Ecumenical Service marks the Lord’s Passion in South Africa
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| Nuns carry the Cross during a silent march celebrating Good Friday in Durban, Douth Africa |
On Good Friday morning, South Africans in Durban, KwaZulu
Natal commemorated the Lord’s Passion with an Ecumenical Service. Still in
KwaZulu-Natal, a Pentecostal Church wall collapsed killing 13 people.
English Africa Service – Vatican City
Pentecostal Church wall collapses, killing 13 people
Late Thursday night tragedy struck when thirteen people were
confirmed dead after a section of a Church building collapsed on them, in South
Africa’s eMpangeni area, KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
Part of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in a small village
of Dlangubo, KwaZulu-Natal Province collapsed due to heavy storms killing
thirteen worshippers and injuring sixteen others. According to the
state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, the disaster happened
at an Easter Passover service.
The Durban Ecumenical Good Friday Service and silent
procession
On Friday morning, the Ecumenical Good Friday Service took
place in the City of Durban concluding in a silent procession with the Cross.
According to organisers, the Ecumenical Good Friday Service
early Friday morning was designed to give people an opportunity to clearly
demonstrate their faith in a united ecumenical and prophetic witness.
Blessed are the Peacemakers
The theme of this year’s Ecumenical Good Service was,
“Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” and the
Preacher was Reverend Thato Tsautse of the Anglican Church, Diocese of
Pretoria.
After the Service, there was a silent procession to the
Durban City Hall, where the proceedings concluded.
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