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The Pilgrimage continued with the early Morning Easter inter-faith celebration at ChoongAng Lutheran Church on Seoul’s Namsan. The service leader was host pastor Rev. Choi Ju Hoon.
Anglican Primate Kim Keun Sang asked the question, “Where is Galilee?, referring to the secondary theme of the pilgrimage, Matthew 28:10, which says,“don’t be afraid, tell my brothers to go to Galilee and there they will see me.” Galilee, he said, is not the place controlled by the Pax Romana or under the Jerusalem administration, but is the place of God’s peace, where the sorrowful are comforted and the truth is known.
For Korea to find the way to Galilee, the government must be willing to hear the voices of the victims in suffering situations and respond to their needs.
He challenged each one in attendance to reach out to the suffering and share their pain. In ministering to the suffering, we minister to Christ, to the risen Christ, and in doing so, we ourselves will know the power of the resurrection.
On the afternoon of Easter Sunday a solidarity worship service was held at Gwangwamun Plaza in the centre of Seoul with the families of the victims of the Sewol Disaster. Pastor PARK Seung Ryeul of Hanori Church led the ceremony of the Lord's Supper.
Fifty of the parents of drowned students had their heads shaved bold as a sign of rejection of the compensation the government had offered, as a sign of mourning and as a sign of their determination to do everything in the scope of their power to elucidate the death of their children. They had walked on a pilgrimage in white robes of mourning from the Memorial Altar in Ansan to Gwanghwamun for the afternoon service, carrying the images of their dead children.
The service was followed by a candlelight vigil.
So ended Holy Week in Korea, as Christians, and the whole society, prepared for the one-year anniversary of the Sewol sinking.
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