{"id":17951,"date":"2021-09-19T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T14:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17951"},"modified":"2021-09-19T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T13:43:47","slug":"sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey","title":{"rendered":"Sombre mood as Archbishop Lwanga starts final journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Worshippers from all walks of life thronged Namungoona Hill, the home of St Nicholas Cathedral, to pay homage to Orthodox Archbishop Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, a fearless prelate, who died on September 5.<\/p>\n<p>After waiting for two weeks, with the help of President Museveni, the body finally arrived from Athens, Greece, where the archbishop succumbed to prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>It was tears as the casket containing the remains of Archbishop Lwanga landed at Entebbe International Airport slightly after 3am aboard Egypt Air.<\/p>\n<p>The casket was received by high ranking figures in government and the Orthodox Church, who had been driven to the airport in a convoy.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of Archbishop of the Orthodox Church, Jonah Lwanga, arrives at Entebbe International Airport on Friday night. PHOTO\/ DAVID LUBOWA<\/p>\n<p>Bishop of Gulu and Eastern Uganda Silvestros Kisitu led brief prayers on the tarmac before police took the body to the mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased Archbishop will be remembered as a consummate man of God who shepherded the flock with justice, utmost faith and devotion. He spoke truth to power and despised injustice and corruption. He died at 76.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Lwanga wished to be buried in Degeya, Luweero District. However, after consulting the family, this wish was changed.<\/p>\n<p>He will now be buried at St Nicholas Cathedral in Namungoona on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Final journey<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Kampala Metropolitan caretaker Orthodox Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi; Bishops from Gulu, Nyeri, Burundi\/Rwanda, Mwanza, international philanthropic partners, representative of the Laity, government officials and other religious leaders under Interreligious Council of Uganda took part in the Holy Mass and Memorial Service yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, President Museveni tasked Vice President Jessica Alupo to oversee preparations for the burial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are set as a government, in support of the Orthodox Church and family, to say farewell to Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga. I will represent President Museveni at the burial. May the Lord strengthen the family and Church,\u201d Ms Alupo yesterday wrote on her twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the minister of Information and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, announced that government had accorded Lwanga an official burial.<\/p>\n<p>During a council meeting on Wednesday, Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura also tabled proposals from her executive that Masiro to Nakibinge road be named after Archbishop Lwanga.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities also resolved that a road in Kampala be named after his predecessor, the first Orthodox Archbishop Theodros Nankyama, who died in 1997, in memory of his distinguished service to humanity and country.<\/p>\n<p><b>Programme<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 19<\/p>\n<p>-Orthoros and Holy Liturgy<\/p>\n<p>-Signing of the condolence book<\/p>\n<p>-Lunch and public viewing<\/p>\n<p>-Evening prayers<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 20<\/p>\n<p>-Orthoros and Holy Liturgy<\/p>\n<p>-Official burial ceremony<\/p>\n<p>-Buganda government<\/p>\n<p>-Religious Leaders<\/p>\n<p>-Government officials\/ chief mourner<\/p>\n<p>-Lunch<\/p>\n<p>-Departure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Worshippers from all walks of life thronged Namungoona Hill, the home of St Nicholas Cathedral, to pay homage to Orthodox Archbishop Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, a fearless prelate, who died on September 5. After waiting for two weeks, with the help of President Museveni, the body finally arrived from Athens, Greece, where the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-17951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sombre mood as Archbishop Lwanga starts final journey - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Worshippers from all walks of life thronged Namungoona Hill, the home of St Nicholas Cathedral, to pay homage to Orthodo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sombre mood as Archbishop Lwanga starts final journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Worshippers from all walks of life thronged Namungoona Hill, the home of St Nicholas Cathedral, to pay homage to Orthodo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-19T14:20:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/09\/img-61473e7d9707b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sombre mood as Archbishop Lwanga starts final journey\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-19T14:20:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/09\/img-61473e7d9707b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/sombre-mood-as-archbishop-lwanga-starts-final-journey\",\"name\":\"Sombre mood as Archbishop Lwanga starts final journey - 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