All the churches throughout the island will observe a two-minute silence to mark the 6th anniversary of the lethal horror attacks on Easter Sunday (April 21) in 2019.
This minute of silence will be held at 08.45 a.m.
today (21) in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the awful battles, according to the interactions system of the Archdiocese of Colombo.National Catholic Mass Communications Director Fr.
Jude Krishantha Fernando specified that the solemn event will begin at 8.30 a.m.
at St.
Anthonys Church in Kochchikade, commanded by the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith.It is scheduled to be participated in by spiritual leaders, ambassadors, and victims and their families.Fr.
Jude Krishantha Fernando even more mentioned that His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith will announce the Vaticans recognition of those who died in the Easter Sunday attacks as witnesses of faith at 5.30 p.m., and the Mass will be held.Sri Lanka was left devastated on April 21, 2019 after a group of suicide assailants of the now-outlawed regional Islamic extremist company National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) performed a series of coordinated bomb blasts at St.
Anthonys Church in Kochchikade, St.
Sebastians Church in Katuwapitiya, Zion Church in Batticaloa, Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La hotels in Colombo and a visitor home in Dehiwala, leaving more than 270 people consisting of foreigners dead and at least 500 individuals hurt.