What happens to the soul after the death of the body
Everything in our life is important, including death. Surely more than once everyone thought about what would happen next. Some are afraid of this moment, some are looking forward to it, and some simply live and do not remember that sooner or later life will come to an end. But it should be said that all our thoughts about death have a huge impact on our life, on its course, on our goals and desires, actions.
Most Christians are confident that physical death does not lead to the complete disappearance of a person. Remember that our creed leads to the fact that a person should strive to live forever, but since this is impossible, we truly believe that our body dies, but the soul leaves it and moves into a new, just born person and continues your existence on this planet. However, before entering a new body, the soul must come to the Father in order to “account” for the path traveled and tell about its earthly life. It is at this moment that we are accustomed to saying that it is decided in heaven where the soul will go after death: to hell or to heaven.
Soul after death by day
It is difficult to say exactly what path the soul takes while it moves towards God. Orthodoxy says nothing about this. But we are accustomed to setting aside memorial days after the death of a person. Traditionally, these are the third, ninth and fortieth day. Some authors of church scriptures claim that it is on these days that some significant events take place on the path of the soul to the Father.
The Church does not dispute such opinions, but does not officially recognize them either. But there is a special teaching that tells about everything that happens after death and why these particular days were chosen as special.
Funerals on the 9th day are usually held at home
In Orthodoxy, a wake on the 9th day is a mandatory ritual. It is not customary to invite many guests to an event . It is believed that to commemorate the deceased, people must come themselves. The closest relatives and friends of the deceased are present at the wake on the 9th day
all relatives, colleagues, friends and acquaintances of the deceased are invited to the wake on the 40th day after death . The funeral ceremony on the 40th day is crowded.
An obituary, or, in old Russian, a “biography” of the deceased , today can not only be printed for guests, but also posted in the Obituary Newspaper. This will give many fellow believers the opportunity to remember the deceased with kind words and prayer .
Funeral dinner
