The statue & stained glass are beautifully captured. As for disposing of remains, I recently heard about something called the Urban Death Project (you can google it) which proposes an alternative to traditional burial or cremation - turning human remains into compost. here's a short excerpt from their website:

"The Urban Death Project is a compost-based renewal system. At the heart of the project is a three-story core, within which bodies and high-carbon materials are placed.

Over the span of a few months, with the help of aerobic decomposition and microbial activity, the bodies decompose fully, leaving a rich compost.

The Urban Death Project is not simply a system for turning our bodies into soil-building material. It is also a space for the contemplation of our place in the natural world, and a ritual to help us say goodbye to our loved ones by connecting us with the cycles of nature."

Another two most beautiful shots Mark.

Fabulous my friend... Marvelous captures !!!

So much beauty!

Amazing capture my friend. God bless.

I'm going backwards here, so I hope I'm not upsetting the order of the universe...Amazing story about removing the remains. These cemeteries definitely are packed. (I imagine you have seen some of the old Jewish cemeteries in Europe---I haven't---where the stones are packed like sardines. Couldn't help but think of those when I saw the stones in these shots...pieces of our past...) Amazing fact. Your lower shot captures the shrine like it's made of luminous marble (ie, like it shines from within, very lightly at least). And the higher shot is, I assume, the interior of the mausoleum on the far right---It's doused in deep shadow fitting of a private place of remembrance. And I assume that's a copy of Michelangelo's Pietà? I love the light through the windows with all that shadow around. And stuff on that ledge? Under the statue? It adds a sign that humans have been here. Very caring shots, Mark, and I love your background.