On November 11, the installation service for Congo Brazzaville Church’s sixth head minister, Rev. Matelama Guy Raoul, was performed in the presence of Tenrikyo Overseas Department Head Masaharu Matsuda and the department’s Europe and Africa Section Chief Michihiro Kiyose. The service was attended by some 350 people, including followers who…
The Autumn Grand Service, which commemorates the Teaching’s day of origin, for the 186th year of the Teaching was performed in the Main Sanctuary on October 26 with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant. On the day of the Service, shortly before 8:00 a.m.—the hour at which Oyasama was…
Under the theme “Letʼs savor the joy of returning to Jiba with as many children as possible!” the 2023 Childrenʼs Pilgrimage to Jiba was held with a new look between July 27 and August 6 for the first time after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this…
All church head ministers are given an opportunity to attend one of the Monthly Services within the boundary bars in the Main Sanctuary between May 2023 and August 2025, except when the Spring and Autumn Grand Services take place. At a time when the pre-anniversary activities in the “three years,…
Oyasato Seminar—a summer program that teaches the young generation of the path from overseas about the Tenrikyo faith—was held this summer in the Home of the Parent for the first time in four years. The English Course and the Portuguese Course began on July 17 and finished on July 22.…
The annual Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day was held on April 29 at a large number of locations throughout Japan and mostly on weekends before or after that day at scores of locations in overseas countries. The event is the culmination of daily hinokishin activities carried out by Yoboku and followers of…