For many centuries cemeteries were put next to churches. From about the 7th century, European burial was under the control of the church and on consecrated church grounds.
Practices varied but, in continental Europe, bodies were usually buried in a mass grave until they had decomposed. The bones were then exhumed and stored in ossuaries either along the arcaded bounding walls of the cemetery or within the church under floor slabs and behind walls. The habit of burying corpses in land enclosed within the city walls had a negative impact on health.
As a consequence, some cemeteries were moved away from heavily populated areas. As an example, in the late 18th century, skeletons exhumed from major Paris cemeteries were moved into ossuaries in the Catacombs , and burials were prohibited in inner-city locations.
Cemetery company and municipally owned cemeteries, independent from churches and their churchyards, date largely from the early 19th century, certainly in their landscaped or garden cemetery form, although the cemetery reform movement began c. This embodied the idea of state, rather than church, controlled burial; a concept that spread through Europe with the Napoleonic invasions, and sometimes became adapted leading to the opening of cemeteries by private companies.
The shift to municipal cemeteries or those established by private companies was usually accompanied by the establishing of spacious, landscaped, burial grounds outside of the city limits. Cemeteries are usually a respected area, and often include churches or other religious buildings chapels ; and sometimes a crematorium for the burning cremation of the dead.
The violation of the graves or buildings is usually considered a very serious crime and punishments are often severe. The style of cemeteries varies greatly internationally. For example, in the US and many European countries modern cemeteries usually have many tombstones placed on open spaces. In Russia, tombstones are usually placed in small fenced family lots.
This was once common practice in American cemeteries as well, and such fenced family plots are still visible in some older American cemeteries. Cemeteries in cities take a lot of valuable urban space, which could become a problem, especially in older cities. As historic cemeteries begin to reach their capacity for full burials, alternative memorialization, such as collective memorials for cremated individuals, is becoming more common.
Different cultures have different attitudes to destruction of cemeteries and use of the land for construction. In some countries, it is considered normal to destroy the graves, while in others the graves are traditionally respected for a century or more.
In many cases, after a suitable period of time has elapsed the headstones are removed and the now former cemetery is converted to a recreational park or construction site. Cemetery History. African American Cemetery No. After yellow fever epidemics in and , New Haven Green, which held as many as 5, burials, was too crowded to continue as the main burial ground.
And once the consecration has taken place, a cemetery is held to be sacred by the Church and to a large extent even by non-Christians.
A Catholic burial is considered as holy when the body of the deceased is buried with honors in blessed ground or a blessed grave. What is special about Catholic Cemeteries? Since the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, the Catholic Church has always set aside ground that is blessed and consecrated by God for the specific purpose of providing Christians with a dignified and holy resting place.
The ritual is simple: the person wanting to consecrate the ground must simply pour holy water in the area they want to be consecrated and recite the Latin blessing: Ritum sacrum hanc terram consecro. Consecrate means to make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose.
Consecration was the magical act of burying a dead witch so their soul may join the Ancestral Plane. By carrying this out, their magic flowed back into the Earth, fueling the witch community. Graveyards are affiliated with a church and are typically located on church grounds. They tend to be smaller due to land limitations, and thus, are often choosier. Only members of their religion and sometimes only members of that specific church can be buried in a graveyard.
The etymology behind the word graveyard is somewhat straightforward. It is, after all, a yard filled with graves. Let your loved ones know ahead of time. Create a free Cake end-of-life planning profile and share your wishes instantly. Cemeteries refer to large burial grounds that are not affiliated with a church.
Graveyards, on the whole, tend to be much smaller than cemeteries. Starting around the 7th century, churches had complete control over burials. This meant that most burials took place in the graveyards adjacent to the church. But as the population grew over time, graveyard space became limited. This is when cemeteries unaffiliated with churches came into being.
Because graveyards are attached to the church, churches may have stipulations that only members of that particular faith be buried there.
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