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You desire a funeral in a Christian or other religious setting and want to say goodbye to a loved one with a dignified ceremony. You want to say goodbye in a church, chapel or cemetery together with a church dignitary, or you want an individual funeral because the deceased person does not belong to a religious community or has requested a special form of farewell celebration. A farewell party gives comfort and strength.
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What is a funeral?
The burial is part of the funeral. A funeral, burial is when a coffin, urn, ashes are given to the earth and buried in a cemetery in the appropriate grave. In the wording funeral, burial are also included the funeral service or a solemn farewell, as well as the meal of sorrow.
The word funeral is often colloquially equated with the term burial.
What is a burial in the ground?
In a burial in the ground, full body burial, the deceased person, who has been pre-interred in the coffin, is buried in the ground.
What is a farewell party?
A farewell service provides an opportunity to say goodbye to the deceased person with honor and dignity. A farewell celebration can help you feel carried and provides an opportunity to look back and also refocus on life without the person who has died. A funeral service may be held in a church and/or secular setting.
What does “quietly taken place” mean?
“Quietly” means that the deceased person was said goodbye to in the closest family circle. Close friends and relatives can also be invited.
What is a funeral?
Burial can be defined as the period from death to burial. During this time, decisions and actions are made concerning the laying out of the body, funeral, burial, death announcement, thanksgiving, funeral service.
What is an urn burial?
After cremation, the ashes of the deceased person are placed in an urn directly at the crematorium. The urn will be buried in the cemetery or in a place of their choice a grave.
What is a funeral orator?
Funeral orators are people who guide through the abdication, arrange the funeral service together with the relatives and pay tribute to the deceased person once again. Funeral orators are usually chosen when the funeral service is to be held in a secular setting.
Does a minister have to be present at the funeral service, the burial, the burial in the ground, the funeral, the urn burial, the burial?
A minister is present when the funeral service is held in a church setting.
If the deceased person did not belong to any religion, a funeral speaker or someone from the family can conduct the funeral service.
The cemeteries are affiliated with the political communities and are therefore open to all. The cemetery regulations provide information on the possible forms of burial.