We’ve covered a lot of ground in this miniseries on death and burial for Orthodox Christians. As I’ve put together these posts, I’ve experienced a level of sadness that I wasn’t expecting. Not sadness about death itself, although death is unnatural and a result of the Fall. Instead, I’ve felt grief about the things that have been lost in the Christian West, such as our understanding of the sacredness of the human…
You must not be greatly troubled about many things, but you should care for the main thing—preparing yourself for death. — St. Ambrose of Optina In our previous post I promised that next time we would look at the care of the body in death and learn about the Orthodox funeral service. But I decided to save that for our fourth and final post in this mini-series. Because before we get there,…
