TURA/SHILLONG: Maundy Thursday that commemorates the last supper Lord Jesus Christ had with his 12 disciples before his crucifixion on the cross on Good Friday was observed with special church service across the state.
Despite the inclement weather and disruption of power supply, thousands of faithful thronged churches to take part in the religious ritual.
Maundy Thursday is also known as Holy Thursday and falls on the eve of Good Friday. It was on this day, hundreds of years ago, that Christ gathered his 12 disciples for a last meal and foretold them of events that would lead to his betrayal to the Romans by one of the disciples and his crucifixion.
It was on Maundy Thursday that Christ washed the feet of his 12 apostles before the last supper and to recall this historical event mentioned in the Holy Bible, priests across churches enacted a similar scene by washing the feet of 12 clergymen.
In Tura, Bishop Andrew R Marak led the Catholic faithful in observing the holy event at a special service on Thursday evening in which he gave his homily telling of the humility of Christ and the suffering he went through at the hands of the Romans after he was handed over by Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples.
