About Us

Holy Sepulchre & Ascension Garden Cemeteries are the largest Catholic cemeteries in the region and exist to fulfill family traditions, celebrate the lives of loved ones and strengthen the Rochester faith community.

For 150 years, our mission has been to “assist the Church in fulfilling its ministry to bury the deceased of the faith community in consecrated ground. (Our) Cemeteries serve as a sacred and peaceful site of beauty where family and friends can gather in prayer and remembrance.

Each year, approximately 1500 interments take place in beautifully landscaped cremation gardens, mausoleums, in-ground sections and columbaria at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on Lake Avenue. Ascension Garden, a Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located on Pinnacle Road near Mendon Ponds Park, provides the same beauty and excellent care as the Lake Avenue location while offering new family traditions and remembrances with cremation garden, in-ground sections, mausoleum and columbaria.

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery & Ascension Garden also offer green, or “natural” burial,  sections to meet the growing needs of the community.

Pieta monument in front of 3 crosses

Pray for your loved ones, and embrace your faith and heritage.

Hours of Operation

2 women near a columbarium

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
2461 Lake Avenue
Rochester, New York 14612

Gates Open

Winter: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily (mid October–mid March)

Summer: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm daily (mid March–mid October)

Office Hours

Monday–Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Ascension Garden
1900 Pinnacle Road
Henrietta, NY 14467

Gates Open

Winter: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily (mid October–mid March)

Summer: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm daily (mid March–mid October)

Office Hours

Monday–Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Saturday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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The ministry of the cemeteries is one that reaches into perpetuity in order to care for those who are interred there.  A final resting place is a place that is sacred and should always be a respectful site for family and friends to visit, pray, reflect and celebrate the lives of those loved ones.  If you have any special requests, concerns or needs that cemetery staff can assist you with, please use the preceding form and we will be able to better serve you.

To schedule a visit or obtain information for Holy Sepulchre Cemetery or Ascension Garden, please complete the form below. A member of our staff will contact you. Thank You.