Abstract
This article discusses the commemoration practices shared by Lutheran Finnish women and representatives of different Greek Orthodox ethnic groups in central and western part of Ingria. The research is based on ethnographic data and interviews recorded by the author in Ingria, Finland and Estonia. The author focuses on three cases of commemorative behaviour, analyses each of them in detail and compares with the practices used among Orthodox believers. One of the most fascinating phenomena considered is the role of birch-tree as a memorial sign for the deceased person shared by Lutheran and Orthodox groups. The author stresses that marginal and unexpected death in particular needs to be supported by additional strategies of folk religiosity. For example, the more frequent and regular commemoration days of Orthodox liturgy offer for the Lutherans broader frames for dialogic relation across the border to the World beyond.
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