Announcement: resignation and retirement
Archbishop Michael announces, in conformity with Article 13b of the constitution of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, that he will resign as Bishop of the Diocese of…
Dubai: serving seafarers
Fr Kent Middleton has taken on a new and additional role serving seafarers in and around Dubai ports. While remaining parish priest of St Luke Ras al Khaimah with St…
Christ in our world: from the Canon Theologian
Leonardo da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi may contrast rather starkly with modern imagined settings of Nativity that are to be found on Christmas cards, but what it tries to…
Bahrain: the next Dean
Archbishop Michael is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Dr Richard Fermer as the next Dean of St Christopher's Cathedral, Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. For the…
BTh degrees awarded at St Barnabas
A degree congregation was held at St Barnabas Limassol on 15 November, to admit two new Queen's College graduates to the BTh in Discipleship and Ministry.Archbishop Michael admitted graduates Caroline…
Bahrain: licensing and remembering
In the course of a parish visit to Bahrain that began on 11 November, Archbishop Michael licensed the Reverend Dr Franklin Isaac as Associate Priest of St Christopher's Cathedral and…
Abu Dhabi: Mother Christine’s licensing
On 6 November 2022 in a eucharist at St Andrew's Archbishop Michael formally licensed the Reverend Christine Trainor as Anglican parish priest of Abu Dhabi. She had until that point…
Meeting Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew: a historic event
On Friday 4 November a party of 32 from St Christopher's Cathedral in Bahrain, including Archbishop Michael and Julia, attended a unique ecumenical service of prayer for peace at the…
Anglicans and Armenians
Archbishop Michael, accompanied by Julia and Fr Drew Schmotzer, recently called on HE Bishop Mesrob Sarkissian of the Armenian Orthodox Church, Prelate of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Relations…
Jebel Ali confirmations
On 1 November, the Feast of All Saints, Archbishop Michael confirmed 32 candidates at Christ Church Jebel Ali in the Emirate of Dubai. Fr Jim Young presented Christ Church's candidates,…