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| Days of Prayer for the Province Feast of All Saints Sunday 1 November 2009 (and Friday 30 October where applicable) - go here...... |
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A STATEMENT BY BISHOP MICHAEL LEWIS - 25 October 2009 “The Rt Revd Michael Lewis, Bishop of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and at present travelling in the Arabian Peninsula, telephoned Canon Andrew White on Sunday evening to hear details of the devastating bomb blasts of the morning of Sunday 25 October very close to St George's Anglican church on Haifa Street in Baghdad. ‘Canon White, currently in England for preaching engagements but due to be back in Iraq soon, is examining photographs of the widespread damage to the church compound. The dental and general medical clinics and the Mothers' Union kitchen and food-aid facility have apparently suffered terribly, with equipment destroyed beyond use. Church vehicles, vital for transporting worshippers, have been wrecked. The lovingly landscaped and tended grounds, in which many children play, are a wilderness. While the church building itself stands, windows, both glass and frames, have been blown out entirely. ‘The photographs were emailed by a key lay leader. At present it is unclear whether church members were among the dead and wounded. ‘Bishop Michael and his wife Julia paid their most recent visit to St George's at the start of the summer, where well over a thousand people greeted them at the principal Eucharist. "The faith and love of the people of St George's is powerful and extraordinary. So is their resilience," he said. "It's heartbreaking to think that the clinics, which I opened last year and have been in constant use since then by Baghdadis irrespective of creed or affiliation, have suffered so badly. But the impressive Iraqi leadership team, together with Andrew White, will be determined to carry on witnessing to the unstoppable compassion of God in that great, battered city.” |
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STATEMENT BY THE BISHOP IN CYPRUS AND THE GULF The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf, the Rt Revd Michael Lewis, announces, with effect from 1 June 2009, the appointment of the Rt Revd Azad Marshall as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, to perform such functions peculiar and appropriate to the Order of Bishops as Bishop Michael may from time to time authorize. Bishop Azad is Diocesan Bishop in Iran and a brother bishop in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. In particular, such Urdu-language churches and congregations as have hitherto looked to Bishop Azad for episcopal ministry will now avail themselves of that ministry within the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf while looking to Bishop Michael as their Ordinary and diocesan bishop. Please pray for Bishop Azad and for Lesley his wife. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf: 1 June 2009 |
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STATEMENT BY THE BISHOP IN CYPRUS AND THE GULF BAGHDAD News from Baghdad of the recent atrocities in and just outside the Green Zone is every bit as sad as anything that has come out of that city since the invasion. Many deaths of people harmlessly going about their business and lives have occurred. I have talked to Canon Andrew White as the situation has unfolded. Although it would not seem that St George's was among the significant buildings targeted, the church, clinic, and the other buildings within our Anglican compound have suffered damage, not least the loss yet again of glass from all the windows. There have almost certainly been injuries or worse among the large number of people who use the compound and are part of the community of St George's. My heart and prayers go out to all in Baghdad: to those of the various Christian traditions and to their brothers and sisters of Islam and other faiths. Please pray for the victims of war, terrorism, and poverty. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf: 20 August 2009 |
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FROM BISHOP MICHAEL: I am delighted to be able to announce that the Revd Nigel Dawkins, whom I licensed on 1 July this year to the chaplaincy of the Yemen at Christ Church, Tawahi, Aden, will marry Miss Catherine Lewis-Morris at St Mary Caterham in the Diocese of Southwark in the UK on Saturday 17 October. Catherine Lewis-Morris is a chartered accountant and has been a tax consultant. She has recently completed three years of training and formation for ordination at Ridley Hall Theological College, Cambridge. Please pray for Nigel and Catherine and for the wide-ranging and demanding work of the Yemen chaplaincy in all its variety. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf: August 2009 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf, the Rt Revd Michael Lewis, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Revd Alan Hayday, retiring from the Deanery of St Christopher's Cathedral, Bahrain and the archdeaconry in the Gulf, as Honorary Canon of St Christopher's Cathedral, Manama, Bahrain with effect from 1 June 2009. Please pray for Canon Alan and Mrs Pam Hayday, now living in the Diocese of Lincoln. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf: 1 June 2009 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf, the Right Reverend Michael Lewis, is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend John Tyrrell, formerly Archdeacon of the Klondike and Rector of Dawson City in the Diocese of Yukon, Church of Canada, and latterly a locum and interregnum chaplain in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe, to be Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Nicosia, Cyprus. He will be licensed and installed in the autumn on a date to be announced. Please pray for him and for his wife Carol. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf: 31st May, 2009 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Andrew Notere, priest of the Diocese of Willochra in the Province of South Australia, to be Chaplain in Paphos in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. He expects to license him to the post in early autumn 2009. |
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ANNOUNCEMENT - 29 March 2009 The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Christopher Butt, Team Rector of South Gillingham in the Diocese of Rochester, England, to be Dean of St Christopher's Cathedral, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. The Reverend Chris Butt will be installed in Bahrain in October on a date to be confirmed. Pray for him and for his wife Tricia as they prepare for life in the Gulf and in the diocese. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf |
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ANNOUNCEMENT - 3 March 2009 We have been notified of the death of the Venerable Ralph Lindley CBE at the age of 88. After St John's Durham and a curacy in Blackburn he served as an RAF chaplain from 1955 to 1970. From 1970 to 1978 he was Chaplain at Abu Dhabi and Archdeacon in the Gulf, before becoming General Secretary of JMECA ( the Jerusalem and the Middle East Churches Association) from 1978 to 1985. The funeral will take place on Saturday, 7th March at 11am in St Briavels Church, Lydney, Glos., GU15 6SA. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf |
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ANNOUNCEMENT - 2 March 2009 The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Canon Derek Smith, Team Rector of Melksham, Diocese of Salisbury, to be Chaplain of St Barnabas Limassol, Cyprus. Canon Smith will move to Cyprus in August. His licensing by the bishop will take place on a date to be confirmed. + Michael Cyprus & the Gulf |
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ANNOUNCEMENT - 24 February 2009 The Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Canon Bill Schwartz OBE to be Archdeacon in the Gulf, to be held in conjunction with his present appointment as Chaplain in Qatar. It will take effect immediately upon the retirement of the present Archdeacon, the Very Reverend Alan Hayday. Bishop Michael also notes the announcement by the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral Nicosia and Archdeacon in Cyprus, the Very Reverend Stephen Collis, of his forthcoming retirement, due to take effect in August, 2009. Please pray for Bill and his wife Edie, and for Steve and his wife Kath, as well as for Alan and his wife Pam, and for their congregations and places of ministry. + Michael Lewis Cyprus & the Gulf |
The last three bishops of Cyprus
and the Gulf
L-R: Rosemary and Bishop John Brown; Jane and Bishop Clive and Betty and
Bishop Harry
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Former Bishops: The Most Reverend George Clive Handford Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf (1996 - April 2007) and President Bishop, Jerusalem and the Middle East (2002-2007) The Rt. Reverend John Brown - 1987-1995 The Rt. Reverend Harry Moore - 1983 -1986 Anglican Communion Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East Some History |
