, is it possible to celebrate it? Or is it impossible a week after Easter (before the commemoration of the dead)? Thank you!

Olga

Olga, May 12 will be Sunday on St. Thomas' week. And it is very good to celebrate a birthday on this day. There is no post on this day. It does not need to be associated with the commemoration of the dead. We all have deceased relatives for whom we are obliged to pray, and May 14 will be Radonitsa. Radonitsa is Easter joy for the dead. Do not hesitate at all, and celebrate your birthday calmly.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, father! Recently my grandfather died. He was not a believer, but he was buried as an Orthodox, prayers were read. I began to worry very much about how he would go through the ordeals of the air ... On the Internet, I read that in order for my prayer to be pleasing to the Lord, I must impose certain restrictions on myself, perform a spiritual feat. I was tormented all the time by prodigal thoughts, but here I decided at all costs to stop thinking about them for 40 days. I found on the Internet a huge prayer for the deceased ("Akathist for the one who died") and every day for two weeks I tried to read it without being distracted. But recently I became very ill, and prodigal thoughts enveloped me with renewed vigor. But as soon as I feel better, I hope to pull myself together again and continue to pray. But I'm worried about whether such a prayer will be pleasing to God, after a seven-day break? Will I be able to help my grandfather through the ordeal with such a prayer? If, God forbid, the soul goes to hell, can it be begged from there? And yet, is it possible to pray for the soul after 40 days, and will it help her?

Anna

Anna, for this the Church exists, so that a person comes and repents of his sins. One can be cleansed from sins only during life, through repentance. After death there is no repentance, after death there is a reward that a person receives for his life. As it is said in the Gospel, “the righteous is hardly saved”, but what will happen to the sinner who passed away without repentance? Of course, you can beg for your deceased relatives, but for this it is not enough to pray only 40 days. You need to devote your whole life to this. You need to give up all sinful undertakings, lead your life piously, go to church regularly, confess and take communion, pray for your dead and for yourself. And so all my life. If you live like this, you yourself will be saved, and through your prayer the Lord will have mercy on your grandfather too. The deceased cannot pray for themselves, they rely on us and on church prayer. God always hears us when we sincerely pray. Even if there was a break in prayer, one should not give up, one should continue.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Incredible Facts

On Easter holidays, the theme of the afterlife is especially relevant. These days, we all remember not only the resurrected Savior, but also our dead family members.

Surely, many have heard that our loved ones, even after death, somehow influence our life and destiny.

But what role do dead relatives play?

Our deceased relatives

1. What happens when a family member dies?

The death of our loved ones and loved ones is perhaps the most tragic moment of a person's earthly life. Such a loss is the most terrible event, it affects our mind. We feel the bitterness of loss especially acutely as we get older.

It is quite logical that when we lose a beloved grandfather, grandmother or one of our parents, we are interested to know if they are lost forever or will they return to us in the form of our children or grandchildren?

It is for this reason that many cultures around the world worship their dead ancestors...

2. Worship of dead relatives among the Hindus

Hindus have the opportunity to pay respect to their ancestors in the form of shraddha, a religious ceremony held in honor of a deceased relative not only on the anniversary of his death, but also on a dark, moonless night every month.

This night is called amavasya, and is a very important part of Hindu culture.

In addition, twice a year, Hindus celebrate Pitri Paksha, a period of 16 lunar days meant to honor their ancestors.

3. Altar for ancestors

In addition to the Hindu faith, in many other cultures around the world, people worship their deceased relatives.

There is a special altar for worshiping the ancestors, where food is placed and other gifts are presented, such as incense.

This is done as a sign of respect for the deceased relatives, as well as in gratitude for everything they have done for us.

4. We owe them

Always remember that we are all indebted to the deceased grandparents and parents.

While some may overlook the need to be grateful to our ancestors, one cannot help but acknowledge that, one way or another, we owe them a great deal.

They gave us life, raised us and invested a lot in us. Therefore, be sure to thank the deceased ancestors for what they have done for you and in no case deny their role in your life.

Help for deceased loved ones

5. Our guardian angels

There are even those who believe that our deceased loved ones are our guardian angels, or at least they are very similar to them.

