The voices, a mixture of accents, begin to fill Tripoli’s Anglican Church of Christ the King. The parishioners - some 40, primarily Indian though some Africans and westerners sprinkled among them - are accompanied by a small band including a keyboard, violin and drums.
The last Jews of Baghdad: Just SEVEN remain - And they fear for their lives after being named by WikiLeaks
By Jessica Satherley, The Daily Mail
The seven remaining Jews in Baghdad have been named by WikiLeaks, leaving them in danger of persecution, according to the city's Anglican vicar.
By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief, www.gulfnews.com
The Anglican Centre in Doha's church complex will be fully operational by the end of next year, the church rector has said.
By Peter Ould, www.twurchofengland.org.uk
We’ve received this prayer letter via Bishop Mouneer’s chaplain in Egypt from the Anglican Church in Tripoli. Please use it to guide your prayers and note in particular the news about the Roman Catholic Church. We’ve also been told that the phones have been out in Tripoli for the past 24 hours and the TV is showing us that the fighting is not yet over, so the situation may have changed.
Gerald Butt, Middle East Correspondent, Church Times
As the Syrian authorities’ response to the popular uprising becomes increasingly brutal, despite the start of the Islamic fast of Ramadan, the small Anglican community that remains in the country is about to be deprived of pastoral leadership.
By Michael Ireland, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) – A car bomb exploded outside a Catholic church in central Kirkuk, Iraq, early Tuesday, wounding at least 20 people, authorities said.
‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ I imagine that by these words, our Lord welcomed His faithful servant John Stott. We thank God for John’s fruitful life, ministry and for the many whom he discipled during his life.
By Martin Revis ENI news
We cannot wait for politicians to sort things out, we have got to make a difference ourselves," the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told reporters at the conclusion of a two-day conference at Lambeth Palace on "Christians in the Holy Land," which he jointly hosted with Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
The Rt Revd Suheil Dawani, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, on behalf of the St. George's College Foundation and the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is pleased to announce the appointment of the Revd Dr. Graham Smith as Dean of St. George's College. Bishop Dawani stated that "God has indeed delivered to us the right man at this time for this ministry."
By Daniel Blake, Christian Post
The affectionately named “Vicar of Baghdad”, Canon Andrew White, has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious International First Freedom Award for his extraordinary commitment to peace-keeping and religious freedom in Iraq.
From the Office of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
Jerusalem The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, the Rt. Revd Suheil Dawani was denied the renewal of his "Temporary Residency Status" in Jerusalem, effective 24 September 2010.
From Asia News cited on www.speroforum.com
The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have come out against the Israel’ government’s denial of a residency permit in the city to the Anglican (Episcopalian) bishop Suheil Dawani. At the same time, they have renewed their protest against government attempts to impose new taxes on churches, something which was excluded by the UN, and in centuries of their presence had never occurred before not even at the founding of the State of Israel.
by Arieh Cohen, Asia News
Israel’s Interior Ministry has revoked the permit for the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, The Rt Revd Suheil Dawani, to live in Jerusalem, and has refused requests to reinstate it, in spite of protests by Anglican authorities in the West specifically the United States.
The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf will now be able to ordain women as priests and appoint them to single charge chaplaincies. The announcement was made at the annual Synod of the Diocese last week, and was warmly welcomed by members.
by Ed Thornton, The Church Times
THE Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard, has expressed concern about “outrageous attempts to intimidate” about 3400 Iranian exiles who are living in Camp Ashraf, a refugee camp about 40 miles north of Baghdad
"Our Calvary is heavy and it seems long to us. The carnage which took place at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Baghdad, with 58 deaths, among whom two young priests and 67 wounded including another priest, has profoundly shaken us. We are losing patience, but we have not lost faith and hope. (French version included)
BAGHDAD — Two priests, who were among dozens of Christian hostages killed by Al-Qaeda gunmen in a Baghdad church, were buried as heroes on Tuesday after a tearful funeral that drew hundreds of people.
Diabetics in the West Bank now have a much needed clinic thanks to the generosity and determination of Anglicans and Episcopalians in Jerusalem, Ireland, America and elsewhere.
On Wednesday the 15th of September 2010, the Most Rev Dr Mouneer Anis, Bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt, and Dr Ali Gomaa, the Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, celebrated together the Love Campaign at Harpur Memorial Hospital in Menouf. The aim of the campaign is to help those suffering from blindness in Egypt.
