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Council of the Church of East Asia meets in Hong Kong ahead of dual anniversary celebrations

Celebrations in Hong Kong to commemorate the arrival of Anglicanism and founding the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui

20 October 2023

Anglican Church of Kenya marks half-century with plans for monument to founding father

A German missionary who was instrumental in the spread of Christianity in Kenya is to be honoured with the creation of a new chapel.

10 November 2020

Mothers’ Union members celebrate 100th anniversary in the Pacific Islands

Mothers’ Union members in the Pacific Islands have been celebrating their centenary with a week of events in the Solomon Islands.

06 November 2019

Golden year of celebration as the united Church of North India marks 50th anniversary

The united Church of North India is using its 50th anniversary to review, consult and then re-set its mission priorities for the next decade.

19 July 2019

Hong Kong’s cathedral celebrates 170 years – part of the birth of the city

Hong Kong’s St John’s Cathedral is holding a year of celebration to mark its birth 170 years ago in 1849, at the start of British colonisation.

24 May 2019

The Anglican Church of the Epiphany in Egypt’s Port Said celebrates its 130-year anniversary

An Anglican Church which was first created to care for English-speaking workers on the Suez Canal has celebrated its 130th anniversary.

13 May 2019

Praise service celebrates Irish hymn writer Cecil Frances Alexander on her 200th anniversary

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Anglican hymn writer Cecil Frances Alexander was celebrated with a praise evening in Enniskillen.

13 March 2019

Archbishop of Canterbury celebrates 25 years of women’s ordination in Church of England

A service has been held in the chapel of Lambeth Palace to celebrate 25 years of the ordination of women in the Church of England.

04 March 2019

Janani Luwum’s family reconcile with Idi Amin’s kinsmen on 42 anniversary of martyrdom

The family of Archbishop Janani Luwum have reconciled with kinsmen of former Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, who ordered his killing.

20 February 2019

Bishop laments “the long accumulation of misdeeds” on Sri Lanka’s Independence Day

Bishop Dhiloraj Canagasabey of the Church of Ceylon has said that a gap has opened between the nation’s rulers and those who are ruled.

06 February 2019