The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral and Paris churches will ring in honor of the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, a decade after the worst attacks on French soil since World War II.
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris announced: “Tonight, the bells of all the churches in Paris will ring to call us to unite together” to pray for the 132 victims (there are officially two who committed suicide due to post-traumatic stress), for their families and loved ones and “for those who survived that night and who are still suffering the consequences.”
Thus “the great bell will ring for all churches between 5:57 p.m. and 6:02 p.m.” Local time, according to the time of the Archdiocese of Paris.
Ten years of “a long night of torment”
“Ten years ago, our city was plunged into brutal mourning over the deaths of 130 innocent people. For many of us, the memory of November 13, 2015 remains, even today, the memory of a long night of pain” and “shock at the scale of evil,” Archbishop Ulrich declared in a message to Parisians.
The Archbishop noted that masses in memory of the victims would also be held in Paris churches, and called on residents of the capital to light candles in their windows.
This honor comes as part of a full day of commemoration, which will be broadcast live on television. TF1 and France 2 And the radio France InterAs well as on the giant screens in Republic Square.
Remembrance and tribute to the victims
Starting at 11:30 local time, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered; The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the victims’ associations are scheduled to meet in the square of the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (the suburbs of Paris), to commemorate the first victim of that night, a Portuguese man who died in one of the three explosions caused by the largest number of jihadists who detonated the explosives attached to their bodies.
Later, Macron and Hidalgo will tour the streets where a second commando from three other terrorists opened fire with military rifles on people on the balconies of five bars and restaurants at 1:50 p.m.
Next, they will head to the Bataclan hall (2:30 p.m.), where a third of three jihadist commandos stormed in and opened fire on attendees of a rock concert, killing 90 people.
November 13 Memorial Park
But the main event will take place from 6:00 p.m. In the Memorial Park on November 13, on Place Saint-Gervais, next to the Paris City Hall, which will be officially opened by Macron, Hidalgo and the presidents of the 13onze15 and Life for Paris associations, Philippe Duperron and Arthur Denovo. The first lost his son at the Bataclan and the second survived the same attack.
In addition to members of the national and municipal governments, the ceremony will be attended by 1,500 guests, including victims, families, judges, police officers, emergency services, health services, first responders and all those mobilized on the night of November 13, 2015.
Under the artistic direction of Thierry Ripoll, responsible for the opening ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the two-hour ceremony will serve as the centerpiece of the display with the Tree of Lights, a century-old elm symbol of republican justice that will be transformed through a video projection system.
At his feet will be accompanied by a state-of-the-art electronic organ, the Radio France Choir and the District 13 Choir made up of 44 survivors, as well as other surprise performances that will be recorded in a commemorative album that will be available at the end of the event on all streaming music platforms.
All profits will be donated equally to two victims’ associations: 13onze15 and Vida por Paris.
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