Brides wait in a waiting room during the Easter 2026 mass wedding ceremony at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) headquarters in Zuurbekom, Westonaria, on April 5, 2026. Since 1962 the International Pentecostal Holiness Church IPHC has held mass weddings three times annually: on Easter Sunday, first Sunday of September (marking the IPHC New Year) and during the Christmas weekend in December. Close to 60 couples walked down the aisle, some entering marriage for the first time, others embracing polygamous unions, and exchange vows in the presence of their families, the IPHC congregation, and under the spiritual guidance and blessing of His Grace, The Comforter FLG Modise. (Photo by ILARIA FINIZIO / AFP)
Since 1962 the International Pentecostal Holiness Church IPHC has held mass weddings three times annually: on Easter Sunday, first Sunday of September (marking the IPHC New Year) and during the Christmas weekend in December.
Photographer Ilaria Finizio was there to document the event.
Couples walked down the aisle, some entering marriage for the first time, others embracing polygamous unions, and exchange vows in the presence of their families, the IPHC congregation, and under the spiritual guidance and blessing of His Grace, The Comforter FLG Modise.
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