Proper headstone design. About some nuances in the design of monuments

In general, I want to talk more about whether it is possible to take a photo on a tombstone from a general photo. Very often, no good photos deceased, and cut out from some kind of family general photo with relatives or colleagues. My dears, this is absolutely impossible to do.

But then another question arises. You know that in other countries, they do not hang out images of the faces of the deceased on tombstones, neither in Europe nor in America, only their full names. and years of life, epigraph. And we have a tradition with photographs, why?

To be honest, as a child, I really liked walking around the cemetery and looking at photos of the faces of the dead, and I still like it. You look, you think what this person was like, whether they loved him. And they all look at you in response so attentively, only they can’t say anything.))) But I’m a witch.

Question from Nadezhda from Russia: I read the question about the photo on the monument, where there were other people besides the deceased. My question is the following - I need to take a photo on my husband's monument, but there is no suitable photo where he is alone, there is a photo where he is with our daughter. If you process it in Photoshop and, of course, remove the daughter from the frame, then is it possible to put such a photo on a monument, will it harm the daughter?

Question from Lyudmila from Russia: Recently, I found out that the photo for the monument to my grandmother was taken from a picture in which, in addition to her, my cousin and I were depicted (however, we are half smeared on it). Could this circumstance influence our destinies?

That's just the point, that all it - influences, and can damage. After processing the image in graphics editor, you can remove a visible image from the frame, but the energy trace, the phantom of a retouched and (note) a living person, will remain.

The following fact will seem interesting to many - experiments were carried out (it seems in the UK). An undeveloped photo (a piece of white paper) was given to the psychic, and he described in detail the person "depicted" in the photo. In fact, it was just a piece of white paper, there was no visible image! But there was an energy trace invisible to the eye in the photo ...

Placing the image of the deceased on the monument is, apparently, a big and universal occult mistake with far-reaching consequences. A photo or an engraved image on a gravestone, as it were, "seals" the soul of the deceased, tying it to this image (as appearance) and a specific place - a cemetery. It turns out that the soul does not have the opportunity to go into a new incarnation, since both the appearance of the deceased and some part of his energy (through the photo) are “attached” to the buried under image of the dead body.

Please note that it was in Soviet times. In no (as far as we know) country, except for the territory former USSR, on the monuments, a photo of the deceased has never been placed and is not placed. Just the name and dates. And this is despite the fact that in all countries there are technologies that allow both weatherproof photo printing on ceramics and artistic engraving on stone.

In this connection, we were suddenly pierced by a terrible insight. Maybe this is it - occult reason extinction of the country's population? In none of the modern non-Orthodox confessions (neither in Catholicism, nor in Protestantism, nor in Islam, nor in Judaism, nor in Buddhism), is the image of the deceased on the monument allowed! In Orthodoxy, apparently, this also could not be done, at least until the October Revolution of 1917.

Everyone who was at the old (before the 20th century) cemetery will confirm that there are no photos and engraved images on the tombstones! Only embossed names, dates, mournful inscriptions. If there are decorations in the form of ornaments, bas-reliefs or sculptures, then they have absolutely nothing to do with the appearance of the person buried under them.

In the modern (after the 20s of the XX century) cemetery - the vast majority of tombstones contain photographic or graphic image the deceased - a ceramic oval with a photo, an engraving of a face on a stone, or even a bust. And it never occurs to anyone that this one, at least, strange custom is essentially an occult ritual.

The custom of placing images of the deceased on the monument should simply be banned. It was not possible to find any intelligible opinion on this matter from the Russian Orthodox Church. Apparently, the ROC, which denies in principle everything related to reincarnation, is not at all interested in this topic. But in vain. Orthodoxy, due to the decline in the population professing this religion, actually or potentially, is declining at a fairly rapid pace. Including, probably, due to the new custom that has spread among the Orthodox population - to place images of their dead on tombstones. At the same time, on Orthodox websites, one can find, for example, exhortations by priests about the inadmissibility of using the “pagan” rite of pouring vodka on the grave. But the Russian Orthodox Church did not express its opinion about the photo on the crosses and tombstones.

