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Orthodox Terminology
BURIAL, CHRISTIAN PDF Print E-mail
BURIAL, CHRISTIAN - (Sl. Pogrebeniye) The act of interment of a corpse (the dead body) of an Orthodox faithful according to the religious service of the Church. On the day of burial, or before, the body is brought to the church where the Office of the Burial of the Dead (Otpevaniye) is read. Those denied Orthodox Christian burial are: the unbaptized, suicides and those who have directed that their body should be cremated.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers

(Abba Isidore the priest) said, 'If you fast regularly, do not be inflated with pride, but if you think highly of yourself because of it, then you had better eat meat. It is better for a man to eat meat than to be inflated with pride and to glorify himself.'
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