2024-04-10 17:44:12
Unprecedented offering full of promises from Essaouira to the Giralda Cathedral of Seville
Seville – “Today in Seville it is at the Hassan II Pavilion, headquarters of the Three Cultures Foundation, that the largest Christian congregations of Andalusia gathered to follow the path that Morocco has opened to our respective spiritualities, those of the Three Religions of the Book, so that they meet, exchange and come together,” declared the Advisor to His Majesty the King and co-president of the Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation, Mr. André Azoulay, at the occasion of the ceremony of handing over by the mayor of Essaouira, Mr. Tarik Ottmani of ”The Cross of Christ”, an offering from Souiris artisans to the Brotherhood of ”Brothers of Christ of the Crown”.
Made from thuja wood in the purest tradition of the great Souirie school of marquetry, this Cross, more than 2 meters high, will take place under the porch of the Bronze Gate which gives access to the Giralda Cathedral, visited every day by tens of thousands of people.
Recalling “the exceptional welcome” given by HM King Mohammed VI and the Moroccan people to Pope Francis during his historic visit to Morocco, Mr. André Azoulay underlined the “strength, singularity and exemplarity of this message which bears the seal of Morocco and which from the Giralda Cathedral is sent to the Community of Nations more than ever in search of benchmarks.
In the same wake, the president of the municipal council of Essaouira, Tarik Ottmani, indicated that the presentation of this Cross of Christ is a message of fraternity sent by Morocco to Andalusia and Spain.
In this perspective, thanking the representative of the Archbishop of Andalusia for his moving prayer for HM the King and for the Moroccan people, Mr. Ottmani concluded by eloquently recalling the recent launch of the International Festival “The Soul of Cultures”, another Souiri meeting dedicated to the Moroccan school of diversity and intercultural dialogue.
2024-04-10 17:44:12