This evening our group attended a memorial service for the Christians who were killed in Alexandria, Egypt, a few days ago by a bomb. The service was organized by Sabeel, an Ecumenical Center of Liberation Theology in Jerusalem run by mainly Palestinians. A few months ago, there was a bombing of a Christian church in Iraq. Many people fear that there soon may be a wave of attacks on Christians throughout the Middle East. The service we attended was an Ecumenical service, consisting of many different Christian denominations from Catholic to Orthodox to Lutheran and Episcopal. Bishops and priests from all these denominations attended the service and participated in it, including our bishop, Tom Shaw.
Media from Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt attended the service, filming the entirety of it. Tonight (8pm Israel/Palestine time, 1pm Boston time), the service was on both the Palestinian and Lebanese news. On Friday, the entire service will be broadcast on CTV which is the Coptic TV, a denomination of Christianity known as Coptic Christians who have origin in Egypt.
The main purpose of the memorial service was to use the recent tragic bombings of Christians in the Middle East in a positive way, to work against the violence in a peaceful way. We are continually hoping and praying for peace between and among all religions.
All photos and text are by:
Paulina Muratore
Paulina Muratore
Class of 2013, International Relations
Boston University
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