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  2. Christian burial - Wikipedia

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    Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, UK. A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian rites; typically, in consecrated ground. Until recent times Christians generally objected to cremation because it interfered with the concept of the resurrection of a corpse, and practiced inhumation almost exclusively.

  3. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    List of death deities. Yama, the Hindu god of death and Lord of Naraka (hell). He was subsequently adopted by Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as the king of hell. Maya death god "A" way as a hunter, Classic period. The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine ...

  4. Requiem - Wikipedia

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    Requiem. A Requiem ( Latin: rest) or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( Latin: Missa defunctorum ), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.

  5. Catholic funeral - Wikipedia

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    Catholic funeral service at St Mary Immaculate Church, Charing Cross. A Catholic funeral is carried out in accordance with the prescribed rites of the Catholic Church.Such funerals are referred to in Catholic canon law as "ecclesiastical funerals" and are dealt with in canons 1176–1185 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, [1] and in canons 874–879 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. [2]

  6. Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    Service. Golgotha (Crucifixion icon), Orthodox cathedral in Vilnius. The lity tray (memorial stand) is at lower right, where the memorial services are celebrated. The stand has holders for the faithful to place candles. In the Eastern Church, the various prayers for the departed have as their purpose praying for the repose of the departed ...

  7. List of Christian martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Eric IX of Sweden, 1161 [ 70] Thomas Becket, 1170 - The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages. [ 71] Berard of Carbio and companions, 1220. Serapion of Algiers, 1240. Buzád Hahót, 1241. Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260.

  8. Homegoing - Wikipedia

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    Homegoing. A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven.

  9. List of Christian preachers - Wikipedia

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    John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement. Kenneth Copeland (1936–present) Eagle Mountain International Church. Benson Idahosa (1938–1998) Word of Faith. Enoch Adeboye (1942–present) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Servant of Yahweh. Joyce Meyer (1943–present) Benny Hinn (1952–present) Prosperity theology.