Pomenirile celor adormiți în cadrul Liturghiei Euharistice. Text și context
The commemoration of the deceased in the Eucharist. Text and Context

Summary/Abstract: The Byzantine Liturgy has several moments for the commemoration of the dead but, paradoxically, those meant to be made in the hearing of all are considered secondary, whilst those made in silance – during the Prothesis and the Anaphora (even if in some periods the Anaphora was recited aloud) – are understood of primary importance. It is a fact that the nominal commemorations made in the received tradition during the Prothesis (Proskomide) are originated inclusively from the transition of the deaconal dipthychs of the Anaphora where only some remnants of the ancient diptychs and intercessions of the priest are still present. These unheard and ignored intercessions (even because of the singing of the Axion), were in the past the core of the ancient prayers for the living and the dead. In this paper, the author selects and analyzes the primary eucharistic texts referring to this matter, discussing the context in which each local liturgical tradition understood and practiced the eucharistic prayer for the deceased.

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