Yei, 01 August, 2023 / 8:49 pm (ACI Africa).
The best way to celebrate Martyrs Day in South Sudan is by reflecting on peace and contemplating the lives and the sacrifice of the country’s fallen heroes, a Catholic Bishop in the East-Central African country has said.
Speaking on Sunday July 30 at Christ the King Parish in Yei, Bishop Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo urged the people of God in South Sudan to emulate the fallen heroes and heroines that the country has chosen to remember on Martyrs Day.
South Sudan celebrates Martyrs Day on July 30 to honor those who paid the ultimate price to have an independent country.
This year’s Martyrs Day celebrations in South Sudan fell on a Sunday and therefore, were extended to Monday July 31.
July 30 also goes down in the history of South Sudan as the day that the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior, South Sudanese rebel leader died in a helicopter crash. Garang died in 2005 on his way back to Sudan after visiting his longtime friend, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
