ROMANIAN FUNERAL HOME · DAY AND NIGHT
A Romanian funeral home for families here at home and for our diaspora abroad. Whether someone has passed away in Romania or you need to bring a loved one home from Italy, Spain, Germany, the UK or the US — we answer in under a minute, handle every form, and walk with you through each step until the last goodbye.
Someone close to you has died and you need help.
Call us any time · 0739 592 835We answer the phone day and night.
What to do until we arriveFIRST 4 STEPS · IN ORDER
The death of a loved one doesn't require hasty action in the first minutes. Sit down, call a close relative, read the 4 steps below. Then call us — we take over everything that follows: transport, formalities, ceremony.
Day and night
Phone and WhatsApp open whenever you need us, no exceptions.
Years of partner experience
We work in partnership with agencies that have more than 24 years in funeral services.
Families helped by our partners
The agencies we partner with have helped more than 24,000 families.
Legally compliant
Compliant with Romanian Law 102/2014 and current DSP authorizations.
From the first phone call to the last goodbye, we cover every step ourselves. Pick a complete package or just the parts you need — whatever fits your situation.
What a full funeral service includes in Romania — transport, preparation, paperwork, ceremony, burial or cremation — and how one team handles it end to end.
Casket, transport and ritual items bundled at a clear price. Paperwork and ceremony are included in some packages and added separately, at a listed price, in others. The package price fits within the state funeral aid.
Licensed funeral hearse, day or night. Local and cross-county trips, plus international repatriation from Europe, the US, or Canada.
Cremation at Romania's three crematoria — Vitan-Bârzești (Bucharest), Pro Ignis (Cluj), Phoenix (Oradea). Casket, slot booking, urn — all included.
When the death happened abroad, we coordinate the embalming, the sealed casket, the mortuary passport, and the flight or truck back to Romania.
Washing, embalming, dressing, and gentle restorative cosmetics — done discreetly, by licensed staff, in a dedicated facility.
Death certificate, sanitary clearance, the state funeral aid claim — we file everything in your name, so you don't have to queue at offices.
From the first call to ceremony close, 48–72 hours pass. Our team handles everything: pickup, Civil Status formalities, DSP sanitary clearance, CNPP funeral aid file, ceremony organization. The family only decides final elements.
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Hour 48–72
FUNERAL PACKAGES
Packages start from 3,990 RON. For insured or retired persons, the price of the Essential, At-Home, Traditional and Cremation packages fits within the Romanian state funeral aid. Optional items are paid separately. The price shown is final. No VAT or other charges are added to it.
State funeral aid in 2026: 9,192 RON for insured/retired persons. Official source ↗
Price fits within the state funeral aid
3,990 RON
Price fits within the state funeral aid
5,200 RON
Most chosen
7,400 RON
4,900 RON
10,900 RON
For insured or retired persons, the state aid (9,192 RON in 2026) is higher than the price of the Essential, At-Home, Traditional and Cremation packages. Through an assignment, the aid is paid straight to us. Optional items are paid separately. For Premium, you only pay the difference.
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| Package | Total | Covered by aid (9,192 RON/insured) | Package balance to pay |
|---|---|---|---|
Essential Package Pine casket, transport, ritual breads, 12 memorial sets | 3,990 RON | −3,990 RON | 0 RON |
At-Home Package Essential, plus doctor, embalming, cold room | 5,200 RON | −5,200 RON | 0 RON |
Traditional Package Premium casket, wake, meal for 12-16 | 7,400 RON | −7,400 RON | 0 RON |
Cremation Package Compatible casket, crematorium fee, urn | 4,900 RON | −4,900 RON | 0 RON |
Premium Package Luxury casket, limousine, master of ceremonies | 10,900 RON | −9,192 RON | 1,708 RON |
| The table shows the package price only. On Essential and At-Home, optional items are paid separately: paperwork 350 RON, aid file 350 RON, ceremony 500 RON. For uninsured persons the aid is 4,596 RON (half), so the family covers the difference. Figures updated 30 March 2026 per CNPP. | |||
Two major options. Cremation is 30–40% cheaper but not accepted by Orthodox Church. Traditional burial remains preferred in Romania, but long-term costs (burial plot, monument) are significantly higher.
Complete Orthodox ceremony with casket, wake, church service, cemetery burial, memorial meal. Requires burial plot and monument.
Traditional packageProcedure at authorized crematorium. 30–40% cheaper. Much simpler repatriation.
