Lol Outlaw!
tresdecu, it's common for Anglican churches to have graveyards connected to them in the UK.
Why don't JW's bury their dead at the KH's??
by quellycatface 25 Replies latest jw friends
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NeverKnew
There are churches here in Pennsylvania with graveyards.
It must depend on municipal laws.
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rebel8
Interesting question.
I mean, it would make things quite convenient in the resurrection. They'd have such a short walk from the grave to the meeting.
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jgnat
tresdecu, I linked an article on the history of cemetaries. They used to be routinely part of the church-yard. Fear of contagion and cultural attitude changed towards death resulted in the movement of cemetaries out of the towns, segregated. Park-like. Plaques set discreetly in the ground. Rarely visited.
As our longevity increases, we are less and less comfortable with death.
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kaik
Burial laws and regulations varies by countries. For example in former Austrain monarchy, which includes present Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Austria among others, all inner cities burials were forbidden after 1784 with exception of Jewish cemeteries. With a few rural cemeteries, all Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and Austrian cemeteries are the most 200 years old. Additionally, the burial space is rented, never owned and must be paid every 20 years. Once the descendants die and do not pay the burial plot, the site is reused and rented to different family. Therefore, many families attempt to keep the same plot over generations. We have ours for five or six generations since the 1800's. I has seen elders making speeches on funeral, but they were held in memorial halls in cemetery. There were also open casket funerals. I am not sure how is it in UK or USA, but in Central Europe cremation is highly popular and choosen by majority of JW. My JW aunt was cremated her ashes were scattered around her house or so (I did not go to her funeral).
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