Religious representatives, joined by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday gathered on the UN headquarters in New York for a prayer for peace.
Guterres addressed the contributors earlier than the prayers began, saying: “We gather at a unique moment on the last Friday of Ramadan as Christians celebrate Easter, Jews mark the hand of Passover and Sikhs enjoy the Vaisakhi”.
“Even the calendar is sending a message of unity. To unite for people. Unite for our planet. And unite for peace,” he continued.
“Peace is needed today more than ever,” the UN chief stated, noting that warfare, battle, poverty, starvation and local weather drive hundreds of thousands of individuals from their properties.
“Let us pray for peace,” he added.
The program began by prayers from Won Budhist consultant Doyeon Park, additionally a Chaplain at New York University, who stated: “In this time of conflict and division, May we all come together to build a peaceful coexistence”.
It was adopted by Christian consultant Chloe Breyer, who’s an Executive Director at Interfaith Center of New York and Episcopal Priest within the Diocese of New York. Breyer prayed for the nations affected by the armed conflicts, together with Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Honduras.
Ramaswamy Mohan, Secretary and Treasurer of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, delivered the Hindu prayer.
Lamin Dibba, Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the UN, recited Islam’s holy ebook of Quran.
Rabbi Joshua Stanton, from the East End Temple in Manhattan and a Senior Fellow at CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, delivered Jewish prayers whereas Sikh consultant Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, who’s the Executive Director of The Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program delivered Sikh prayers.
The program additionally included folks of secular backgrounds by observing a minute of silence for these with out spiritual beliefs by Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, who served as Master of Ceremony.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
