Memory Eternal: Living with Grief as Orthodox Christians

Losing someone we love is never easy, but the Orthodox Church provides a wealth of 

resources that help us to bear it. Chaplain and bereavement coordinator Sarah Byrne-

Martelli draws on these theological, scriptural, and liturgical resources, as well as the 

collected experience of a variety of people undergoing grief and loss, to provide a kind of 

roadmap to the grieving process. Included in the book is a guide to an eight-week 

bereavement curriculum that can be used in a group or on one’s own. As Orthodox 

Christians, we do not seek to “get over” grief but to carry the memory of our loved ones 

eternally in our hearts.