(UTV | COLOMBO) – His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith called for Sri Lanka to observe a 2-minute silence and appealed for all places of worship to ring bells to commemorate victims of last year’s 21 April Easter Sunday bombings.
The Cardinal called for bells to be rung at all religious places of worship nationwide at 8.40 this morning (21) and requested the victims be remembered.
“Keep a 2-minute silence at 8.45 AM and light a lamp or a candle at your home at 8.47 AM and observe religious rites to commemorate the victims,” said Cardinal Ranjith.
However, all public activities that were scheduled to mark the first-year commemoration of the Easter Sunday bombings will not be held due to the curfew imposed to stem the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Church has cancelled all masses and religious events at St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, Negombo, and St. Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade, which suffered the brunt of the bombings.