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Full Week of Prayer for Mandela

e-News Source - South Africans have set up this week as a full week of prayer for their deceased hero , Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela . On the first day of the week of prayer , Sunday , December 8, 2013 , in Johannesburg , hundreds of people packed the cornucopia of every house of worship . They are united in an outpouring of prayers and songs of praise for the sake of a political opponent of apartheid brave men who willingly locked up for 27 years of it.

Methodist Church in Johannesburg , South African President , Jacob Zuma appealed to people to keep the fire lit to keep the spirit of Mandela , the struggle for freedom and justice . " He also taught us what it means reconciliation , forgiving one another into a single nation , " said Zuma in front of over a thousand in attendance at the church congregation .

Of Soweto , Pastor of Regina Mundi Catholic Church , Sebastian Rossouw calling Mandela a light in the darkness . He invites his congregation to emulate the attitude of the first black president of South Africa was : never give up , humble and able to forgive others .

Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island by the white minority regime against its struggle . He was released from prison in 1990 and became the first black president of South Africa in a multi - racial elections in 1994 . A year before he was elected as president , Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize along with FW de Clerk . Mandela is sentenced to suffer lung infections , breathed his last on Thursday night last .

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