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A memorial service (Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial";[1] Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, "vigil" (etymologically "all-nighter");[2][3] Romanian: parastas and Serbian парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, parástasis)[4] is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches.
- ^ μνημόσυνον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ παννυχίς. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Cross, F. L. Cross; Livingstone, E. A., eds. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. Available (limitedly) online at the Oxford Reference.
- ^ [1] "Parastas — Orthodox Terminology — Church of the Mother of God Joy of all the Sorrowful - Mays Landing, NJ", Retrieved 2013-06-29