A makeshift bridge that was set up for a Christmas celebration collapsed in Thiruvananthapuram’s Poovar space, Kerala on Monday evening. Around seven folks sustained minor accidents and so they have been taken to the hospital.
Midnight plenty, festivities mark Christmas in Kerala
Meanwhile, the Christian group in the state enthusiastically celebrated Christmas with the festive spirit being heralded by the midnight mass held in church buildings throughout the state.
While Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis led the midnight mass on the St Mary’s Cathedral of Syro Malankara Catholic Church in the state capital, Archbishop Thomas Jessayyan Netto of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese in Thiruvananthapuram performed the service at St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral at Palayam right here.
Apart from them, Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly performed service at St. Francis Assisi Church and Curia Bishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal, who can be the Administrator of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church, led the mass in Kochi. Vaniyapurackal was appointed as administrator following the resignation of Cardinal George Alencherry because the Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church. Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut led the midnight mass on the Matri Dei Cathedral, popularly often known as the Devamatha Cathedral.
In their Christmas messages to their respective congregations, some bishops and monks referred to varied points, together with the wars and conflicts in the world in addition to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan terming as “rescue efforts” the assault on Youth Congress (YC) and Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists allegedly by DYFI employees who confirmed black flags to him.
