DIAKONIA Council of Churches, will hold its traditional annual ecumenical Good Friday service at dawn on Friday, 3 April from the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC) before processing silently through the streets of the city, to the Durban City Hall.
Meditative singing will start at 5.15am, followed by the silent procession at 6am and will conclude at approximately 8.15am at the City Hall with the flowering of the Cross – as an act of commitment by all present to act for a just society.
Each year, the service highlights a particular aspect of national suffering and injustice. The service this year will focus on the theme ‘Arise and Act for a Just Society’ with the sermon by the Right Reverend Rubin Philip, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Natal.
The first Diakonia Good Friday service set off from the Central Methodist Church to Durban Central Prison to pray for the sixteen treason trialists incarcerated there in 1985. “Since 1985 the Diakonia Council of Churches has called Christians together on Good Friday to celebrate the central mystery of our faith. At the same time we have tried to conscientise and make people aware of Jesus suffering among us today,” said Nomabelu Mvambo-Dandala, executive director of Diakonia Council of Churches.
Contact the Diakonia offices on 031 310 3500 for more information.
