Coventry: British cathedral commemorates Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb victims

A memorial service is held on Aug. 6, 2023, at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England, to mark the 78th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

LONDON (Kyodo)—A memorial service has been held at a major cathedral in Coventry, central Britain, to mark the 78th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

At the Hiroshima Day Remembrance Service at Coventry Cathedral on Sunday, about 150 attendees mourned the victims of the two cities, estimated to have totaled 214,000 by the end of 1945, and prayed that nuclear weapons will never be used again.

The service has been held almost annually since its creation in 1987 by the city council-endorsed Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, with the city building ties with other cities devastated in World War II.

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