How much does a funeral cost now (2023, Odessa)?

The dramatic situation that has developed in Ukraine over the past year does not, unfortunately, increase the life expectancy of the country's citizens. Meanwhile, prices for funeral services, which have remained virtually unchanged at the Alex Ritual agency, are unable to remain at the same level at other funeral homes for quite objective reasons — human resources, materials, fuel, electricity, government work, cemetery land and rent for everything have become more expensive. Of course, families who have suffered an irreparable loss are concerned about the financial side of this sad event. How much does a funeral cost now (in 2023)? On average, it can be said that the amount ranges from 6 to 000 hryvnia. Everything depends on the specifics of each individual ritual. If the cost of the simplest farewell procession does not exceed 12, then a larger and more pompous event may require an investment of an amount expressed in a figure consisting of many tens of thousands of domestic or foreign banknotes.

What does a standard funeral ritual include?

To know exactly what the relatives of the deceased need to pay, we will list the most important components of virtually every ritual.

• Coffin. This invariable funeral item for the Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant denominations can be made of simple types of wood, or it can be an item of real undertaker's art. The cost also varies greatly - when there is a need to order a funeral and all the items accompanying the ritual, the family of the deceased chooses a coffin from ready-made ones or it is made specially.
• Urns for ashes after cremation.
• Shroud. It is used in the process of farewell to the deceased in Judaism or Islam. Wrapping the body of the deceased in cloth means that it will soon return to the earth from which it was once created. The cost of the shroud also varies, as does the material and decoration.
• Grave crosses - wooden, metal: the price depends on the level of work of the manufacturer and the material.
• Wreaths, flowers.
• All attributes of the funeral service, ritual attributes.

All ritual objects are important and necessary to the extent that the deceased adhered to a particular religion. The last will of the deceased and the intention of his relatives to follow a certain tradition are also important.

What will Alex Ritual provide?

• Funeral agent services.
• Ritual command.
• Transportation of the body to the morgue, to the place of farewell (funeral service), transportation of those saying goodbye to the cemetery, to the crematorium, and then to the place where the funeral dinner will be held.
• Organizing a wake. Assistance in renting a restaurant or cafe hall where the wake will be held. Assistance in compiling a menu, purchasing food and drinks, decorating the hall, if desired.
• Assistance in all administrative and organizational matters.

The funeral home website's contacts page provides phone numbers where the manager is ready to receive calls 24 hours a day and arrange for an agent to travel to the address you specify.