Tag: procession

Millions attend funeral procession for Iran’s Raisi in Tehran

Millions of mourners flocked to a funeral procession in Tehran on Wednesday after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident, footage from Iran’s state television showed. The broadcaster showed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading a prayer ceremony in front of the victim’s coffins. The procession then made its […]

Huge crowd attends funeral procession for Iran’s president

The first of several funeral ceremonies began in Iran for president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sundays helicopter crash. Thousands of government supporters flocked to the ceremony in the north-western city of Tabriz on Tuesday to bid farewell, state media reported. Tabriz is the capital of East Azerbaijan province, where […]

Alexandria Museum of Art’s Luminary Procession lights up Alex River Fete

Weaving his way through the streets of downtown Alexandria, a big black spider with glowing red eyes marched with other lighted figures including a pelican, an alien head, a dragon, a goldfish, a mermaid and an alligator in the Alexandria Museum of Art Luminary Procession Friday evening. The procession, led by the Pineville Elementary School Drumline, is […]

CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer’s funeral procession in uptown Charlotte.

Note: You can watch a live stream of the procession here. It was shortly before 7 a.m. when police cars began slowly pulling into a public lot on East Trade Street across from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police headquarters. Inside the lot are two fire trucks and others pulling in with unmarked vehicles. It’s not accessible to […]

Hundreds lead procession for fallen Billerica police sergeant

BOSTON, Mass. – Law enforcement from several departments across the commonwealth stood by and alongside the body of Sgt. Ian Taylor for a procession from Lahey Hospital to the Medical Examiner in Boston. Hundreds of officers gathered along the street and in the procession roughly 18 miles from Burlington to Boston. The Billerica police officer […]

Pope presides over Saturday Easter Vigil after missing Good Friday procession

Pope Francis has presided over the Saturday-night Easter Vigil service at the Vatican a day after making the last-minute decision to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. Francis entered the darkened, silent St Peter’s Basilica in his wheelchair, took his place in a chair and offered […]