On Saturday 18 September at 7pm, the second seminar in the Greek Orthodox Christian Society’s 2021 Seminar Series was held on Zoom. His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon – Archepiscopal Vicar of Western Australia – considered the Series theme, “O God, You are my protector, Your mercy shall go before me” (Psalm 58: 10-11) by speaking on “The obligations of the living towards the ones who have fallen asleep.”
After songs by the young mens’ and womens’ Virtual Choirs of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society and Orthodox Ladies Fellowship, His Grace Bishop Elpidios spoke on the obligations which those who are living have to the departed. As they have left this world to enter into the next, only those of us left on Earth can pray for their souls. It is our duty to unceasingly pray for the salvation of their soul, to honour their departure from this life with a holy kiss at their funeral, to faithfully offer acts of charity and kollyva on their behalf and to ask our priest to pray for them during the Divine Liturgy. In this way, we offer their souls comfort and can ensure their entry into the Kingdom of God.
The talk can be viewed below:
The next seminar will be held on Sunday 26 September at 4pm, with Abbot Eusebios of Pantanassa Monastery speaking on “The Cross-Bearing Christian”. The login details can be found below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 868 6354 7557
Passcode: Enosi1955