In Islam, as you know, the image of people and animals in general is negative. Of course, it is not accepted to place the image of the deceased on the grave. And this rule was observed by Muslims before and is observed at the present time quite strictly. In Judaism, it is also not customary to place photos on tombstones. In the modern Jewish cemetery, one can sometimes find ceramic ovals with photographs or an image engraved on stone, but very rarely. And such tombstones usually refer to the "new" times. There is nothing to say about Buddhism, but in Tibetan Buddhism, the dead body is treated without any respect at all, believing that it is not the dead body that needs care, but the soul. What a Catholic or Protestant cemetery looks like, many have seen in foreign (European and American) films. There are no photographs or images of the deceased on the tombstones.

But in an ordinary Russian cemetery, located in any region of the European part of the country, almost all tombstones and even crosses are with photographs. This strange custom was imposed on the population of the country, without explaining in any way why to place a photo on a tombstone. So that loved ones do not forget what the deceased relative looked like? For this there are photos in the album. It must be understood that this custom of occult "sealing" must be stopped immediately, before the population of the country has completely died out.

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Hello, on the grave of the father, someone leaves handfuls of coins or a few pectoral crosses, on the monument, on the table, on the floor. Not for the first time. What does this mean and how to be? Thank you.

Tatiana

Tatiana. I do not know who is doing this and why, but I am sure that you do not need to be afraid of anything. Take the crosses to the church, and distribute the change to those in need.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! Please tell me what to put on the grave of a relative, and what not? Is a cross enough, do you need a photo and other information about the deceased? They say that you need something like a monument with photos and data. Tell me what you really need

Yuri

Hello Yuri! First of all, there should be a cross on an Orthodox grave. For the memory of the living, you can hang a sign with the data of the deceased, a photograph. If you eventually wish to erect a monument, then the cross must still be present on it.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good health. I wanted to order a new cross at the cemetery, because the old one had fallen, and they offered me to put a second cross, but I also need to buy it, only it is cheaper. These, they say, are those crosses that are removed to erect a monument. Is it possible to put such a cross at all?

Catherine

Catherine, of course you can. If it is expensive to put a new cross on the grave, put the one that is offered to you. On an Orthodox grave there should not be a monument, namely Orthodox cross.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, is a photo required on the monument of the deceased?

Tatiana

Tatyana, an Orthodox grave must have an Orthodox cross, everything else (monuments, photos, etc.) is not at all necessary.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Good afternoon, father! In the Kharkiv region, a mother and her three children - 6 months, 6 years old and 7 years old - burned down during a fire. They were buried in two coffins: a mother with a 6-month-old child in one coffin, and children 6 and 7 years old in another coffin. And in the cemetery, instead of four graves, there are only two. How does the church treat such cases and is this acceptable at all? God bless you for the answer. Sorry to bother you.

Natalia

Natalya, yes, it is possible, there is nothing reprehensible here: remember, for example, the soldiers mass graves where many people are buried, and over the grave - one big monument or a cross. Moreover, it was the same with the early Christian martyrs - not always each of them was buried separately. Very often the bones of the martyrs, burned in a furnace or torn to pieces by wild beasts, were buried by the pagans in one grave.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello, tell me, please, is it true that earth from one grave cannot be poured onto another? The fact is that when the monuments to my parents were erected, the earth from the graves was mixed up. If this is a violation, how can it be corrected?

Lydia

Lydia, there are no rules in the church that would indicate that you cannot take earth from one grave to another. I don't think it matters. We all live on the same earth, under the same sun, and we all breathe the same air. Don't worry, there's nothing to worry about. The main thing is to pray for your dead, and visit church more often, confess and take communion.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello, father! Doesn't the fact that on the grave Orthodox person when installing the monument and the fence, the workers pulled out an oak cross, put it on the grave, filled it with concrete and laid paving slabs on top. (Upper corner erected monument there is a small Orthodox cross).

Gennady

Gennady, we Orthodox must live and die in the Orthodox way, and we must bury it strictly in the Christian way. The most important thing on an Orthodox grave is, of course, the CROSS. The cross should not be drawn, but it should stand to its full height. Tell me, why is there a monument to the deceased at all, if it is placed instead of the cross? It is not right. The cross should not have been taken out of the grave. The cross is our hope, our hope. And what is a monument - it is a soulless block of marble, which, unfortunately, many now put instead of the Cross. Cross on the grave Orthodox Christian should be mandatory, and not to lie but to stand!

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello! Please answer two questions on Genesis. 1. Why does the Bible tell about the origin of man twice - once in the sixth [Gen. 1:23-29], and the second time on the seventh day of creation [Gen. 2:2-8] and [Gen. 2:15-24]? 2. Why is the creation/creation of man different on the sixth and seventh days of creation? Thank you!

