{"id":8182,"date":"2021-12-27T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-to-celebrate-tutu-on-wednesday"},"modified":"2021-12-27T19:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T19:08:40","slug":"namibia-to-celebrate-tutu-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibia-to-celebrate-tutu-on-wednesday","title":{"rendered":"Namibia to celebrate Tutu on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A MEMORIAL service for the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is planned for Wednesday at St Michael&#8217;s Anglican parish in Katutura at 17h00.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Namibian diocese bishop Luke Pato says the service is open to all, including people and leaders of other churches and religions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is who Tutu was. He was an ecumenical person as well as a religious leader in the true sense of the word,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Pato calls on other Anglican clergies across the country to also host memorial services.<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop will be laid to rest in Cape Town on Saturday, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Tutu&#8217;s remains will lie in state on Friday in the St George&#8217;s Cathedral in Cape Town ahead of his funeral.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who helped end apartheid in South Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. A MEMORIAL service for the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is planned for Wednesday at St Michael&#8217;s Anglican parish in Katutura at 17h00. 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