Update from the Vacancy-in-See Committee
A message from the Vacancy-in-See Committee on the progress of its continuing work. The Committee has met regularly and confidentially by Zoom, and has taken advice from the Archbishop of…
Maggie moves on
Retreats Facilitator Maggie Le-Roy is leaving the Diocese to join the Transforming Southall and Hounslow team at St John’s in London, where she will be responsible for setting up a…
Deacons in the Church of God
Christine Mbona and Innocent Ekpeluchi have been made deacons in separate Ascensiontide eucharists, to great rejoicing.At St Paul Kuwait on Friday 19 May 2023 Bishop Michael presided at a liturgy…
Fr Faiz meets Bishop Curry
On a trip to the US the Reverend Canon Faiz Jerjes, parish priest of St George Baghdad, had the opportunity to meet Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the…
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,…
Holy Trinity Dubai: Prem licensed
On Sunday 30 April 2023 Archbishop Michael licensed the Reverend Prem Mitra as parish priest of Holy Trinity Dubai. Prem has served for many years in parishes in South India…
Fr Faiz visits Washington
The Reverend Canon Faiz Jerjes, parish priest of St George Baghdad, was in Washington, DC this week, vesting for a service at the National Cathedral on Sunday. The service was…
Baghdad welcomes US Episcopal Church
Representatives of the Episcopal Church of the United States (TEC) visited St George Baghdad at the end of April, celebrating Sunday service with the congregation led by parish priest the…
Qatar: confirmations
Two confirmation eucharists, one in English and one in Tamil, were celebrated by large congregations on Friday 21 April in the church of the Epiphany, Doha, in Qatar. Archbishop Michael…