Vladimir

Vladimir, there is no contradiction here, it's just the style of narration characteristic of such ancient monument like the bible. First, it talks about the creation of the world and man as well, and then in more detail about the origin of all things.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello! Please answer my question. My grandmother died, and we don’t know the exact date of death, because they found her on January 12 in the morning, and this date was written everywhere, in documents and on the monument. But having compared some facts, we doubtfully, but came to the conclusion that she died on the afternoon of January 11th. How should we be now and when should we make memorial days, especially the important fortieth day? A very painful question for me. After all, we can be late (if I may say so) with the memorial day. Please help and thanks in advance.

Natalia

Natalia, if the most likely date of death is January 11, then remember in accordance with this date, and without embarrassment.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello! Tell me, please, what would be right: to put a monument on the grave of an Orthodox with the image of a cross and a photograph of the deceased, or just a cross? If you just put a cross, then is it possible to place the image of the deceased on the cross, or is only a plate with a full name allowed? and date of birth and death?

Oleg

Oleg, a Christian should always have a Cross, both during life and after death. The cross on the grave must stand independently of the monument. You can put up a monument, as convenient, but the cross - separately. On the cross, it is better to make only the date and full name, and the photo separately. But you can make a tombstone with an inscription and a photo, and put the cross separately, it will be inexpensive.

Hieromonk Viktorin (Aseev)

Hello. Help, tell me what to do. Neighbors bring from the cemetery grave crosses and set up in front of my windows. They also erected a monument with the image of the deceased. Earlier, my child suffered from the actions of these people - he had been in the hospital for more than a month, and when he was discharged, crosses appeared under the window. I cannot remove them. I live alone and have two small children.

Irina

What, however, "hard-working" neighbors you have come across, Irina! Their energy would be - yes, in a peaceful direction!
Don't be afraid, this whole circus won't hurt you. And yourself - stand strong in faith, live together with the Church, approach the Church Sacraments more often, grace will protect you, and the Lord will not leave His own! The apostle said, "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom. Ch.8, v.31). And besides, you can turn to public utilities, and to the help of the law, because. It is unlikely that the law allows the installation of cemetery crosses taken from nowhere in a residential or public area.

hegumen Nikon (Golovko)

Hello. Thanks for all your replies. I had another question: they ordered a monument for the late mother, and my grandmother wanted (it’s good that they dissuaded her) in advance to make a monument to herself with a portrait and date of birth. Isn't it a sin to order a monument for yourself in advance? And another question: they say that young people should not wear fresh flowers to the cemetery, but only artificial ones - otherwise, allegedly, young people will die. Is it just superstition? And where do people get these nonsense? Thanks in advance for your answers!

Hello Julia! In Orthodoxy, there is a tradition during life to prepare a coffin and a cross for oneself. Many saints have done this, and there is nothing wrong with that. This is the remembrance of death, which should be in every Christian, especially the elderly. If the grandmother wants to order a monument, let her order if the relatives do not mind. Regarding flowers - definitely superstition. Fresh flowers in the cemetery - a symbol eternal life deceased. And superstitions are born from ignorance and unwillingness to study their faith.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

In 2007 I installed a tombstone dead wife. The tombstone made of red granite depicts an Orthodox cross, a portrait of Tanyusha, a favorite flower - clematis and a stylized (unrecognizable) sculptural image of a little girl. The invested meaning is that my Tanya will be like a guardian angel to her granddaughter Alexandra, whom she loved very much. Now eldest daughter Anastasia insists on altering the monument. Advise, father, how to be.

Kozlovsky Vladimir Leonidovich

Of course, your daughter is driven by superstitious fear. The monument does not need to be altered, the plot can be reinterpreted. Look at the icon of the Dormition Mother of God, there the soul of the Mother of God is depicted in the hands of the Savior in the form of a little girl, so this figure on the tombstone can be interpreted as symbolic image souls of the deceased.

Deacon Elijah Kokin

Hello, my name is Natalia, I'm from Kazakhstan. I had one question, but first a little background: my mother, to my great regret, has been gone for almost 5 years, she sang in the church choir and I grew up at the church (if I may say so) and now, I remember that my mother always she said that she did not want a monument to be erected after her death, she allowed us to erect only a wooden cross. She explained it, but I don’t remember how she explained it verbatim. Something said that on the Day of Judgment the cross would have to be carried, and the monument would not be able to be raised ... And my question is: is this described somewhere in the Bible? Where did mom get this idea from?

