Home›Funerary Rituals›Social Form›Performed by an officiant for a recipientBrowse ByPerformed by an officiant for a recipientThis page groups rituals by whether they are performed by a community together or by a single person alone. Wikipedia distinguishes "communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship" from "rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate group ceremonies from solitary devotional acts.FactsLearn MorePerformed by an officiant for a recipientSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed at and after a death - preparation of the body, disposal by burial or cremation, and the observances kept for a fixed period afterwards. Nearly every tradition marks death by rite, but the rites answer different problems: the fate of the dead, the pollution of the living, the obligations of descendants, and the ordering of grief. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe funerary rituals This group gathers funerary rituals, the rites surrounding death, the care of the body, and the passage of the dead: burial and cremation, mourning, and the ceremonies that ease or guide the deceased into the afterlife. A tradition's treatment of death reveals much of its view of the soul and the world beyond. The browser will find funerary rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the beliefs about death and the afterlife that shape it.Performed by an officiant for a recipientFilter Results4 entriesFrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (4)Life Stage MarkedAllDeath and the disposal of the body (1)Dying and the deathbed (2)Mourning after the funeral (1)ObligationAllRecommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (4)Native To RegionAllChina (1)Rome (1)TraditionAllChurch of Cyprus (2)Church of Greece (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (1)Originated InAllChina (1)Rome (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Funerary Tradition (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4GongdePerformed by an officiant for a recipientLast RitesPerformed by an officiant for a recipientPanikhidaPerformed by an officiant for a recipientViaticumPerformed by an officiant for a recipientSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Funeral RitesView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.