Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the September Monthly Service on the 26th at the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. After expressing his gratitude for God’s daily blessings and protection, the Shinbashira said in the Service prayer: “Having entered the latter half of the pre-anniversary period, we Service…
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the August Monthly Service on the 26th at the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. After expressing his gratitude for God the Parent’s blessings, the Shinbashira said in the Service prayer: “We always take serious problems occurring around the country and overseas as…
The July Monthly Service was duly conducted on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. On that day, high atmospheric pressure brought scorching heat to Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that the temperature reached 35°C (95°F) at 231 of…
This year’s Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba was held between July 26 and August 4 under the theme “Filled with Joy! Hinokishin!” Looking forward to this annual summer festival, a total of 238,598 children and adult leaders—approximately 5,000 more than last year—returned to the Home of the Parent from all over…
On July 6, the third Shinbashiraʼs funeral was held in Kitaoji-jokojo (the bus loading and unloading area, just east of Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School, on the north side of Kitaoji boulevard) in the Home of the Parent, drawing more than 20,000 people who came to pay their last respects…
On June 27, a ceremony known as the transfer of the soul was held for the third Shinbashira at 7:30 p.m. at the Shinbashiraʼs residence with an attendance of about 4,700 people including Church Headquartersʼ officials, head ministers of directly supervised churches, staff members of Church Headquarters, students of Tenrikyoʼs…