‘Walk of Witness’ taking place on Good Friday

Good Friday is a very special day for Christians world-wide and it will be marked in Bury St Edmunds with a “Walk of Witness” through the town centre.

The churches in and around the town are holding a special service on Friday, April 15, beginning in the Cathedral, at 10.30am.

There will then be a procession, starting at about 10.55am from the Cathedral, across Angel Hill, up Abbeygate Street, and along Buttermarket to the Market Square.

The walk will be behind a large wooden cross and will be accompanied by a single drum beat.

At the Market Square there will be a stage, where, at about 11.10am there will be a short service of songs and dramatised readings.

This will finish by about 11.40am with coffee and hot cross buns.

Heather Corbell, the chair of Churches Together in Bury St Edmunds and District, said: “Our purpose is to identify with the basic facts of the Christian gospel on this special day, to communicate the great message of Easter and to be a united witness to our town.”