Funeral Service – Memorial Service – Switzerland – Funeral Officiant and Orator – Master of Ceremony – Zen Father Master Reding

Funeral Service - From Heart to Heart

In an hour of silence and farewell, I will accompany you with an open heart and reverent awareness. As an independent funeral orator, I create farewell ceremonies characterized by dignity, symbolism, and love – rituals that offer comfort, build bridges between heaven and earth, and honor the deceased with gratitude.

My ceremonies combine the clarity of Zen with the depth of Christian wisdom and monastic tradition. This will make your funeral a conscious, symbolic, and unforgettable experience—from heart to heart. Whether in a cemetery, at a memorial service with close friends, or at the scattering of ashes in the mountains, by a lake, or in the forest – the ceremony becomes a reflection of the personality of the person who has left us. Members of all faiths are welcome. Upon request, we interweave symbols and rituals from different traditions so that each mourner can find comfort in their own language of faith.

Funeral Service - Memorial Service

A non-denominational funeral offers a dignified space for farewell and remembrance. Without fixed religious forms, the memorial service can be arranged freely and personally – in harmony with the life that was lived and the wishes of the family.

Funeral Service wit Zen Master Father Reding
Place of Burial - The whole Earth is a Flower

Scattering the Ashes – Memorial Ceremony

Whether the funeral service takes place in a cemetery, or the ashes of the deceased find their final rest in the vastness of the mountains, in the reflection of the lake, or in the peace of the forest – the ceremony is conducted with dignity and stillness, according to your personal wishes. Thus, every place becomes a place of remembrance, love, and gentle peace.


Independent Funeral Officiant – Master Reding

After ten years of intensive monastic training in Japan and Korea, Master Reding founded the Christian Order Nigredo in Switzerland in 2014, built on mutual trust between laity and clergy.
In gratitude for his training, he undertook a traditional alms pilgrimage, walking more than 3,000 miles across Japan.

Today, as founder and abbot, he leads the Nigredo Monastery in Reichenburg – a place of humble spirituality and living Christian mysticism. Within the monastery, God is understood as a living experience, not as dogma, but as practice and direct encounter with the Divine.

Our family tradition teaches that one must find the Church within one’s own spirit and God within one’s own self – a form of self-cultivation long forgotten in the East (Zen) and lost in the West (Mysticism).

In a time when many people have become inwardly displaced through the loss of spiritual values, Master Reding founded the Nigredo Monastery not to preach, but to exemplify a way of life: a path back to faith, truth, and reason.


Non-Denominational - The church in one's own spirit and God in one's own self

Living Symbol – Non-Denominational Funeral

A non-denominational funeral is a place of stillness and faith – open to people of all religions.
Rituals from different traditions may be included, allowing the ceremony to become a living symbol of farewell and connection.

True spirituality does not dwell in outward forms, but in the symbol that reminds us of something greater. In this way, every funeral becomes a moment of transformation – a quiet sign that we are part of something larger than ourselves.


Phoenix Ritual – Rebirth & Resurrection

During the Phoenix Ritual, family members and guests burn incense and sandalwood during the burial – a symbol of transience and renewal. The rising smoke unites heaven and earth, memory and love. Like the phoenix rising anew from the ashes, the ritual reminds us that every ending is also a beginning – and that within transformation, the power of life continues to flow.

Cost - Oblations for the Monk

You can have a say in the final donation. We would be happy to discuss the details in personal. The following applies as a guideline:

Ceremony: 850 CHF

+ Expenses (Reichenburg - Location - Reichenburg = ??? kilometers x 0.85 CHF/km)

+ Voluntary donation: ???


CHF final amount

Funeral Service wit Zen Master Father Reding

Dear Funeral Speaker Father Reding,

it's been a few months since my daughter's funeral. Last year I had to bury my wife and now my daughter too. Both took their own lives. Of course, the question often came up as to why all this happened to me. Had I done too little? Could I help? What I have done wrong?

At first I didn't really want to come to the funeral and didn't know if I could go through with it. But now I am very happy and grateful. Because through the funeral service and your words at the ceremony, I was able to put everything in a larger context and slowly bring some order back into my life. I now see the grieving process as a great gift. I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for what they do. With best regards,

Josef K. (85)

Dear funeral speaker master Reding,

It was a wonderful, gifted atmosphere that we were all able to experience in forest graveyard. The good Lord and karma gave my deceased wife wonderful weather, beautiful light effects, beautiful forest sounds and enchanted all friends in a relaxed, loving mood.

Many thanks for the calm and dignity that you radiated and sent to everyone and spiritually accompanied my wife with dignity on the way to the afterlife.

I would be happy to send you a little extra and wish you, your family and your work and projects all the best, lots of joy and many warm encounters and experiences. You're still so young, you still have so much ahead of you and that's wonderful.

H.H (72)


Contact

Contact

Tel: +41 (0)78 408 10 89

info@funeral-ceremony.ch

Kloster Nigredo
Zen Meister Reding
Ussbergstrasse 26
8864 Reichenburg, Switzerland

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