The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s chapter in Gia Lai has formally appointed Venerable Thích Nhật Cầu as Head of Thua An Pagoda located in the province’s Pleiku City at a ceremony held on September 23.
Present at the event were Most Venerable Thích Trí Thạnh, Head of the Discernment Committee of the VBS in Gia Lai, Most Venerable Thích Từ Vân, Chairman of the VBS executive committee, and large numbers of monks, nuns and lay Buddhists in the locality.
Guests at the event included Chairman of the provincial Committee for Religious Affairs in Gia Lai Hồ Hải Tần.
At the ceremony
On the same day, the death anniversary of Most Venerable Thích Viên Quán, former Vice Chairman of the VBS Executive Committee in Gia Lai and former Abbot of Thua An Pagopda from 2007-2012 was also solemnly commemorated by local VBS leaders and lay Buddhists.
PTT