On civil funerals in contemporary Romania. (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rotar, Marius
• Is Part Of: Mortality. Volume 26:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 143
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Non-religious identity -- Romania -- legislation -- Romanian Orthodox Church -- secularism -- atheism -- cremation; Thanatology -- Periodicals; Mortality -- Periodicals; Bereavement -- Periodicals; Undertakers and undertaking -- Periodicals; 304.64
• DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2021.1909236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1357-6275

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The first secular burial took place in Romania in 1891 (Arghir Parua, a socialist). Starting from this data, this article aims to analyse the current situation of civil funerals in Romania. Changes in the Romanian death system after the collapse of the communist regime in 1989 which required the adoption of the new funeral law (2014), are described. One of the most important regulations in this law is the acceptance of the civil funerals as equal to religious funerals. The article analyses the reactions to this legislation (especially those of the Romanian Orthodox Church) and describes the profile of civil funerals in contemporary Romania.