An interfaith service to remember all those who died during the 1916 Rising took place yesterday (Sunday April 3) in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. Representatives of all the main faith communities participated, including Archbishop Michael Jackson.
This year the Church of Ireland Gazette is marking its 160th anniversary, having been published continuously since March 1856.
The following sermon was preached by The Right Rev. Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Cathedral Church of St Fin Barre, Cork.
Transcript of Archbishop Richard Clarke’s Easter Day Sermon, given at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. ‘What makes Easter a celebration of victory and hope is the witness of Christ’s resurrection to the truth that divine love is stronger than earthly death.’
Archbishop Michael Jackson’s Easter Day Sermon preached at Sandford Parish Church. ‘The future holds out to us the need for an ethic of altruism.’
Archbishop Richard Clarke’s Sermon at the Dawn Service at the Argory, Moy, Co. Tyrone, Easter Day, 27th March 2016
Representatives of the four main Christian churches in Derry, including Bishops Ken Good and Donal McKeown, have led a cross–community ‘Walk of Witness’ through the centre of Derry–Londonderry to commemorate Christ’s death on the cross at Golgotha.