Natalia

Hello, Natalia.
Putting a wooden cross on the grave is pious Russian tradition. The simplicity of the material speaks of the lack of possession of the deceased.
Many bequeathed part of the funds and property to donate to those in need, and put a simple wooden cross on the grave.
On the other hand, in this way Christians confess their readiness to follow Christ and hope for the salvation of their souls. After all, the instrument of our salvation - the Cross of Christ - was wooden.
Perhaps one should not take literally the desire of mother to carry a wooden cross on Judgment Day, but certainly, she wanted to have evidence that she carried her Cross through all the trials of earthly life.
Bless the Lord.

Priest Sergiy Osipov

Father, bless! On the grave of my father, curbstones were used for landscaping. I want to put a monument on the grave, and remove the curbstones. Can they be used on suburban area? Save me, God.

Oleg

Hello Oleg! These stones are your property, you can do with them as you wish. But personally, I would not take stones from the cemetery home.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

At the burial of my mother 57 years ago, an Orthodox cross was erected. Now I want to erect a monument. Is it possible to replace or remove an old cross that has become unusable?

Alexander

Hello, Alexander! You can erect a monument with the image of a cross, and the old cross, so that there is no reproach, can be burned or sawn into pieces and burned again.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello! I really want to embroider our wedding portrait with my husband. Everything is ready for this. Mom, having learned about my desire, after a couple of days said that it was impossible to do this, that it was something like a monument during her lifetime. I was very upset, so I want to know if this is so, and is it possible to embroider a wedding portrait? Maybe you need to go to church before starting work and ask for blessings. Please tell me how to do it right?

Went to Parent meeting Friday, friend married couple she asked me - a monument, they say, we want to order, which photo is better to choose for the grave of their relative - color or black and white. How should they have answered the fundamentally wrong question? artistic photo you need the one on which the person looks best! But if there is no such thing, the usual one will do, only it needs to be scanned, transferred to digital form and retouched well. In the last century, black and white photographs were preferred because they did not fade in the sun. Now there are a bunch of all kinds of protection tools that allow you to save the image. dear person do not worry - emulsions, double-glazed windows ... But if you need to achieve maximum image clarity, you can color photo making it black and white is not a problem. So it will become more contrasting and will attract more attention to itself.

Here they hesitated a little and asked a direct and somewhat unexpected question: is it really necessary to hang an image of the deceased on the monument? Doesn't this conflict with Orthodox canons? Nowhere in the world are photographs placed on graves - only plates with names and surnames. Because the soul of the deceased, as it were, is sealed by this photograph and can no longer be released. In our country, few people think about it. The tradition of placing photographs on the graves - after all, it originally arose in the USSR, and has not taken root anywhere else.

I tell them: Orthodox Church he does not believe in the transmigration of souls, and whether you use the photo on the monument or not, the priests are deeply indifferent. They only demand that the cross be free from all images. And at the foot of the cross - you can. If instead of a cross there is a stele, all the more possible. Choose a photo and do not suffer from vain doubts.

They seemed to calm down a little, but one problem continued to oppress them from the inside. Is it possible to cut a photo where two people are photographed in half and give one half to the manufacturers of the monument? What if the other person is still alive? After all, their energy auras are inextricably linked. What will happen if this mechanical process somehow affects the second, living one?

I answer them: if there really was no other photo, except for the general one, it would be necessary to take an interest in the opinion of a living person. There are individuals with a solid moral core inside who do not believe in fate. They are deeply indifferent from which photo the image on the monument is separated. Others, on the contrary, believe in damage, evil eye and aura. Then it is better not to use general photographs, it will morally oppress such people. Superstition has never done anyone any good. And if there is no suitable picture of the deceased, I advise you to contact a photographer. He will engrave such an image from a passport photo that the memory will be for many years.

In the end, they decided that they could do without photography altogether. And as for me, it would be better to take a photo on the monument. Over time, the facial features of even the most loved one, who has passed away, begin to fade. Such is the property human memory- she erases and cleans up old memories. I came to take care of the grave - I sat, looked at the portrait, talked to him mentally, and my soul seemed to feel better.

