Balancing community wishes with practical limitations
The monastery in Glane hosts the only cemetery for Syriac-Orthodox members in the Netherlands and neighboring countries. While it offers eternal grave rest, the cemetery will eventually reach capacity. How can this beaddressed? And how can the cemetery remain a place of equality, not a display of wealth?
This article is part of the series Syriac-Orthodox journeys of death and burial in the Netherlands:
- Tracing the past
- Balancing community wishes with practical limitations
- The careful care of the deceased