In Christian funerals the idea of the deceased being raised by the Lord as Lazarus was raised is often expressed in prayer.
Lazarus is also commemorated on the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church on the fixed feast day of March 17,[REF] In the Synaxarion of Constantinople and in the Lavreotic Codex, reference is made to the "Raising of Lazarus" - the Holy and Just Lazarus, the friend of Christ [REF].