Anglican Communion News Service

Today (Wednesday 14 January 2009) brought more injured and wounded patients to Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, as each of the last 18 days has. One patient who came to Al Ahli recently was Mohan'nad, a 9 year-old boy whose leg was badly injured when a building near his home was damaged. Thankfully, the doctors and staff at Al Ahli were able to save his leg.

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Jerusalem, January 7th, 2009 - At a time when great tragedy is occurring in the Holy Land in Gaza, I want to share some insight into what we are experiencing on a moment to moment basis. Our Diocese has one of 11 hospitals serving a population of 1.5 million residents in the Gaza Strip. The Al Ahli Arab (Anglican) Hospital has been in operation for over 100 years and has a very dedicated medical staff of doctors, nurses, technicians and general services personnel.

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Jerusalem - During recent weeks, the three Abrahamic Faiths have observed their Holy Seasons with a sense of peace and goodwill. Therefore, we are greatly grieved by the severity of the ongoing military operations in Gaza that are occurring in heavily populated areas and impacting the civilian population.

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The Anglican Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf, whose diocese includes Iraq, has expressed his strong solidarity with all Christians there at a time when they in particular are suffering a spate of violence. The bishop recently visited Baghdad, where he met religious and political leaders, including major Shi'a and Sunni figures, as well as diplomats.

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The Mothers’ Union revealed today that it has been distributing emergency food aid to people in Baghdad through its 400 member-strong branch in the city. Utilizing its Emergency Relief Fund, which enables Mothers’ Union branches all over the world to facilitate work in times of crises, Mothers’ Union has sent £5,000 through Canon Andrew White, vicar of St. George’s Baghdad, enabling the members at the church to provide food, and where necessary blankets and medicine, to hundreds of people displaced or impoverished throughout the city.

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'Christ's mission is mine today'. These striking words were said by the new President Bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East The Most Revd Mouneer Hanna Anis at his recent investiture in All Saints Cathedral, Cairo. The service was full of colour, sound and drama which emphasised the diversity of musical and liturgical traditions that exist in this Province.

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Historic St George's Anglican Cathedral was filled to overflowing on Low Sunday, 15 April as the 14th Anglican bishop, the Rt Revd Suheil Dawani, was installed and welcomed as bishop of this important diocese in the life of the Anglican Communion. Local Jerusalem Orthodox, Lutheran, Armenian, Coptic, Protestant and Roman Catholic prelates, pastors and members of religious orders, processed into the cathedral accompanied by a Palestinian Youth Marching Band

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The re-consecration of the church was led by the Rt Revd Dr. Mouneer Anis the bishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt and North Africa. Bishop Anis invited the Roman Catholic Bishop of Tripoli the Rt Revd J. Martinelli to join in the re consecration.

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Members of the Central Synod of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East met in Cyprus on 5th February, 2007 and unanimously agreed the following statement:

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A special pilgrimage of religious leaders for these last days of Advent to Bethlehem has been welcomed by local Christians as a 'sign of hope' in the midst of a devastating situation. As Christians dwindle in numbers in Bethlehem, it is becoming an increasing concern for the future of what one bishop calls 'the living stones' as well as the great shrines that one Christian from Beit Jala told the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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The Catholic and Anglican bishops of Jerusalem have welcomed the announcement by UK church leaders of their pilgrimage to Bethlehem. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Moderator of the Free Churches the Revd David Coffey, and the Primate of the Armenian Church of Great Britain Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian are to undertake a four-day visit to the Holy Land from the 20th-23rd December. The focal point of their visit will be a pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

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For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help.

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The Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin have approved an emergency allocation of 20,000 pounds from Bishops Appeal funds to help with the settlement of displaced persons during the current Middle East crisis

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The Revd Stuart Kenworthy, rector of Christ Church, Georgetown, took leave from his parish in January to serve as an Army chaplain with the 372nd Military Police Battalion in Iraq. Kenworthy, who holds the rank of major, ministers to members from all branches of the service. This is an excerpt from one of his regular dispatches to his congregation

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Writing to the Heads of Churches in the Lebanon, Dr Williams said 'I have been alarmed at the spiral of violence, the vicious circle of attack and retaliation, that has developed over the last few days. My prayers and sympathy are with the principal victims, the innocent civilians on both sides of the border, who now live in terror and are powerless to prevent the collective suffering at the hands of Hizballah and the Israeli military

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I was saddened to read in The Guardian newspaper of 17th November a front page article headed 'Archbishops threaten split over gay clergy'. The article noted that a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury was posted on conservative evangelical websites and was being read around the world before he had had an opportunity to read it himself

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The Third Anglican South-to-South Encounter has graphically demonstrated the coming of age of the Church of the Global South. We are poignantly aware that we must be faithful to God's vision of one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

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From 25th - 30th October 2005, about 120 delegates, representing 20 provinces within the Anglican Communion, from Africa, Asia and Latin America, will be meeting in Egypt for their third Global South Encounter. The Conference will take place at the Red Sea

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A new Anglican Church Centre is to be built in the State of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf. The initiative has arisen from the generosity of the country's Ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who has ensured an allocation of land for churches and church communities in Doha, the country's rapidly-developing capital

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On 15 June 2005 the elections for the new Coadjutor Bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East were held in Amman, Jordan. At the end of the second round, the Rev. Canon Suheil Dawani was elected as the new Bishop. He will work alongside the current Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Riah Abu-Assal, for a period of two years.

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The last remaining Anglican church in Iraq has praised the level of support it has received from the Anglican Communion and wider faith communities and has appealed for further assistance to meet its immediate needs and future goals. St George's Memorial Church in Baghdad, part of the Anglican Congregation of the American Embassy Chapel, is an important centre for the Iraqi Christian community

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It is with tremendous grief and sadness that I inform you that the Israeli special police force entered St George's Cathedral Close today without permission and took Mordechai Vanunu into custody

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We, as members of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network, representing 23 Provinces of the worldwide 75,000,000 member Anglican Communion, have visited the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem over these last 8 days, and during that time have been inspired by the faith of the people in the diocese

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The Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee has issued the following statement and asked that it be circulated as widely as possible

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Former director of studies becomes new Dean of St George's Jerusalem, one of the Anglican Communion's foremost continuing education centres

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As chief pastor of the Anglican community in the Holy Land, I greeted Mordechai Vanunu this morning at 11am as he was released from Ashkelon prison. He is an Anglican Christian and expressed his desire to offer thanks to God for his release from prison as his first act as a free man.

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Brothers and Sisters...Christ is risen! Let us rejoice. Let us achieve, with the grace of God, our own resurrection, spiritual and social. As we gaze on the Cross of Christ, we need to ask ourselves some penetrating questions if we would claim to be true disciples. In the first instance we must ask if we are ready to repudiate self-interest as the chief motive of our lives, so that we can readily accept the burdens of life which others lay on us.

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