The Liturgy of Death

Four Previously Unpublished Talks

• Author(s): Aleksandr Shmeman,
• Publisher: St . Vladimir's Seminary Press
• Pages: 234
• ISBN_10: 0881415561
  ISBN_13: 9780881415568
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement , Religion / General , Religion / Institutions & Organizations , Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy ,

Description:... In these previously unpublished talks, Fr Alexander Schmemann critiques contemporary culture's distorted understanding of death. He then examines the Church's rites for burial and her prayers for the dead. Though they are often misunderstood, at the heart of the services Fr Alexander finds the paschal proclamation: "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life." --Publisher description.