The founder of The Miracle Centre in the north of Johannesburg, Siva Moodley, has been laid to rest 579 days after his death.
The 53-year-old South African pastor, died on 15th of August 15, 2021, after falling ill, but his body remained at the Mortuary till 2023.
He often preached about how he believed that “no Christian should die from sickness.”
The funeral took place on March 16, 2023, in Gauteng. But, Moodley’s family kept his remains at a mortuary in Johannesburg after he passed away in the hopes that he would come back to life.
According to IOL, his family and church members used to go to the funeral home to pray for his resurrection, but after two years of fruitless waiting, they gave up.
Martin du Toit, the manager of the funeral house at the time, asked the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court for permission to bury or cremate Moodley.
However, the court had not scheduled a date for the petition to be heard.
It was learned that while his body was being preserved, his wife Jessie, son David, and daughter Kathryn Jade have been leading church services as usual.
Although the services are always broadcast online, the church was charged with failing to update the membership on his location and failing to publicly mourn his passing on social media.
Moodley’s social media profiles remained active, especially his Facebook and Twitter ones, where he regularly writes and tweets things that appear to be from him.
Staff from Miracle Centre declined to comment when approached by local media, citing a rule that prohibited