Like angels, their souls protect us from all evil and protect us from evil. Sometimes they can even do for us what neither various deities nor even angels are able to do.

Their souls can influence our destiny in one way or another, as well as be present in our daily life. For example, the souls of our deceased loved ones can help find lost things or give us a brilliant idea at the very moment when we need advice so much.

6. They are watching us

What if we knew for sure that our deceased relatives are watching over us and want to help in our daily life as if they were alive and really present in our lives?

In fact, their presence is palpable, it looks like after death they have some kind of supernatural power and help us from another kingdom.

Indeed, their help and incredible wisdom can enrich our life, fill it with a completely different meaning, we just need to recognize their energetic presence...

7. Do some of our deceased ancestors return to their families?

Ancestor worship is respect and tribute to the memory of our relatives who left this world. Moreover, the followers of some religions in their perception of the afterlife went even further: they firmly believe that the souls of their ancestors return to them.

Such a sincere belief that they really return to their families in one form or another helps people live.

In fact, this is another proof of the deep affection and love of our deceased loved ones for us, the living members of their family, despite the fact that they are separated from us at the level of the body and exist only in the form of a soul.

8. Gratitude, as well as forgiveness

Of course, if we honor our deceased loved ones, this means that our ancestors were kind and loving people, and not evil and cruel. And they continue to be so even after their death.

Be sure to remember them in your prayers, thank for everything, and also ask their forgiveness and forgive them for possible mistakes they have made.

9. What if they return for a specific purpose?

What if they're coming back to take care of you, or because they need to get on with something and complete an unfinished task?

It is quite possible that during the period of numerous reincarnations they will definitely find time to return to their family on earth.

10. Plans of our subconscious

Do we make any plans for the afterlife during our earthly life?

Our survival instinct drives us to invest effort, means and money in our children. Although we do not admit it, we do it at some subconscious level. Our destiny and our continuation of the family is the most important component of our life and it is also what will be our continuation after death.

11. Route for the soul

What about those who don't have offspring? There is also a map of routes and their souls. They also return.

Our soul lies in our DNA. The souls of these people will return to the descendants of one of their family members.

12. Visiting the cemetery and the graves of our loved ones

Another way to honor ancestors is to visit their graves. Cemetery visits are common in both Christianity and Islam, where people visit the graves of their dead relatives on holidays or special days set aside in the religious calendar.

For Christians, memorial days come a week after the Easter holiday. It is this period that is considered the time of commemoration of the dead.

13. Doing good deeds

With our prayers, we pay tribute to our departed relatives. But another way to pay tribute is to do conscious good deeds that improve our karma.

We can donate money to charitable causes, give food to those in need. For example, Hindus believe that by giving away a cow, which is considered a sacred animal, they are doing a great act of kindness...

14. Acts of mercy

For Christians, good deeds are "charity", for Muslims - "sadaka", for Buddhists - "bhiksha". Doing good in the name of our ancestors is another way of our gratitude, as well as honoring them.

15. Fulfillment of our destiny

The best thing that dead ancestors can do for us is to help us fulfill our destiny.

In many ways, they help us understand the value of the things we already have, as well as appreciate the blessings we may lose if we do not carefully take care of some things.

After the death of a loved one, our consciousness does not want to put up with the fact that he is no longer around. I would like to believe that somewhere far away in heaven he remembers us and can send a message.

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The connection between the soul and the living person

Followers of religious and esoteric teachings consider it as a small particle of the Divine consciousness. On Earth, the soul manifests itself through the best qualities of a person: kindness, honesty, nobility, generosity, the ability to forgive. Creative abilities are considered a gift from God, which means that they are also realized through the soul.

It is immortal, but the human body has a finite lifespan. Therefore, the soul leaves the body and goes to another level of the universe.

Major theories about afterlife

Myths and religious beliefs of peoples offer their own vision of what happens to a person after death. For example, the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" describes step by step all the stages through which the soul passes from the moment of death and ending with the next incarnation on Earth.

Heaven and Hell, Heavenly Judgment

In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the heavenly court at which one's earthly deeds are judged. Depending on the number of mistakes and good deeds, God, angels or apostles divide dead people into sinners and righteous people in order to send them either to Paradise for eternal bliss or to hell for eternal torment.

