Summary: | This thesis deals with a funeral and rituals connected with it. After the introduction, in the second part it follows the development of the Christian funeral rituals and briefly sets them in a historical context. The next parts are devoted to the selected Churches: they are the RCC, ECCB and CHC, firstly, their development connected with the topic is described, then, on the basis of the current agendas, a comparison through analytical and comparative methods of the selected parts of the ritual is carried out. The pieces of knowledge are summarised in the Conclusion together with a reflection of the phenomenon of death and church rituals connected with death in today's society.
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