tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235959592105819685.post6843694180187869841..comments2023-10-20T04:32:14.900-07:00Comments on The Morning Offering: Abbot Tryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797169249551356440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235959592105819685.post-88842372560096595372011-09-12T21:10:24.923-07:002011-09-12T21:10:24.923-07:00My mother, my mother-in-law and beloved aunt all w...My mother, my mother-in-law and beloved aunt all were cremated. That fact has brought me more grief than their deaths. My mother-in-law's ashes were scattered. I visit the graves, but it is painful knowing that a tiny box is what is buried.<br /><br />It was hard to watch my mother die from lung cancer and my aunt from Alzheimer's Disease. They both fought until the bitter end. I Athanasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107488973500025470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235959592105819685.post-32208841651741273242011-09-12T10:20:57.451-07:002011-09-12T10:20:57.451-07:00I was very plesaed to hear your thoughts on death....I was very plesaed to hear your thoughts on death. I was a non-Orthodox Christian for years and considered cremation a simple and easy alternative for my family. I now see the wisdom of the ancient traditions. I have also read about a monastic tradition of exuming the bones years later, cleaning and blessing them with red wine, and placing them in an ostuary (I may have spelled that wrong) with Anthonynoreply@blogger.com