Madalina Manole a popular Romanian singer was found dead on her 43rd birthday.
The Romanian Orthodox Church would not allow her a full burial service because she committed suicide. Is it only me who is distressed and astounded that the church might be so punitive? Unusually for me, I am lost for words.
I am also sad for Madalina Manole’s husband and one year old son. Suicide is hard on families and only more difficult, I imagine, without the support of the church.
It seems so wrong to me. There is nothing gained by making sinners of the dead for having for dying as they did. Is there?
Unfortunately the Romanian Orthodox Church said that it would not give Madalina Manole a full burial service because she is said to have committed suicide. However there does not appear to be a final determination of the cause of death.
On the other hand the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order in California conducted a complete funeral Mass at Loyola-Marymont University for a Byzantine Catholic who the Jesuits said committed suicide, James Chevedden. Chevedden’s family had donated more than $150,000 to the Jesuit Order.
Thanks for writing and sharing
What a situation, more compassion and more heart is needed (not more money)
With love
Anne