Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from the words eû (good, well) and daímōn (spirit or deity). [2]Semantically speaking, the word δαίμων (daímōn) derives from the same root of the Ancient Greek verb δαίομαι (daíomai, "to divide") allowing the concept of eudaimonia to be thought of as an "activity linked with dividing or dispensing, in a good way".
Before dawn on the third day, the funeral procession (ekphora) formed to carry the body to its resting place. [11] Depending on the wealth of the family of the deceased, they would often hire people to mourn the dead during these processions. At the time of the funeral, offerings were made to the deceased by only a relative and lover.
Funeral Date Country City No. of attendees Television audience C. N. Annadurai: February 4, 1969
A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
In the Orthodox funeral, the coffin is usually open in church [30] (unlike the West, where it is usually closed), and the lower part of the coffin is covered with a funeral pall. The lid of the casket may be left outside the church door, as an invitation to all who pass by to enter and join in the funeral.
The median cost of a funeral is $7,848 and the median cost of a funeral with cremation is approximately $6,971, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
Christian funeral rites in Byzantium are little known and even less studied. Elena Velkova Velkovska made some studies focusing on Byzantine tradition in Greek language and defined three major periods, namely the early period (fourth to fifth century) , the euchological repertory (eighth to twelfth centuries) , and the oldest rite (tenth century) .
A 28-year-old former alcoholic stirred controversy on Reddit after he asked whether he acted disrespectfully by refusing to attend his sponsor's funeral.