demetrius of thessalonica, funeral services were performed in russia on saturday.n this day they became to commemorate not only the soldiers for the faith and the fatherland who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, but also all deceased orthodox christians. in the bible we find evidence that god is not dead, but everyone with him is alive. what does this mean? man has not only a mortal body, but also an immortal soul. at death, the soul and body are separated. the human body decays and disappears, but the immortal soul never disappears. earthly life, everything is subject to constant variability. everything changes. and we ourselves too we change, sometimes a person falls into sins and changes for the worse, but we have the opportunity to bring repentance to god, change for the better, this constant desire to overcome bad changes and change for the better constitutes the daily spiritual work of every christian. this is essentially the meaning of his christian life. if on earth a person was able to purify his soul and decorate it with virtues, then in such a s