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Union Cemetery (Calgary)
Union Cemetery is a urban cemetery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, containing about 21,000 graves. It is located in the city's southeast in the predominantly industrial district of Alyth/Bonnybrook/Manchester, Calgary, Manchester, and is the burial place for many of the city's earliest pioneers and settlers, as well as over 150 Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth burials from the World War I, First and World War II, Second World Wars. Along with Burnsland Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery, Chevra kadisha, Chevra Kadisha (Jewish) Cemetery, and the Chinese Cemetery, Union Cemetery is recognized by Heritage Calgary as a culturally significant historical landscape, and every summer the city offers guided walking tours through the cemetery district. History Shortly after Calgary was Incorporated town, incorporated in 1884, the town council determined that a Protestant cemetery was needed to complement the existing Roman Catholic graveyard. After initially choosing a location that was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potter's Field
A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is a place for the burial of unknown, unclaimed or indigent people. "Potter's field" is of Biblical origin, referring to Akeldama (meaning ''field of blood'' in Aramaic), stated to have been purchased after Judas Iscariot's suicide by the high priests of Jerusalem with the coins that had been paid to Judas for his identification of Jesus. The priests are stated to have acquired it for the burial of strangers, criminals, and the poor, the coins paid to Judas being considered blood money. Prior to Akeldama's use as a burial ground, it had been a site where potters collected high-quality, deeply red clay for the production of ceramics, thus the name potters' field. Origin The term "potter's field" comes from Matthew 27:3– 27:8 in the New Testament of the Bible, in which Jewish priests take 30 pieces of silver returned by a remorseful Judas: The site referred to in these verses is traditionally known as Akeldama, in the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cemeteries In Canada
This is a list of cemeteries in Canada, posted by province or territory. Alberta * Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer – George Allen * Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton – Hank Smith * Blackfoot Crossing Cemetery, Cluny – Crowfoot * Calgary Union Cemetery, Calgary – Peter Lougheed, Herbert Greenfield, Red Dutton, Dutch Gainor * Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton – Howard Blatchford, Kenny Blatchford, Ambrose Bury, Dan Knott, John W. Leedy, Sidney Parsons, William Short, Richard Gavin Reid Wop May * Elnora Cemetery, Elnora – Alexander Picton Brereton * Holy Cross Cemetery, Edmonton. Burial site for Edmonton Oilers founder William "Wild Bill" Hunter, and Canadian Football League players Johnny Bright and Rollie Miles. * Lougheed Cemetery, Lougheed – Cecil John Kinross * Okotoks Cemetery, Okotoks – Max Bell * Queens Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Calgary – Hank Bassen, Owen Hart * Rosehill Cemetery, Edmonton – Don Getty * St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Cochrane – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