Every religion has its own own attitude to death, respectively, the customs and rituals of seeing off the dead and their burial in each faith are different. The Muslim religion is no exception. It has fairly strict rules for the burial of the dead, and certain requirements are put forward for Muslim monuments. What is allowed to be installed on the graves of Muslims, what can be depicted on their monuments, and what is strictly prohibited by the Koran and Sharia, we will consider in our article. For a good example, here are some photos. Muslim monuments.

Muslim attitude towards death

First of all, it is worth knowing that the Islamic religion has its own understanding of death. For a Muslim, his death is not something terrible, and it cannot be unexpected. People of this religion perceive death as an inevitable phenomenon, and for the most part they treat it fatalistically. It is believed that a good Muslim, who during his life belonged to Allah, after death returns to him. Regret about this is prohibited.

Muslim funerals should be modest and discreet. Unlike Christians, Muslims do not openly grieve and cry loudly. Only women and children are allowed to shed tears for the dead. Since after death the deceased goes to Allah and prosperity is granted to him, it is forbidden to write sad words about the death of the deceased, regrets and promises to grieve for him for a long time on Muslim monuments.

Modesty, devoid of all sorts of rich excesses

Almost all people who adhere to Christian religion, consider it a duty of honor to build graves with worthy monuments for their relatives and friends. They erect huge granite structures, monuments on the graves, they can install statues in the form of angels and the deceased himself. Huge flower vases are mounted into the slabs, chic fences and other structures are installed near the graves, for which relatives have enough imagination and, of course, material resources.

People believe that by spending a lot of money on the construction of chic monuments, they express their love for the deceased person, demonstrate how important he was to them and how much they appreciate him. Muslims, on the other hand, believe that respect for the deceased should be shown in prayers for him, but not with a chic monument erected on the grave. A Muslim monument in a cemetery should look modest, without frills and pathos. It has only one function - to indicate that a person is buried in this place.

The tradition of marking the place of burial originates in one of the hadiths. It says that after the death of Uthman ibn Mazun, the Prophet put a stone in his place of burial and said that now he would know where the grave of his brother was. It is also forbidden by the Koran to step on the graves and burial places of Muslims. Accordingly, monuments help to mark these places.

Acceptable text engravings

According to one version, the Prophet forbade attaching the graves of Muslims to anything, building something over them, and also covering them with plaster. It follows from this that it is also impossible to write inscriptions on Muslim monuments. Some scholars believe that these words about inscriptions should be taken not as a ban, but as an extremely undesirable action. If, for example, the grave belongs to famous figure, a righteous person or a scientist, then the designation on the grave of his name will be considered a good deed.

On the graves of ordinary Muslims, it is allowed to indicate the name of the dead only to designate them. Writing the date of death is undesirable (makruh), but is permitted.

The question of whether it is possible to decorate the graves with inscriptions from the Koran or engrave the words of the Prophet is also controversial. IN Lately such engravings are very common in Muslim cemeteries. But if we turn to history, it becomes clear that this is haram (sin). According to one of the hadiths, it is impossible to engrave the words of the Prophet, suras and verses of the Koran, because over time the graves can be leveled to the ground and people will walk on them. The words of the Prophet can thus be defiled.

What should not be on Muslim monuments and graves

The grave of a true Muslim should be modest. On the monument there should not be inscriptions about the grief of relatives and friends. It is also not worth placing a photo of the deceased on the monument.

It is strictly forbidden to build crypts, mausoleums and tombs on the grave. Sharia prohibits the erection of monuments that are too beautiful and show the wealth of relatives. It is believed that different monuments and lavishly decorated graves can cause quarrels between the dead. This will prevent them from enjoying the welfare granted by Allah after death.

Already for a long time the mosque allows not only to write the name of the deceased and the date of his death on the monuments, but now it is allowed to indicate some symbols. On men's monuments, a crescent can be depicted, and on women's - flowers (their number means the number of children). Photos of Muslim monuments on the grave with such symbols are given in the article.

The form of the monument and the materials from which they are made

Muslim monuments in the cemetery, photos of which can be seen in the article, are usually built from marble or granite. Often they are made in the form of a kind of arched structure, which at the top resembles a dome. Sometimes the top of the monument is made in the form of a dome of a mosque or in the form of a minaret.

Which direction should the statue face?

The question of which direction the monument should face is fundamentally important for Muslims. The grave must be constructed in such a way that it is possible to place the deceased in it facing Mecca. This tradition is strictly forbidden to be violated, and the mosque treats its observance extremely strictly.

