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Communique from the Presiding Bishop Mouneer Anis

Communique from the Presiding Bishop Mouneer Anis

Today the former president of Iran, Dr Khatami received the newly installed Bishop in Iran, Azad Marshall along with Bishop Michael Nazir Ali of Rochester and the Presiding Bishop.

09 August 2007

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

The Church in Society Committee welcomes Prime Minister Gordon Brown's call for a greater international effort to combat global poverty and his reminder to other world leaders of the promises made in 2000 when they committed themselves to the eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty by 2015. 

08 August 2007

Bishop of London to Lead Major Ecumenical Gathering

Bishop of London to Lead Major Ecumenical Gathering

The historic city of Sibiu will host some 2000 delegates from churches across Europe to share their vision and hopes for renewal and unity in Europe.

08 August 2007

Communique from the House of Bishops

Communique from the House of Bishops

The House of Bishops of the Church of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East met in Iran on the occasion of the installation of Bishop Azad Marshall and issued the following communiqué.

07 August 2007

Installation of Bishop of Iran

Installation of Bishop of Iran

Bishop Azad Marshall was installed as sixth Bishop in Iran in a multilingual and ceremony of many facets at St Pauls Church Tehran on Sunday August 5.

06 August 2007

His Beatitude Patriarch Teoctist of Romania

His Beatitude Patriarch Teoctist of Romania

I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of His Beatitude, Teoctist, Patriarch of Romania since 1986, the spiritual father of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

02 August 2007

Parish partnership ensures fun for kids in north Belfast

Parish partnership ensures fun for kids in north Belfast

Teenagers from Ballyholme parish in Bangor, Co Down, gave up a week of their holidays to run a programme of activities for children in Ballysillan, north Belfast.

02 August 2007

Mothers' Union Baghdad addresses humanitarian crisis

Mothers' Union Baghdad addresses humanitarian crisis

The Mothers’ Union revealed today that it has been distributing emergency food aid to people in Baghdad through its 400 member-strong branch in the city. 

01 August 2007

Archbishop of Kaduna installed as a Six Preacher in Canterbury Cathedral

The Most Revd Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the Anglican Archbishop of the Province of Kaduna and Bishop of Kaduna diocese, was installed as a Six Preacher yesterday during Evensong by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, and the Very Revd Robert Willis, the Dean of Canterbury. 

27 July 2007

Spanish Episcopal Church Welcomes - Walking to Emmaus Consultation to Cathedral

Bishops from 24 dioceses in the United States and 31 dioceses in Africa joined the congregation of Madrid’s Iglesia Episcopal de España for a Eucharist on July 22, 2007.  

25 July 2007