http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-750 Winter BelViso Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:38:01 +0000 http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-750 I found this to be a wonderful and informative article. As a Baha'i, our faith asks that we not be cremated and buried without embalming. Additionally, our bodies are to repose within an hour's location of where we died. I had always thought (or been told by funeral homes) that embalming was LAW in NJ and that vaults and special caskets were also mandated. I greatly appreciate hearing differently. I found this to be a wonderful and informative article. As a Baha’i, our faith asks that we not be cremated and buried without embalming. Additionally, our bodies are to repose within an hour’s location of where we died. I had always thought (or been told by funeral homes) that embalming was LAW in NJ and that vaults and special caskets were also mandated. I greatly appreciate hearing differently.

]]> http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-657 Sylvia Goldman Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:31:07 +0000 http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-657 Are there any natural burial sites in NY state (allowing burial without coffin and chemicals)? Are there any natural burial sites in NY state (allowing burial without coffin and chemicals)?

]]> http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-242 Fr Anton Ugolnik Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:57:34 +0000 http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/12/31/a-green-goodbye/#comment-242 I am a priest of the Eastern Orthodox church. In Russia and Ukraine, unembalmed bodies are the rule in church burials. We have taken to chemical burials in the US only because of law and the funeral industry. I just want to know if the administration of natural burial cemeteries allow for "consecrated ground" and also for Christian rites of burial. If anyone would be kind enough to answer the question, my e mail is listed above. Thank you. I am a priest of the Eastern Orthodox church. In Russia and Ukraine, unembalmed bodies are the rule in church burials. We have taken to chemical burials in the US only because of law and the funeral industry. I just want to know if the administration of natural burial cemeteries allow for “consecrated ground” and also for Christian rites of burial. If anyone would be kind enough to answer the question, my e mail is listed above. Thank you.

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