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Christmas messages 2008

Christmas messages 2008

Christmas Messages from around the Communion.

23 December 2008

The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations

The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations

The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (IASCER) held its last meeting in Kyoto, Japan, under the chairmanship of the Most Revd Drexel Gomez, Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. 

17 December 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion

Human beings, left to themselves, have imagined God in all sorts of shapes; but - although there were one or two instances, in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, of gods being pictured as boys - it took Christianity to introduce the world to the idea of God in the form of a baby: in the form of complete dependence and fragility, without power or control. 

15 December 2008

Lambeth Conference Bible Studies Booklet now available

Lambeth Conference Bible Studies Booklet now available

'I am' ....Journeying with the Gospel of John through Lambeth, the set of Bible Studies written by an international team of biblical scholars for the use of the bishops and spouses at the Lambeth Conference are now available in PDF format on the Lambeth Conference website

11 December 2008

Churches urge Europe's leaders to build a greener economy

Churches urge Europe's leaders to build a greener economy

In advance of the EU summit this month, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden and the Presiding Bishop of EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) have written to the President of the Council of the European Union, HE Nicolas Sarkozy, urging him to ensure that "that climate considerations are not marginalised in the search to find short and medium term solutions to immediate economic pressures."

09 December 2008

Archbishop expresses sadness at the death of Patriarch Aleksii II of Moscow

Archbishop expresses sadness at the death of Patriarch Aleksii II of Moscow

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has expressed his sadness on being informed of the death of Patriarch Aleksii II of Moscow.

08 December 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury shares with CRS members a review of the Communion's work and Lambeth 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury shares with CRS members a review of the Communion's work and Lambeth 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told the annual meeting of the Compass Rose Society (CRS) in November that the tensions and ruptures within our Communion are not going to be resolved in a hurry

04 December 2008

A Communique from the Anglican/Al-Azhar Dialogue Committee

A Communique from the Anglican/Al-Azhar Dialogue Committee

The Joint Committee, which is composed of a delegation from the Anglican Communion and from Al Azhar Al Sharif held its seventh annual meeting in Cairo on 18-19 November 2008 corresponding to 20-21 Dhu Al-Qa'da 1429.

04 December 2008

Archbishop of Canterbury response to the DRC catastrophe

Archbishop of Canterbury response to the DRC catastrophe

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Commissioner Betty Matear of the Salvation Army and Bishop Nathan Hovhanissian of the Armenian Church, have released a statement in response to the humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

03 December 2008

AIN Hawaii 2009

AIN Hawaii 2009

The next AIN gathering is being planned for April 23-27 at the Kilauea Military Camp (a retreat site not an active military base) at the Volcano National Park on the island of Hawaii.

02 December 2008