February 22, 2020
A Statement by the Antiochian Orthodox Media CenterPatriarchate of Antioch and All the EastBalamand, February 22, 2020 Following the generous invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem to His Beatitude Patriarch John X
Praying to the departed is a crucial element of the Christian faith; the life of a person does not end with the dissolution of their earthly body and the separation of their soul and body.