Easter is the time share the glorious
resurrection of Christ with the world.
This is what makes Jesus unique.
The founders of every other religion
have graves except Jesus, his tomb
is empty. In India religious processions
are very common and attract great attention.
Our Easter procession ended in my church. Here are some scenes from the evening.
On April 22nd we are having an open air
Christian music concert featuring
Vijay Benedict in our church.
Pray that this may touch the hearts of many people.
An Easter rally was taken out in the city on Saturday (April 7th) as a part of Easter celebrations. The procession started at Naini and after passing through areas culminated at Union Church in Civil Lines.
The procession started with word of prayer by Bishop Rajendra B Lal. He appealed to the people to learn from the life of Jesus Christ who forgave even his enemies. Director of administration Dr Vinod B Lal and Registrar of SHIATS Prof Dr AKA Lawrence gave their contribution in route arrangement of the procession while SHIATS pro-V-C Prof SB Lal convened the procession.
Several tableaus formed the part of the procession. The first tableau showed Jesus in a garden with his disciples, the second tableau showed Jesus carrying the cross while the third was based on crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The fourth tableau exhibited the grave of Jesus Christ guarded by four Roman soldiers while the fifth depicted the victory over death by resurrection of Jesus Christ for which Easter is celebrated. The Sixth tableau depicted the appearance of Jesus after his resurrection.
The last tableau carried the Bhajan mandli ( choir) who after witnessing the glory of Jesus and gave the good news of Jesus Christ by singing different devotional songs. The procession was attended by thousands of devotees. Media incharge Arun Yadav said Easter Sunday will be celebrated at Yeshu Darbar at 10am which would be addressed by Bishop Rajendra B Lal while state PWD minister Shivpal Singh Yadav will be the chief guest.
(source Times Of India - my edited version)
13 Fertilize my soul:
does this mean this was written up in the newspaper? how exciting for your church!
If I think well, it was also great possibility to tell other people about Christ!
In Poland we have more "silent" Easter and we had it week ago - in Gregorian calendar. But this Sunday there were also celebrations of Easter in Polish and Russian Orthodox Church - in Poland there are a lot of Orthodox Christian.
Hi Amrita,
What a wonderful testimony to the Resurrection. It's sure to have an impact on your community.
John Cowart
www.cowart.info/blog/
In my country, we don't have Easter rallies. A small number of churches sometimes run Christmas rallies ... but not on streets ... just from door to door among a certain church members.
It's good to learn that India is more open to christianity.
hi Jada Gigi, Oh yes all the media people were around, the TV cameras too, it was real exciting.
Reverant celebration in Poland , in India too its like this, but here it was done differently
Hello John nice hearing from you
Hello John nice hearing from you
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Hello Amrita,
Lovely photos. We had several processions in the city and every church had its own procession.As you know there are several churches in Kochi and the roads were fully crowded. There were traffic jams for hours. Enjoyed reading your write up.
Best wishes,
Joseph
Wow!
It is so interesting to see India's culture.
Happy belated Easter!
HE is RISEN! :)
Thank you for sharing your video.... I enjoyed the photos as well.
Happy Belated Easter.
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