Cremation package| Feature | Burial | Cremation |
|---|---|---|
| Total package cost | 7,400 RON | 4,900 RON |
| Process duration | 2–3 days | 5–7 days |
| Burial plot needed | ||
| New burial plot cost | 15,000–30,000 RON | — |
| Funeral monument (after 40 days) | 1,500–25,000 RON | — |
| Columbarium for urn | 3,000–8,000 RON | |
| Orthodox accepted | ||
| Catholic/Protestant accepted | ||
| Complete religious service | ||
| Simpler repatriation |
More families now choose cremation — fewer long-term costs, no burial plot issues. Traditional Orthodox families stick with burial (Romanian Orthodox Church doesn't accept cremation).
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“Great care and service for a time we all need support”
„În momente dificile, este important să ai alături oameni profesioniști, discreți și empatici, care să îți ofere sprijin și să se ocupe cu grijă de fiecare detaliu. O echipă serioasă, atentă și respectuoasă, care oferă servicii de calitate și dovedește profesionalism și implicare. Recomand cu încredere!”
„Preturi decente, servicii de calitate!!
Apelati cu încredere!!
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GUIDES YOU MIGHT NEED
Short, practical guides — written in plain English, updated for 2026 — that walk you through each stage of a Romanian funeral.
Who to call, what not to do, which papers to look for — in the order they actually matter.
Who gets it, how to claim it, and how we handle the paperwork on your behalf with the Romanian pension house (CNPP).
Real numbers, per service type, with what's covered by the state aid and what isn't.
Cost, ceremony, the Orthodox view, what's easier for diaspora — laid out side by side.
What's involved when a Romanian passes away overseas — the timeline, the paperwork, the consulate, the cost.
What each paper is for, who issues it, and which ones we handle so you don't have to.
Any family can publish a death notice or an obituary here for a loved one, free of charge. Each one has a link you can send to family and friends. Anyone can leave a message for the family.
Everything between the moment of death and the moment the ceremony ends, under one roof. That means: picking up the deceased, transport, the embalming and dressing, the casket or urn, all the civil registry and health-authority paperwork, the 9,192 RON state aid claim with CNPP, talking to the priest and the cemetery or crematorium, the ceremony itself, the wreaths, and the memorial meal. What the package price covers differs by package: on Essential, the paperwork, the aid file, the ceremony and body preparation are added separately at a listed price. You deal with one team — us — not five different vendors.
Two or three days on average. Day one: medical certificate, we collect the deceased. Day two: civil death certificate, health clearance, embalming and dressing, the wake. Day three: church service, burial or cremation, the memorial meal. We can speed it up if family is arriving and you've only got 48 hours, or stretch it out if relatives are flying in from abroad.
Our packages run from 3,990 RON (Essential) to 10,900 RON (Premium). The Essential package price fits inside the 9,192 RON state funeral aid. A burial plot, a monument and the priest's fee are paid separately, as are the optional items of the package you choose.
Starting 2026-03-30, the Romanian National Pension House (CNPP) pays 9,192 RON to cover funeral costs for insured workers or retirees. For an uninsured family member of a retiree (like a stay-at-home spouse), it's half — 4,596 RON. We file the claim for you and the money lands with CNPP within 3 business days of submission.
In the first day: the doctor's death confirmation (the hospital or family doctor hands you this), the deceased's national ID, and if they were retired, the pension stub. Everything else — civil death certificate, sanitary clearance, the CNPP claim — we file ourselves once you sign one power of attorney.
It covers the package price, yes. The Essential package (3,990 RON), At-Home, Traditional and Cremation packages all cost less than the 9,192 RON aid. With an assignment, the aid is paid straight to us. On Essential and At-Home the aid file is optional and costs 350 RON; you can also file it yourself. Optional items are paid separately.
The crematorium itself charges around 900 RON for an adult (Vitan-Bârzești in Bucharest, 2025–26 prices). Our full cremation package — pickup, transport to the crematorium, embalming, suitable casket, the crematorium fee itself, the urn — starts at 4,900 RON. It's typically 30–40% cheaper than a traditional burial because you skip the burial plot and the monument.
Depends on where they are. From Italy or Spain, 3–5 days. From Germany, 4–7. From the UK, 5–7 (Brexit added a layer). From the US or Canada, 7–14 days. The clock includes embalming, the mortuary passport stamped by the Romanian consulate, the flight, and the pickup here. We chase everyone on your behalf — consulate, airline, local funeral home there.
Call 112 or their family doctor — they'll come confirm the death and issue the medical certificate. Then call us. Don't move the body or try to clean anything yourself. Find the deceased's ID and pension stub if you can. We arrive within 60–90 minutes and handle everything from that point.
Every conversation is confidential and free. If you don't know where to start, pick up the phone — we will guide you through what comes next.
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