- The term memorial service is often used to describe a funeral. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember A funeral is a religious service that is held with or without the body of the deceased present. A memorial service is usually a secular service with or without the body present.
- Alternatively, it is used to describe a less formal practice than a traditional funeral, and include such things as eulogies, music and fellowship, see funeral#Memorial services
- In the Orthodox church, a memorial service is a liturgy performed in memory of the deceased, three, nine, thirty days, one year and three years since the day of the funeral, see Memorial service (Orthodox). A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions The service In the Eastern Church, the various prayers for the departed have as their purpose to pray for the repose of the departed to comfort the living
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memorial service
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- A ceremony to honor a deceased person; a funeral.
- An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.
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