Soldier Becomes a Pilgrim

Southland Times, Issue 24597, 20 November 1941, Page 9

Soldier Becomes a Pilgrim

The hardships endured by pilgrims of the Middle Ages to reach the holy shrines of Palestine no longer exist, but soldiers who pass through that country still find interest in visiting the churches of Jerusalem, and receive as a record of their visit certificates of pilgrimage. Signalman J. Colman, of the New Zealand Base Signal Company, who visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre recently, received a certificate of pilgrimage signed by the Very Reverend Archimandrite Kyriakos. guardian of the church. This Signalman Colman has sent to his mother, Mrs J. Colman, of Kaiapoi. The recipient is certified as having “duly visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the other holy shrines within the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, and as a pilgrim made therein his pious devotions. We pray and beseech the Almighty and Eternal ’.ord God that He will bless and save the above-mentioned pilgrim, preserving him from all evil and danger, and that I"i will be his guide and stay when the storms of this life beset his way.” The certificate is headed in ancient Greek characters, “The All Holy Sepulchre, Church of the Resurrection.”