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Is the orientation of a grave facing East required in the Catholic Church?

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I noticed in a local rural cemetary that all the graves run east-west. It also appears that the Head stones are on the West end of the vault/coffin. Thus, I intuit that the Head is near the West placed stone, so as implied in Matthew 24:27 the body will rise facing east. I also understand this is generally normal for Catholic cemeteries. Note: This was not a Catholic cemetery. 1.) Generally, do Catholic cemeteries follow the same tradition or would the head of the coffin for some reason face West? 2.) Considering the image below, I would think you would need to stand facing West to read the print normally. The vault/coffin would be there in front of you -- east side of the headstone. Is this a correct understanding? enter image description here 3) Another Catholic cemetery is similar to this image but the printing is on the other side(west) of the headstone. This seems to be at odds with tradition?
Asked by Schreib (31 rep)
Jan 21, 2019, 03:28 PM
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