Saturday of Souls

Another Memorial Day, Radonitsa, does not fall on a Saturday, but on either Monday or Tuesday of the second week after Pascha (Easter).

Instead, a Panikhida will follow the Divine Liturgy, and then, all will bring paschal foods to the cemeteries to greet the departed with the joy of the Resurrection.

The Russians observe memorials on Commemoration Day of Deceased Warriors (9 May),[3] Memorial Day of Orthodox Warriors killed for Faith, Tzar and Fatherland on battlefield (11 September),[4] the Saturdays closest to 26 October (Saint Demetrius) and 23 September (Conception of St. John the Forerunner).

In the Serbian Orthodox Church, there is also a commemoration of the dead on the Saturday closest to the Conception of St. John the Baptist—23 September.

[citation needed] In Slavic and Greek Churches, all of the Lenten Soul Saturdays are typically observed.