Greek Orthodox Funerals
Greek Orthodox funerals are steeped in tradition and offer a way to honor the deceased and provide comfort and support to their loved ones. Harrison Funeral Home’s expert team has a wealth of experience making arrangements of Greek Orthodox funerals for families across North London from our Enfield, Winchmore Hill and Highgate offices.
We understand that this is a difficult and emotional time, and we are here to help guide you through the process of arranging a funeral in accordance with the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church. Our caring and knowledgeable funeral arrangers will assist you professionally throughout the planning of the funeral, in line with Orthodox customs and support you every step of the way.
Our funeral services are designed to honour the deceased and provide comfort to your family. We offer a range of services to meet the needs and preferences of each family, including traditional Greek Orthodox funeral services, cremation services, and more.
If you would like to learn more about our Greek Orthodox funeral services or arrange a consultation, please get in touch. We are here to help you during this difficult time, and we will work with you to ensure that your loved one’s funeral is a fitting tribute to their life and legacy. Contact us by telephone 24 hours a day.
Traditional Greek Orthodox Funerals & Services
We understand that Greek Orthodox funerals have several rich traditions and requirements and typically include the following elements:
Viewing: Family and friends gather to pay their respects to the deceased and offer condolences to the family.
Trisagion: A short prayer service that is held on the evening before the funeral.
Funeral Service: The funeral service is typically held in the Greek Orthodox Church and includes readings from the Bible, prayers, and hymns.
Burial: The burial usually takes place immediately following the funeral service.
Where required, we provide the wine, oil, koliva, traditional candle box grave marker, and single flowers of your choice for attendees to place on the coffin graveside. All of these details will be discussed during the funeral arrangement.
We also offer cremation services for those who prefer it, though it is not the traditional method of burial. If you choose cremation, we can still provide a traditional Greek Orthodox funeral service before the cremation takes place.
Prices for different types of funerals are noted below and any of these can be customised for a Greek Orthodox funeral.
There are many choices to be made when preparing your loved one’s funeral and we are here to help guide you every step of the way.
The first step is to decide between a cremation or burial. The next step is determining whether the funeral will be discrete, lavish, or somewhere between the two – we have options available for every budget. These choices can sometimes be difficult and our job is to help you with advice and share all of the available funeral options so that we deliver your loved one a final farewell that perfectly represents them.
Here is a link to a PDF of our Standardised Price List to assist you with making the right choices for you: Harrison Funeral Home Standard Price List.
The prices shown below are for several ‘packages’ we offer. Based on what we are usually asked to deliver, these have been put together to help streamline the arrangements for you and act as a starting guide, though each option can be customised as you like.
DIRECT CREMATION
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An unattended
funeral at a set time, at a crematorium of our choice
DIRECT
BURIAL
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A burial option which INCLUDES the plot in the price (specific cemeteries)
SIMPLE CREMATION
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Attended funeral at a set time with crematorium of your choice
STANDARD FUNERAL
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Includes a hearse, Conductor & Pallbearers. Plot excluded
TRADITIONAL FUNERAL
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The full funeral cortege, plus limousine.
Plot excluded
What Happens at Greek Orthodox Funerals?
There are a few traditions that are typical of most Greek Orthodox funerals:
- The night before the funeral the priest will lead a brief Trisagion, usually in our chapel of rest.
- The ceremony is usually held at one of our local Greek Orthodox churches where the priest leads the congregation in funeral prayers and hymns.
- An open coffin (where permissible) for mourners to pay their respects to the deceased.
- There is then another Trisagion at the graveside or similar and mourners place individual, single flower stems on the coffin.
For those less familiar with these traditions, we will guide you through each step, throughout the funeral arrangement and also on the day of the funeral itself.
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