The theme of the immortality of the soul in Plethon’s philosophy (with the translation of his funerary orations on Cleopa Malatesta and Helena Palaiologina)

Introduction. The article examines the views of the last major Byzantine philosopher George Gemistos Plethon on the immortalityof the human soul. Scholars are still debating whether Plethon was a pagan who completely rejected Christianity, or a Christian whowas too fond of Platonism.