The pastor always opened his Sunday service with a moment of silence.
A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof
The principal requested a moment of silence in memory of the two popular teen-aged girls who died in a car accident over the weekend.
short period of silence (often in memory of fallen soldiers, someone who has died, etc.)