However, the ancient Greeks had something similar, where all the dead were sent to the underworld of Hades under the custody of Cerberus. Souls were also distributed according to the level of righteousness. Pious people were placed in Elysium, and vicious people in Tartarus.

Judgment on souls is present in various variations in ancient myths. In particular, the Egyptians had the deity Anubis, who weighed the heart of the deceased with an ostrich feather to measure the severity of his sins. Pure souls were sent to the heavenly fields of the solar god Ra, where the rest of the road was ordered.

Souls of the righteous go to heaven

Soul evolution, Karma, Reincarnation

The religions of ancient India look at the fate of the soul differently. According to traditions, she comes to Earth more than once and each time gains invaluable experience necessary for spiritual evolution.

Nearby there are souls of close people who have passed away earlier. They look like living substances that emit light, but the traveler knows exactly who he met. These essences help to move on to the next stage, where the Angel is waiting - a guide to the higher spheres.

The path that the soul walks is illumined by the Light

People find it difficult to describe the image of the Divine being on the path of the soul in words. This is the embodiment of Love and a sincere desire to help. According to one version, this is the Guardian Angel. On the other - the progenitor of all human souls. The guide communicates with the newcomer by telepathy, without words, in the ancient language of images. It shows the events and misdeeds of a past life, but without the slightest hint of judgment.

The road passes through a space filled with Light. Survivors of clinical death speak of a sense of an invisible barrier that probably serves as a boundary between the world of the living and the realm of the dead. Beyond the veil, none of the returnees comprehended. What lies beyond the line is not given to the living to know.

Can the soul of the deceased visit?

Religion condemns the practice of spiritualism. This is considered a sin, because under the mask of a deceased relative, a demon-tempter may appear. Serious esotericists also do not approve of such sessions, since at this moment a portal opens through which dark entities can penetrate our world.

Church condemns seances to communicate with the dead

However, such visits can occur at the initiative of those who have left the Earth. If in earthly life there was a strong connection between people, then death will not break it. For at least 40 days, the soul of the deceased can visit relatives and friends and watch them from the outside. People with high sensitivity feel this presence.

Russian biologist Vasily Lepeshkin

In the 1930s, a Russian biochemist discovered bursts of energy emanating from a dying body. The bursts were captured by ultra-sensitive film. On the basis of observations, the scientist came to the conclusion that a special substance is separated from the dying body, which in religions is called the soul.

Professor Konstantin Korotkov

The doctor of technical sciences has developed a method of gas discharge visualization (GDV), which allows fixing fine-material radiations of the human body and obtaining an image of the aura in real time.

Using the GDV method, the professor recorded the energy processes at the time of death. In fact, Korotkov's experiments gave a picture of how a subtle component comes out of a dying person. The scientist believes that then the consciousness, together with the subtle body, is sent to another dimension.

Physicists Michael Scott from Edinburgh and Fred Alan Wolff from California

Adherents of the theory of multiple parallel universes. Some of their variants coincide with reality, others radically differ from it.

Any living being (more precisely, its spiritual center) never dies. It is simultaneously embodied in different versions of reality, and each separate part is unaware of twins from parallel worlds.

Professor Robert Lantz

He drew an analogy between the continuous existence of man and the life cycles of plants that die in winter, but begin to grow again in spring. Thus, Lanz's views are close to the eastern doctrine of personality reincarnations.

The professor admits the existence of parallel worlds in which the same soul lives simultaneously.

Anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff

Due to the specifics of his work, he observed people who were on the verge of life and death. Now he is sure that the soul has a quantum nature. Stewart believes that it is formed not by neurons, but by the unique substance of the Universe. After the death of the physical body, the spiritual information about the personality is transmitted into space and lives there as a free consciousness.

Conclusion

As you can see, neither religion nor modern science deny. Scientists, by the way, even called its exact weight - 21 grams. After leaving this world, the soul continues to live in another dimension.

However, we, while remaining on Earth, cannot voluntarily make contact with departed relatives. We can only keep a good memory of them and believe that they also remember us.

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