Jakarta –
National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo and TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono visited the cathedral church of jakarta. They have come to the cathedral to observe the performance of the Christmas night mass.
monitoring detik com, Saturday (24/12/2022), at 20.15 WIB, Sigit and Yudo arrived at the Cathedral Church. Kapolda Metro Inspector General Jaya Fadil Imran was also seen.
Arriving at the place, they immediately entered the building of the Cathedral Church. They also wished the whole Congregation a Merry Christmas.
“As Chief of the National Police, I wish a Merry Christmas to all my beloved brothers and sisters. Merry Christmas in 2022,” Sigit said.
Yudo said the same thing. He wished the whole Congregation a Merry Christmas.
“We, on behalf of the soldiers of the TNI, wish you a merry Christmas, and thank God this year we can celebrate Christmas more than last time, obviously because it is after COVID,” Yudo said.
Earlier, the Jakarta Cathedral Church held a Christmas celebration service for 2022. The congregation capacity provided for the Christmas celebration services this time was over 2,000 or 50 percent of the maximum capacity.
“As for seating capacity, we are grateful that more has been added than last year. The church seating capacity for the congregation is 730, if added by officials it becomes 800. Then outside the church, at Plaza Maria and Samaria it is 530, Plaza Pledge of Youth there are 50 people, then there are 300 front yards. Then there are 500 tents in front of the church. Then about 2,180. Maybe later there will be tolerance up to 2,300 or 2,500 people,” said the head of the cathedral of Jakarata Pastor Albertus Hani Rudi Hartoko, SJ, to reporters in the Cathedral Church, Central Jakarta on Friday (12/23).
Romo Rudi admitted that this capacity was still half before the pandemic. He said that, before the pandemic, the capacity could reach 5,000 people in a worship celebration.
“In total, it’s still half of what it was before the pandemic. During the pre-pandemic period the capacity was 5,000 for one service. This year it’s still not bad, 50% is half,” he said.
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