Victoria: Multifaith Service for Malaysian Flight MH17

Malaysian Airlines

A Multifaith Service at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne on Thursday 24 July at 10am will mark the tragic loss last week of 298 lives aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.

The service has been timed, in part, to allow delegates from the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne this week to mourn colleagues who perished when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine.

A multifaith service will be held on Thursday 24 July 2014 for people wanting to pay their respects and show support for the families and communities, here and around the globe, affected by the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy.

The Anglican Primate of Australia, the Most Revd Dr Philip Freier, and the Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Dr Denis Napthine, will be joined by members of the Dutch, Malaysian, Indonesian, British, Belgian, German and US American, and Canadian communities.

Dr Freier will preach, and Dr Napthine and Consular representatives will lead an Act of Remembrance. Representatives from Victoria’s faith communities and the Victorian Council of Churches will participate in the service. Clergy and laypeople from the affected national communities lead prayers to remember those who perished.

Dr Freier said: ‘Our sympathies and prayers are with the thousands of people who are grieving the loss of family members, The tragic loss of Flight MH17 reminds us that, in this globalised world, we are intimately connected with the suffering of people far away and in conflicts we often don’t understand’

The service will be supported by Victorian faith leaders and the Victoria Council of Churches.

The service will be begin at 10.00am at St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne (corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets).

Registration is not required.

A National Commemorative Service will be held at a later date.

Condolence Books

  • Condolence books are available for the public to sign at the State Library, Parliament House, Melbourne Town Hall and libraries across the state.
  • Condolence books will be available at St Paul’s Cathedral on Thursday for the Multifaith Service