Long queues formed outside St George’s Cathedral in honour of The Arch as members of the public arrived on Thursday to bid farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Tutu’s open casket will lie in state over the next two days for the public to view ahead of his funeral on Saturday.
As per his request, the Arch’s casket was simple and basic, lacking any form of extravagance. The Tutu family arrived at the church and had a brief moment with the clergy while awaiting his body’s arrival.
Tutu’s remains arrived at 08:30 and his casket was blessed with holy water by the Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba.
The clergy of the Anglican church, was requested to be pallbearers who carried the Arch’s body into the Cathedral.
The plain wooden coffin arrived in a funeral director’s van with Tutu’s daughter, Thandeka, who accompanied her father’s body. She struggled to compose herself and wept while being greeted by Makgoba.
The Arch, will be honoured with a category one special funeral on New Year’s day.
Sources: News24, eNCA
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