The third Christian cemetery opened yesterday amidst a multi-denominational service consecration.
The ecumenical service was presided by Bishop Aldo Berardi of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia and marked the completion of two phases of the cemetery’s construction.
Representatives of different churches in Bahrain gathered to bless the new burial ground, with Bishop Berardi and Gerard Fernandes of the Christian Communities Cemetery Committee (CCCC) leading the Roman Catholics, National Evangelical Church (NEC) Pastor Blaine Newhouse and Pastor Isaac Inayat of the NEC Urdu community leading the Reformed Protestants, Father Saba Haidosian of the Greek Orthodox Church and Fr Rewais George of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church leading parishioners of the Orthodox Churches, and Bishop Sean Semple and Nicholas Bonaventure of the CCCC leading the Anglicans.
