Four Roman Catholic nuns and 12 other staff and residents at a care home for the elderly in the Yemeni port city of Aden were killed on Friday in an attack that has been blamed on Daesh. The nuns were members of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The Anglican Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf, Bishop Michael Lewis, has expressed concern following the killing.
07 March 2016
Four decades of ministry in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, will be celebrated next year with special liturgy, a hymn writing competition and a special calendar.
04 December 2015
Saint Andrew’s Church in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has re-opened after nine-months of renovations.
23 October 2015
Clinic staff safe despite damage to buildings
13 May 2015
Conditions "incredibly dangerous, and plain horrible" – Archdeacon in the Gulf
17 April 2015
Churches committed to walking alongside displaced Christian communities in Iraq, other parts of Middle East
13 April 2015
In the wake of the growing crisis in Iraq, a plea for prayer and help has been issued by the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and the Anglican vicar of St George’s Church in Baghdad.
13 June 2014
“There is a need for peacemakers today,” Archbishop Justin told the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus, who is visiting the UK to share the needs of his church in Cyprus.
15 May 2014
Kyrenia has become the first parish in the diocese to have a woman priest as its senior Chaplain.
14 April 2014
Canon Paul Maybury will be moving the Wakefield Diocese to the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf for a new combined post
03 July 2013