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A memorial service (service of remembrance or celebration of life) is a funerary ceremony that is performed without the remains of the deceased person. [3] In both a closed casket funeral [4] and a memorial service, photos of the deceased representing stages of life would be displayed on an altar. Relatives or friends would give out eulogies in ...
The coffin of John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, lying in state inside King's Hall, Old Parliament House, Canberra, on July 6, 1945. A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance.
A premature obituary is a false reporting of the death of a person who is still alive. It may occur due to unexpected survival of someone who was close to death.
President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 3, 2018. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished ...
Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield. The tune is a variation of an earlier bugle call known as the "Scott Tattoo", which was used in the U.S. from 1835 until 1860.[8] [9] It was arranged in its present form by the Union Army Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield, a Medal of Honor recipient. [2]
The service is composed of Psalms, ektenias (litanies), hymns and prayers. In its outline it follows the general order of Matins [note 2] and is, in effect, a truncated funeral service. Some of the most notable portions of the service are the Kontakion of the Departed [note 3] and the final singing of "Memory Eternal" (Slavonic: Vyechnaya Pamyat).
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After the services, there is a graveside service for the burial of the body or ashes. [28] Until 1963, cremation in the Catholic religion was forbidden. However, the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office endorsed an Instruction with Regard to the Cremation of Bodies and, following this endorsement, Pope Paul VI also endorsed this instruction.