established by the holy grand duke dmitry donskoy, who won the famous victory on the kulyakov field over momaithan 250,000 soldiers who fought for the fatherland did not return from the kulikovo field. for their family, along with the joy of victory came the bitterness of loss. then, in the troitsky monastery , a commemoration was held for the orthodox soldiers who died in the battle of kulyakovo. over time, a tradition developed to perform such a commemoration: every year, since then, on saturday , before november 8, according to the new style, the day of remembrance of st. demetrius of thessalonica, funeral services were performed in russia on saturday. subsequently, on 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