Christians all over the world will celebrate Good Friday on April 6, 2007. If you have never been to St Peter Church for Good Friday, then you should visit historical Melaka (Jalan Bendahara) and experience it yourself.
A little bit about St Peter's church: extracted from a review made in Yahoo Travel
St Peter's church was the primary location for congregations of Portuguese Catholics who had it constructed in 1710, during the period of Dutch rule. Now it qualifies as the oldest Catholic Church in Malaysia and still serves resident worshippers of the Catholic faith. They include descendants of the 600 men that Alfonso d'Albuquerque brought ashore after his conquest of Malacca. The existing bell in the belfry states the date and place of manufacture as 1608 - Goa, and was salvaged from an older church the Dutch had burned down. There is also an alabaster statue of the Lord Before The Resurrection.
What is different about Good friday in Melaka, is that this event is attended by non Christians as well.
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