On December 1, 2024, Tenrikyo Canada Church conducted its 90th anniversary service. On the same day in 1934, Canada Church was established as a directly supervised church of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. The service drew followers from all twelve church affiliations present in Canada—mostly people living in the country but also…
Happy New Year, everyone. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you for working on various tasks of the path last year. The final year of the “three years, one thousand days” has just begun. A little over two years ago, in the autumn of 2022 (Tenrikyo 185),…
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. The Grand Service commemorates the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887. In the Service prayer,…
Church Headquarters held its traditional New Year’s event called the “Sechi Festival” at the Home of the Parent from January 5 to 7. The festival, which has continued from the days when Oyasama was physically present, attracted 45,689 people—including church groups and families—to the Home of the Parent over the…
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service for the 188th year of the Teaching was solemnly performed in the Main Sanctuary with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama presiding as chief officiant. On New Year’s Eve, it was windy due to a winter atmospheric pressure pattern. In the early hours of New…
In the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, which still suffers from the effects of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps carried out relief activities in the city of Wajima from September 28 to October 17. With a total of 451 members mobilized, the corps worked primarily…