Why We Don't Accept Cremation

from Ancient Faith Today Live · host Fr. Thomas Soroka

Orthodox Christianity does not permit the cremation of Orthodox believers. Why is the burning of the bodies of departed Orthodox Christians wrong? Fr. Tom examines this practice from a scriptural and patristic perspective.

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