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INTERNMENT AND FILLING THE GRAVEEN FUNERAL COSTS
A verger welcomes the funeral structures and fill the grave after A funeral is not free. The parish and
procession to the cemetery at the the funeral. funeral home charge according to
agreed time on the funeral day. the up-to-date tariffs. The funeral
The verger guides the procession There is also a ladder at the grave home charges for the casket and
to the burial plot. for a child’s funeral. Usually a family transportation of the deceased
member lowers the deceased child person.
The verger brings ropes for into the grave using the ladder.
lowering the casket into the grave. The parish charges the person
The grave is dug east to west, organising the funeral for the burial
parallel to Mecca. The casket is plot and the funeral. The person is
buried so that the deceased is responsible for covering the funeral
facing Mecca. The casket should be costs.
marked to indicate the position of
the face of the deceased. See up-to-date tariffs on the
parishes’ websites:
There are shovels on the gravesite www.vantaanseurakunnat.fi,
for filling the grave. The family www.helsinginseurakunnat.fi or
of the deceased can fill the grave www.espoonseurakunnat.fi.
themselves if they want. If the grave
has supporting structures in it, it If the property left by the deceased
is filled only halfway or so that the does not cover all funeral costs,
casket is covered in dirt. Cemetery your city’s social services can help
workers will remove the supporting in covering the costs.
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