The Orthodox Church teaches that praying for your dead loved ones helps their soul make the 40 day journey from earth to heaven where along the way they will encounter many devils and 20 testings that will purify their souls and prepare them for heaven.
Peter Goes Home
Tuesday morning just before our Missions Roundtable was about to start we were informed of the death of Pastor Peter Rodoslavov.
The Final Mission
We were all terribly affected by the death of Gabe. In the picture above he is folding the flag in a ceremony we had at Church for the guys who were leaving for Iraq.