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George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment. [1] [2] [3]
A Christian funeral sermon is a formal religious oration or address given at a funeral ceremony, or sometimes a short time after, which may combine elements of eulogy with biographical comments and expository preaching. To qualify as a sermon, it should be based on a scriptural text. [1]
A funeral oration or epitaphios logos (Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάφιος λόγος) is a formal speech delivered on the ceremonial occasion of a funeral. Funerary customs comprise the practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
At Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington, D.C. today, his grandson Jason Carter was among the speakers to deliver a eulogy for the late president. "I understand the impact on the world that a ...
Following the funeral service, his remains are set to be taken to his hometown of Plains, Georgia for a private funeral service and interment Thursday night. Here's the full video of Biden's eulogy.
That's the definition of a good life. The life Jimmy Carter lived—greatest 100 years. To young people, to anyone, in search of meaning and purpose, study the power of Jimmy Carter's example.
eulogy; funeral sermon, funeral address structured around exposition of a text from the Bible; Funeral oration (ancient Greece) Oration at Korean traditional funeral; Pericles' Funeral Oration, delivered at the end of the first year of the First Peloponnesian War to honor the Athenian war dead and their society
The funeral was held one week after Melania announced via X that her mother died at age 78. “Amalija Knavs was a strong woman who always carried herself with grace, warmth, and dignity,” she ...