State funeral for Archbishop Ziyaye: Body arrives on Thursday, burial Saturday
The body of the late Archbishop of Lilongwe Tarcisius Ziyaye will arrive in the country this Thursday through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) at around14:30 hours after he died at a hospital in Namibia on Monday. He was 71.
After arrival, there will be several masses in Maula Cathedral until burial on Saturday
But Catholic Church communication coordinator Fr. Louis Chikanya said in a media statement that the main solemn Requiem Mass will be on Friday at Civo Stadium since it will be State funeral.
Maula Parish council had an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening chaired by Monsignor Patrick Thawale, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe during Ziyaye’s tenure, where it was confirmed that Ziyaye’s remains are expected to arrive through KIA at 14:30 hours.
According the minutes of the meeting, Small Christian Communities (miphakati) are requested to organise themselves to be at the airport to welcome the body.
“The body will then be taken to Mthunzi Funeral Parlour from the airport for further preparation,” reads part of the minutes.
According to the minutes, from the airport, the body will be taken to Poor Clares Chapel where the first mass will be conducted.
After the mass from the Poor Clares Chapel, the body will be taken to Maula cathedral where it will lie in state and several masses will be conducted throughout the night.
Main requiem mass will be at Civo stadium at 09:00 hours on Friday and after the Civo stadium mass, the body will be taken back to the cathedral.
Meanwhile, Government through the Public Events office is in discussions with the Church on the burial programme.
According to the meeting, the body will be buried within the cathedral premises since he was a serving bishop.
Described as humble by many, Ziyaye was ordained priest on August 14 1977.
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Dedza on November 26 1991 before becoming bishop of Lilongwe on May 4 1993. On January 23 2001, he became archbishop of the Archdiocese of Blantyre.
From July 3 2013, Ziyaye was appointed archbishop of the newly declared Archbishop of Lilongwe, a position he served until his death on Monday.
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nsanje mumphulika mphuliiii.. now wonder you are blind…
We Catholics were strong own our own that the Government .We are state own our own so tisiyireni tichite mwa chi katolika chanthu. Zilemere kwambirinso.
Zoona inu si achipembezo koma andale obisala kuseli kwa chipembezo.
Zoona inu si achipembezo koma andale obisala kuseli kwa chimbezo.
You used to cheat the world that Roman Catholic is a church but not maybe you don’t know let me tell you, I think you have heard about Roman Empire that ruled the whole world but because in those days people were not accessed freedom and some were killed, it happened that France’s General called Bathier caught Pope and put him in the Prison in France and died there. It is where the roman empire became a Roman Catholic after it realized that if we introduce ourself as roman empire people will not believe us but rather be as a church, so combing two church and state is what is Roman Catholic today and she will come where she is going to force people to obey her olders
Double standards! Ku Civo kulibeko covid?
Kodi nde ku CIVO ko, sikukapezeka Covid? Malawians we play double standards akapempha prophet ku Bingu stadium timati kuli Covid.
State funeral?
One less devil to pervert the sheeple in malawi to pray to white jesus an idol instead of serving the living Mighty One YAH.
Chitsiru cha munthu…..
Church funeral done according to Catholic rites and traditions is sufficient. Give state funerals to your chiefs, politicians and others connected to the state
muli nkena kakukhosi osati za maliro zokhazi inuyo. pepani kuti muchira ngakhale mochedwerapo. ngati simudziwa meaning ya state funeral pitani ku xool
Can the govt just let the Catholics celebrate the Bishop’s life the Catholic way instead of jumping in for this trend of state funeral? Having the mass at Civo is because so many parishes in Lilongwe would attend not because of state funeral.
It does not make sense to conduct state funeral.
Let us have a picture that you know what your talking about at least as a human being. Do not just write for the sake of it. Do you think those that have considered it to be state funeral have no better ideas than they have done. Inuyo okhoza kuganiza?