In Roman Catholic Christianity, purgatory, is a "final purification" of souls after death. Some religions have similar beliefs, if not about soul purification, which some of them explicitly deny, at least about the possibility of an improvement in the soul's spiritual situation following death. The Eastern Orthodox Church believes in the possibility of a change of situation for the souls of the dead through the prayers of the living and the offering of the Divine Liturgy,[LINK: http://esoptron.umd.edu/ugc/ocf1c.html] Orthodox Confession of Faith, questions 64-66. and many Orthodox, especially among ascetics, hope and pray for a general apocatastasisOlivier Clément, L'Église orthodoxe. Presses Universitaries de France, 2006, Section 3, IVA similar belief in at least the possibility of a final salvation for all is held by MormonismSee, for instance,

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