Faith and family traditions · Brooklyn

Orthodox Christian Funeral Services

Horizon coordinates the funeral-home details around the guidance of your family's priest, parish, language, and traditions.

Clergy-led religious guidance

Your priest defines the religious service. Horizon coordinates the funeral arrangements around it.

Orthodox Christian funeral practices differ among churches, parishes, cultural communities, and families. Horizon begins by asking which clergy and parish the family has selected and which customs are important to preserve.

Our role is funeral-home coordination: care and preparation, viewing or visitation, location scheduling, transportation, procession, cemetery communication, printed materials, and the practical timing that supports the clergy-led service.

Coordinated with care

The family, clergy, funeral home, and cemetery work from one schedule.

01

Family conference

We document the authorized arranger, parish contacts, family customs, language needs, viewing wishes, and burial plans.

02

Clergy and parish coordination

We confirm locations, timing, service requirements, access, and the responsibilities of each participant.

03

Preparation and viewing

We coordinate family-approved care, clothing and personal items, the casket, visitation, flowers, and printed materials.

04

Funeral and burial

Our team manages transportation, procession, church-to-cemetery timing, pallbearer logistics, and the funeral-home portion of the committal.

Multilingual family care

Clear communication for the arrangement details.

Horizon assists families in English, Russian, Armenian, Georgian, Spanish. Religious language and content remain under the direction of the family's clergy; our team helps the family understand decisions, documents, timing, and funeral-home coordination.

Review language support

Review complete funeral service options

Orthodox funeral questions

Plan from the family's parish and traditions—not assumptions.

Yes. With the family's authorization, Horizon can coordinate dates, locations, service order, preparation, transportation, and cemetery timing with the selected priest or parish. Horizon is not affiliated with a particular church and follows the guidance of the family's clergy.

Here when you need us

Need help coordinating an Orthodox Christian funeral?

Call Horizon with the name of the family's priest or parish if known. We will organize the funeral-home steps around the clergy's guidance and the family's wishes.

Call 347-588-5555