Accordingly, the monument is installed only with the front side to the east. For this reason, all monuments face only one direction. Passing through these cemeteries, it is very easy to determine the direction. The east side is always where all the structures on the graves face.

"I want to talk about whether it is possible to take a photo on a tombstone from a general photo.
Very often, when there are no good photos of the deceased, they are cut out from some kind of family general photo with relatives or colleagues.

You know that in other countries, they do not hang out images of the faces of the deceased on tombstones, neither in Europe nor in America, only their full names. and years of life, epigraph.

And we have a tradition with photographs, why?

Question:
- Most recently, I found out that the photo for the monument to my grandmother was taken from a picture in which, besides her, we were depicted with my cousin
(True, we are smeared halfway on it).
Could this circumstance influence our destinies?

The fact of the matter is that all this affects, and can damage. After processing the image in a graphic editor, you can remove the visible image from the frame, but the energy trace, the phantom of a retouched and living person, will remain.

From the conducted experiments:
- An undeveloped photo (a piece of white paper) was given to a psychic, and he described in detail the person "depicted" in the photo. In fact, it was just a piece of white paper, there was no visible image!

But there was an energy trace invisible to the eye in the photo ...

Placing the image of the deceased on the monument is, apparently, a big and universal occult mistake.
(uh, mistake..)
with far-reaching consequences.

A photo or an engraved image on a tombstone, as it were, "seals" the soul of the deceased, tying it to this image (as an external appearance) and to a specific place - a cemetery.

It turns out that the soul does not have the opportunity to enter a new incarnation, since both the appearance of the deceased and some part of his energy (through the photo) are “attached”
to the dead body buried under the image.

Please note that it was in Soviet times that it was invented to place a photo of the deceased on the monument.

In no (as far as we know) country, except for the territory of the former USSR, a photo of the deceased has ever been placed on the monuments and is not placed.
Just the name and dates.

And this is despite the fact that in all countries there are technologies that allow you to perform weather-resistant photo printing on ceramics,
and artistic engraving on stone.

In this connection, we were suddenly pierced by a terrible insight.

Maybe this is the occult reason for the extinction of the country's population?
Not in any of the modern non-Orthodox denominations (neither in Catholicism, nor in Protestantism, nor in Islam, nor in Judaism, nor in Buddhism)
the image of the deceased on the monument is not allowed!
In Orthodoxy, apparently, this also could not be done, at least until the October Revolution of 1917.

Everyone who was in the old (before the 20th century) cemetery will confirm that there are no photos and engraved images on the tombstones!
Only embossed names, dates, mournful inscriptions.
If there are decorations in the form of ornaments, bas-reliefs or sculptures, then they have absolutely nothing to do with the appearance of the person buried under them.

In the modern (after the 1920s) cemetery, the vast majority of tombstones contain a photographic or graphic image of the deceased - a ceramic oval with a photo, a face engraved on a stone, or even a bust.
And it never occurs to anyone that this at least strange custom is essentially an occult rite.

The custom of placing images of the deceased on the monument should simply be banned.

On Orthodox websites, one can find, for example, exhortations by priests about the inadmissibility of using the “pagan” rite of pouring vodka on the grave.

But the Russian Orthodox Church did not express its opinion about the photo on the crosses and tombstones.

In Islam, as you know, the image of people and animals in general is negative.
Of course, it is not accepted to place the image of the deceased on the grave.
And this rule was observed by Muslims before and is observed at the present time quite strictly.

In Judaism, it is also not customary to place photos on tombstones.
In the modern Jewish cemetery, one can sometimes find ceramic ovals with photographs or an image engraved on stone, but very rarely. And such tombstones usually refer to the "new" times.

There is nothing to say about Buddhism, but in Tibetan Buddhism, the dead body is treated without any respect at all, believing that it is not the dead body that needs care, but the soul

What a Catholic or Protestant cemetery looks like, many have seen in foreign (European and American) films.
There are no photographs or images of the deceased on the tombstones.

But in an ordinary Russian cemetery, located in any region of the European part of the country, almost all tombstones and even crosses are with photographs.

This strange custom was imposed on the population of the country, without any explanation,
why put a photo on a tombstone.

So that loved ones do not forget what the deceased relative looked like?

For this there are photos in the album.

It must be understood that this custom of occult "sealing" must be stopped immediately,
until the country's population has completely died out.