Deryneia: a memorial garden royal
The Mayor of Deryneia, in Cyprus, Andros Karayiannis, joined the Reverend Peter Day to open the St John Deryneia parish garden in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II and…
Canon Georgia installed
On 23 May Mrs Georgia Katsantonis, PA to successive bishops and a key liaison for the whole diocese, was installed as an ecumenical lay canon at St Paul's Cathedral in…
Cyprus Social Outreach Forum 2023
More than 20 organisations from across Cyprus met in the buffer zone between north and south on 10 May, to discuss the challenges of protecting and supporting the most vulnerable…
Provincial Synod 2023
The Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East—also referred to as the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East—held its annual meeting of Synod on 12 May 2023,…
Vacancy-in-See Committee update
An update on the search for a new diocesan bishop from the Venerable Christopher Futcher, Convenor of the Vacancy-in-See CommitteeThe Committee has received the names of 20 potential candidates from around…
Iran in Cyprus
Five people, both clergy and lay, from Anglican churches in Iran have recently spent time in Cyprus. Archbishop Michael had invited them to join him and others for two days…
Canon Georgia: a first
Archbishop Michael, after consultation with the Very Reverend Jeremy Crocker, Dean of Nicosia, has appointed Mrs Georgia Katsantonis as an Ecumenical Lay Canon of St Paul's Cathedral. Since the 1980s…
Easter at St Mark Famagusta
There was a joyful celebration at the student chaplaincy of St Mark's in Famagusta on Easter Sunday, with the Reverend Anne Futcher presiding. The congregation was joined by four visitors…
Holy Saturday and Easter Day: Baghdad 2023
The evening liturgy on Holy Saturday began as always with the kindling and blessing of new fire outside St George's. The tall paschal candle was marked with the sign of the…
Holy Thursday and Good Friday: Baghdad
On Holy Thursday, known also in Britain and beyond as Maundy Thursday, the people of St George Baghdad commemorated the Last Supper, the Institution of the Eucharist, and the Garden…