The February Monthly Service took place in the Main Sanctuary on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. The day was cold, the weather being cloudy with snowflakes falling now and then, though the red blossoms on a plum tree near the Foundress’ Sanctuary heralded the coming of spring. The Shinbashira…
The annual Sechi Festival was held at the Home of the Parent from January 5 to 7. This traditional event has continued for well over a century, having started in the 1870s when Oyasama shared the New Year’s offerings of rice cakes with the followers and villagers. For this year’s…
The December Monthly Service was performed at Church Headquarters on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira first expressed his gratitude for God the Parent’s blessings constantly given to all humankind and the world. Looking back on the steps we took during 2004, he said,…
On January 1, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the New Year’s Day Service in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding. The Service marked the beginning of the 168th year of the Teaching, which will be the concluding year of the “three years, one thousand days” season leading up to the…
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the November Monthly Service on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. A number of directly supervised churches–including Honriyo, Sakurai, Kasaoka, Shikito, Ikoma, Kawanoe, Aboshi, Yamakage, Shikishima, Toai, Izumi, and Toyoshige–organized group pilgrimages to Jiba between the 25th, the day before the Monthly Service, and the 28th,…
The Autumn Grand Service for the 167th year of the Teaching was performed on October 26 in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding. Despite the cold rain, some 85,000 followers, including many who came from overseas, gathered for the Service, seating themselves in the four…