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The 40th Day after death is a traditional memorial service, family gathering, ceremony and ritual in memory of the departed on the 40th day after his or her death. The observation of the 40th day after death occurs in Syro-Malabar, Eastern Orthodox, and most Syriac Christian traditions (Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, and Syriac Catholic Church).
Traditionally, in addition to the service on the day of death, the memorial service is performed at the request of the relatives of an individual departed person on the following occasions: Third day after death [note 6] Ninth day; Fortieth day; Three months; Six months; First anniversary of death
It is also customary for another service to be given on the fortieth day after the death, as it is traditionally believed that the souls of the dead wander the Earth for forty days. [ 3 ] One year after the death, the first year death anniversary ( Tagalog : babang luksa , literally "lowering of mourning") is commemorated with the final service.
The spirit of the dead is believed to roam the earth until the 40th day after death, when it is said to cross into the afterlife, echoing the 40 days between Christ's Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven. The immediate family on this day have another Mass said followed by a small feast, and do so again on the first death anniversary.
The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days. [ c ] John F. Kennedy , assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk , who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
Leonard "Buddy" Church, 43, was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to the death of Jennifer Leyanna, ... beat and tortured Leyanna on the day of his 40th birthday, with assistance from ...
On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died after having Alzheimer's disease for over a decade. Reagan was the first former U.S. president to die in 10 years since Richard Nixon in 1994 .
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