#RipArchbishopTutu | Archbishop Thabo Makgabo prays as Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s body arrives at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. The Arch to lie in state for two days for members of the public to pay their last respect to #ArchbishopTutu (from 9 am) until 5pm today.

South African Government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucSOikIECrA

The Cathedral's bells have been ringing for 10 minutes every day at noon since his death. The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner died on Sunday, aged 90.

Tutu’s simple pine coffin with rope handles, adorned with a single bunch of white carnations, was carried into St. George’s, which provided a safe haven for anti-apartheid activists during the repressive white-minority rule.

His body was received by Most Revd. Dr. Thabo Cecil Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town.

Priests burnt incense as Tutu's simple wooden coffin was carried into the cathedral.

Tutu's eldest daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, accompanied by other family elders, walked slowly behind as the coffin entered his former parish.

His frail wife Leah had been wheeled into the church earlier.

He had clear wishes for his funeral and plans to honour him;

1.He wanted no ostentatiousness or lavish spending. He, infact, asked that the coffin be the cheapest available.

2.He wanted only the bouquet of carnations from his family to be the only flowers in the cathedral.

3.He also asked that those who wanted to buy flowers send the equivalent amount of money to the two foundations instead.

4.Tutu's body will lie in St. George's Cathedral, his former Cape Town parish for two days; Thursday and Friday.

5.His funeral will hold on New Year’s Day after which his body will be cremated and his ashes placed in the Cathedral.

Hmmmm....

Death....the necessary and unavoidable end of every living thing.

Rest well Bishop.

You've done and ran your race.

Adieu...

So his body will be burnt into ashes

When i die i want to b buried same way...jux a simple casket n no much noise...rest well bishop

Rest on God's servant.

Omo RIP sir

Rest in peace sir.

RIP Bishop

Rip

Death is inevitable; all I'm praying for is God blessing and more money to put things in orders in my family and few people I can reach before I start to d go my own. At least 77- 80yrs even 83 will be ok for me

Rest in peace Archbishop

Simple casket. I wouldn't be surprised if he gave them that instruction before his passing. . No celebrity funeral or lying-in-state would have looked this simple. All na dust property. Live well in fear of God and kindness to humanity.

So then,everyone shall give the account of himself to God...

modest life till the end

Simply coffin if Nigeria. There will buy Gold
coffin to show case

The casket is a simple one.Modest man.
I personally do not like the idea of cremation.

RIP Bishop

Rest in peace dada, you will be missed

The world is not our own.
We are just passing through.

Sighs!!!!!!!!!!

Death is a call every mortal must answer at the appointed time.
RIP sir, you have fought a good fight.

”He wanted no ostentatiousness or lavish spending. He, infact, asked that the coffin be the cheapest available”.

In all honesty, we need to realize that once life is out of the body, every other thing is irrelevant.

”He also asked that those who wanted to buy flowers send the equivalent amount of money to the two foundations instead.”

Still in the act of blessing people, even in death.

Rest in Power!

RIP Sir

RIP Baba Agbalagba

.....we build connection with people in our life only to one day lose them and never see them again....... I dont like the idea of death unfortunately it is the surest thing in life

Rest in peace to the illustrious son from Africa to the World.

He displayed rare courage by standing tall for the emancipation of the black race from racism.

A staunch supporter of Nelson Mandela, he showed what true forgiveness is by not allowing the past to tie him down to the ills of apartheid.

Rest on, true servant of God

RIP to him

“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”
Ernest Hemingway,

whereas in South east especially in Anambra the family of the dead will tax everyone millions of money for burial of the dead. Expensive casket, Cows, foods and foreign wines will be imported for the burial just for show of affluence and ignorance. Some will even sell their landed property or borrow money from the bank just to please the dead whose soul is already detached from the physical body for transition to the world unknown.

R.I.P TUTU. You were truly a man of God not all these businessmen who parade themselves as Gods servant in Nigeria

Only remembered by what we have done.

The memory of the righteous shall not perish.
But at the mention of the wicked like Abacha, Azikiwe, Awolowo and other wicked dead Nigeria leaders, the people hisses.

Good night God's General.
Forever Remembered for Good!

See the simple casket that is used for such an ICON. If it is my fellow countrymen they will borrow money only to import gold casket. Let us learn from this. RIP 'ODOGWU'

Eriokanmi:

Simple casket. I wouldn't be surprised if he gave them that instruction before his passing. . No celebrity funeral or lying-in-state would have looked this simple. All na dust property. Live well in fear of God and kindness to humanity.

So then,everyone shall give the account of himself to God...

Definitely his request

TMKsouth:


Definitely his request

You see. He's like that. I knew it