Church of the Manc Goths

This sounds fun!

BBC's Jesus sings Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

The BBC plans to mark the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ this Easter with an hour-long live procession through the streets of Manchester featuring pop stars from The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and featuring songs by The Smiths and New Order.

In the programme, called Manchester Passion, a character representing Jesus will sing the legendary Joy Division anthem Love Will Tear Us Apart before dueting his arch-betrayer Judas on the New Order hit Blue Monday, according to senior church sources involved in the production

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If I lived near here I'd seriously consider going along, although I have the feeling it probably won't be gothic enough...

The Goth Eucharist I especially like the T-shirts:
It will be a long-sleeved black t-shirt with a quote from St. John's Gospel's farewell discourse printed on the front and the back. The front will say simply 'IF THE WORLD HATES YOU…' and the back will say 'REMEMBER IT HATED ME FIRST'
The liturgy seems quite 'normal' though....