Easter Service Watch: Good Friday sunrise flowering of the cross
Church, government, civic leaders and health care workers gathered as the sun rose outside Addington Hospital for an Easter Service on Friday.
A small gathering of 40 or so invited church, government, civic leaders and health care workers gathered in front of Addington Hospital as the sun rose on Good Friday to honour Health Care Workers in the absence of the traditional annual public Diakonia Council of Churches Good Friday Service and Procession due to Covid restrictions.
The sunrise Good Friday service and procession of the cross through the streets of the city has been a long held tradition in Durban attending by hundreds of people. However, the advent of Covid-19 has meant that the event had to be reduced in size to comply with lockdown regulations that limit the number of people who may attend public gatherings.
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On January 4th, Bishop Moses Hamungole of the Catholic Diocese of Monze in Zambia announced via a Facebook post that he had tested positive for COVID-19 at the Monze mission hospital in his diocese. He added that he had since been transferred to the Levy Mwanawasa hospital in the capital, Lusaka. He sought to reassure everyone:
I am well taken care of here and the is no reason to worry about. I’m calm and confident to pull through this Covid19 attack. I wish to thank you for your prayers. At the same time, I want you to take Covid19 pandemic real and to urge you to follow all health regulations. Let us remain United in prayer!
News24 Wire Gabuza had been in Durban for two years and was recognised as a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor. The Catholic church s archbishop coadjutor of the archdiocese of Durban, Abel Gabuza, has died of Covid-19. Gabuza died at Hillcrest Hospital at 11:35 after being in the Intensive Care Unit for a week battling the virus. Picture: Vatican News
Gabuza died at Hillcrest Hospital at 11:35 after being in the Intensive Care Unit for a week battling the virus.
Napier said Gabuza had been in Durban for two years and was recognised as a gentle, caring and warm-hearted pastor. He added that through his gentleness, caring and warmth, Gabuza made an immediate impact on everyone who was privileged to have worked and met with him.