The study focllsed on the [actors affecting urban ceme/elJJ service delivelY in selecled Cemeteries ofrnOrthodox Church in Addis Ababa. Ceme/elY service problem ... 1I(lS one of the seriolls issues oj the cily. Thernceme/elY service delive/J' was not accessible/or all society. Shortage a/urban land was one of the causes.rnPoor protection and land management oj most cemete,y places thai were under (he management ofrnOrthodox Church was the other calise. Since the cemeteries that were under the ae/ministration ojrnOrthodox Churches lacks organized body that/ollows cemerelY place management.rnAs a result, they were physically not attractive and healthy environment. In most cases, they were areas ofrnlI~aste disposal and lack a well-planned design. All Ihese led Jar illegal exhumalion to ger burial placejorrnnew deceased.rnCase study areas selected/rom/our sub-cities of Addis Ababa based on the location of the cemelel'h!s andrnthe activity of/he areas as a major criterion. All of them were selectedJrom the cemeteries administered byrnOrrhoC/ox Chllrch.rnThus. the study Jocl/sed 10 pinpoinl aliI Ihe rOOIJaclors that affect cemetery service delivery in Addis Ababarnin selected cemeteries of Orthodox Church. The stucly lIsed a qualitative research methodology: Datarngathered through Focus Croup Discussion, Field Observation and In-depth Interview as a primm)' source.rnSecane/cuy sources slich as books, documents and internet web sites also were usedrnAll the data obtained through FGD, Field observation and In-depth interview analyzed lIsing a qualitativernanalysis based on various countries experiences and documents slIch as Qale A wadi, Fithiha Negesl ,rnCriminal Code, EFDR 1995 constitution, the Health Proclamation of 1947, Cemete/J' service delivelYrnregulatiol1 alld Mam;al of BPR were mainly llsed to analysis the data.rnT1,e result indicated all cemetelY places under Municipal administration were delivering a planned service inrnsustainable manner when compared with cemeteries oj Orthodox Church. CemetelY places oj thernMunicipal became attractive, vegetated and equally accessible fo/' all society. On the other hand, burialrnplaces of Orthodox Churches were over crowded, not well planned and designed; lInnecessary monumentsrnand huge tombs characterized them. AI/oreover, illegal exhumations of cOIpse were common clue tornshortage of burial place. There was also disagreement as to who manage cemetelY places in Ethiopianrncontext. Some Orthodox religious fathers ' supported the idea of cemetery service de!ivel:Y was underrnchurch administration but practicall.y in the Church administration more emphasis had been given Jarrnspiritual service than cemetery service, The monagel1lel1l aspect of cemetelJ' 1>lIas became a greatrncontroversy between the EOC and the A1unicipal. The sludy also tried to compare the EOC cemetel)' placesrnwith experience of other Oriental Orthodox Church cemetelY places.rnThe sludy finally. recommended for beller service delivelY of burial place. Among these; cemetelYrnmanagemenl to be under the Municipal, considering cemetelY service as aright if evel), citizens, an openrndiscussion belween, the EOC and the Municipal, developing appropriate policy, rules, regulation andrnmanllals, parlicipaaon q( the NGOs and others were manda/OJY to bring a slistainable cemetelY servicerndelivelY and to make the city attractive and beautiful.