Bright Week - Paschal Funeral and Paraklesis

Paschal Funeral and Paraklesis

Funeral services held during Bright Week have a special rite, consisting entirely of joyous Paschal hymns and only the litanies are funereal.

Parakleses (Molebens) during Pascha are likewise served according to a special rite, with the canon of Pascha.

Read more about this topic:  Bright Week

Famous quotes containing the word funeral:

    You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
    Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
    From river to river you comb the town
    For a place to lay your family down.
    Ogden Nash (1902–1971)