Moartea în conspiraţia tăcerii: disconfort, cosmetizare, recuperare
Death in the conspiracy of silence: discomfort, cosmeticizing, recovery

Summary/Abstract: The present study addresses, as a first step, how the phenomenon of death is perceived in today’s society. It highlights that for the culture of recent society, death has become an individualized and exclusively private event. In highly urbanized and industrialized societies, the individual experiences his own death in a solitary way, away from family and loved ones. Also the habit of cosmeticizing funerals – in order to leave as discreetly as possible and for the psychological comfort of the others – hides an attempt to deny the reality of death. As a second step, starting from the meaning of death in Christianity, the study focuses on the importance of the funeral service in the Christian’s life. Beyond important aspects regarding symbolism, such as the placement of the deceased in the grave, or regarding the theological richness of the prayers that are read at the religious service, the study pleads for reintroducing the funeral ceremony during the Divine Liturgy. This would certainly actuate and improve the missionary work of the Church.

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