Tag archives: Worshippers

Thai cave boys adopt saffron robes of Buddhist novices to honour dead rescuer
July 31, 2018 By Faith Matters

Thai cave boys adopt saffron robes of Buddhist novices to honour dead rescuer

Eleven boys from a football team rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences were ordained as Buddhist novices on Wednesday in memory of a volunteer diver who died during their rescue. Dressed in white robes, the boys and their 25-year-old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, arrived at the Wat Phra That […]

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Londoners mark anniversary of mosque attack with minute’s silence
June 19, 2018 By Faith Matters

Londoners mark anniversary of mosque attack with minute’s silence

Senior British political figures joined faith and community leaders on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of an attack by a far-right extremist who drove a van into Muslim worshippers leaving a London mosque. Darren Osborne, 48, ploughed his rental van into a crowd leaving Ramadan prayers in Finsbury Park, north London, in the early hours […]

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