Anglican Christians in Zimbabwe gathered in Harare square Sunday to reclaim, cleanse, and re-dedicate their historic cathedral after the nation’s top court returned it to its congregation. Men, women, and children danced and sang spirituals to celebrate the end to a five-year lockout at the hands of an excommunicated bishop.
Standing at the head of a large procession, Bishop Chad Gandiya struck the main doors of the church three times with a pastoral staff to have them opened. He blessed the interior with signs of the cross and presided over the first Eucharist service held by Anglicans since they were banished from churches nationwide.
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