Salt -LIK -CITI – Salt Lake City (AP)-on Tuesday in Salt Lake City will conduct a funeral service for Russell M. Nelson, a charismatic sentimentalist who watched a significant boom in the construction of the temple as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the last days.
Nelson led Vera while His death At the end of September at the age of 101.
It is expected that the funeral will attract thousands of those who mourn the conference -center of the faith on Temple -Square. It is expected that about 600 Nelson family members will take part with 20,000 people who quickly defeated the tickets that the church offered online for 20 minutes, said the representative of the church of Dag Andersen.
The service will also be broadcast all over the world On the web session of the church and other online platforms.
According to Andersen, the funeral of Nelson will be deprived of official church rituals. According to him, this will resemble a worship with prayers, hymns and conversations and will be focused on the life and goals of Nelson.
According to Andersen, both aspects of Nelson's heritage – as a spiritual leader for four decades and as a heart surgeon who saved life – will be celebrated during the service.
Nelson's body will be dressed mainly in white temple clothing, ceremonial clothes worn by adult members. The celebration service, opened for the saints of the last days and not members, will be held by the Mirian Minister. According to Andersen, on Monday, a public viewing was held at the conference center on Monday at the conference center, in which about 18,560 people took part.
He said that church funerals, as a rule, were “marked by an atmosphere of hope and peace.”
“They, as a rule, are not burdened with inconsolable grief and despair, which were so often seen at other funerals,” he said. “This is especially true in this case with life living for more than 101 years.”
According to Andersen, “Nelson's funeral will also be presented” heart tribute and comforting music. ”
He will include a hymn written by Nelson called “Our Prayer to you”, which was First published In the official publication of the church, he spoke at general conferences in October 2018 and April 2022. One musician called this song a special, sacred representation of relations between God and believers.
Nelson family members are likely to choose other songs and hymns that will be performed at the funeral.
While the funeral will be public, the burial will be private with the family. He will be buried in the cemetery of the pioneer, where Brigam Young and many other pioneers of faith are buried.
The family plays an important role in faith, not only in this life, but also in the afterlife, said Kathleen Flake, a former professor of Mormon research at the University of Virginia.
Flack said that as soon as the body is accompanied by a grave, those who are not a family will leave, and a member of the male family – usually the eldest son – will devote to the grave.
In the church, temple sealants, which are united with a man, a woman and their children for eternity, connect the family as a whole, which intersects from this life to another. Sealing should be performed in the temple by a person who has a priesthood.
“Faith is that (Nelson) will join the afterlife with the late family members,” she said. “You go from the family here on Earth to the family that is in heaven, and live together in eternity.”
It is expected that the new president of the church, considered the prophet from the members of the members, will be named through the funeral of Nelson.
Declaring his successor, Dallin H. Ouxto a large extent formality, because the church has Dear hierarchy of leadership This helps to provide smooth gear and prevent lobbying inside or publicly.
In his first major handling after Nelson's death, OUKS encouraged members on Sunday during the twenty years of faith. General Conference Marry and make children. The 93-year-old former judge of the Utah Supreme Court emphasized the importance of the family, admitting that not all families look the same.
In leaving his typical sermons, which often attract more than emotions, Ouks shared his emotional story about how his grandfather told him at the age of 7, that his father died. Then he described the value of the upbringing of a single mother and others who entered into the parental roles for him and his brothers and sisters.
OUKS also stated on Sunday that Vera would slow down an ad New temples – The first important difference from Nelson's presidency.
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Bharat reported from Los -Angeles.
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