Wooden Ossuary

Wooden Ossuary KZ0090

Made in Greece

The Wooden Ossuary or otherwise reliquary is a box or case where we keep the remains of the deceased after their exhumation. Afterwards it is either kept in the columbarium of the cemetery or it is repositioned in the left side of the grave next to the family member that has recently died so that they can be together in the afterlife. After the exhumation of the bones, they are washed with wine and water with the proper ritual in the church of the cemetery, then the bones are placed in a white cloth with much care and afterwards they are placed inside the ossuary. Also, the safe keeping of the exhumated remains takes place after a request from the family members and with the responsibility of the staff of the cemetery. The placement of the bones in the ossuary and the memorial prayer from the priest is an important ritual to accompany the deceased in their eternal last residence. A sacred moment for the relatives of the buried and in the same time a sad but necessary procedure for the last goodbye of their loved one. The ossuary is known also as chest, box, or case for bones.

The Wooden Ossuary is handmade. With elaborate designs that decorate it in the best way. Durable structure. The Wooden Ossuary has a place for photograph, and a brass carved iconography of Jesus.

• Box or chest or case for placing the bones of the deceased after their exhumation.
• The exhumation of the deceased and the placement in the ossuary is an important ecclesiastic ritual by the priest.
• For the placement in the ossuary the priest washes the bones with wine and water while chanting a memorial prayer in respect for the eternal memory of the deceased.
• The ossuary can be placed in a built ossuary at the cemetery or in a columbarium, or in a family crypt.
• This specific ossuary has place for photographess.
• With a brass iconography of Jesus.
• Indestructible build, very durable.