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Victory Against All Odds - An Easter Message from Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith

The Most Revd Dr Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa, presents his Easter message for 2024.

02 April 2024

Anglican Communion called to repent as primates affirm commitment to walk together

A Task Group established at the request of the primates in 2016 has produced prayers of repentance for the fifth Sunday of Lent (29 March 2020).

20 January 2020

Environment Network calls on Anglicans around the world to use less plastic

The Anglican Communion’s Environment Network (ACEN) is encouraging Anglicans around the world to reduce their use of plastic.

08 March 2019

The official name for Pancake Day is Shrove Tuesday. But what is it?

Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday (also called “Pancake Day”) is the final day before the 40-day period of Lent.

13 February 2018

Lent Resources: Church of Ireland reflections focus on Anglican Communion’s Five Marks of Mission

A series of Lenten studies from the Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland fosters a biblical approach to the Five Marks of Mission.

13 February 2018

Lent Resources: US-based Episcopal Church’s Good Book Club reads Luke and Acts

The US-based Episcopal Church is inviting Episcopalians to study the Gospel of Luke during Lent and the Acts of the Apostles over Eastertide.

07 February 2018

Lent Resources: Anglican and Roman Catholic environmentalists join forces for carbon-fast

The Anglican Communion Environmental Network and the Global Catholic Climate Movement have produced a multi-lingual carbon fast.

07 February 2018

Lent Resources: USPG course explores faith and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

The mission agency USPG has produced a Lent course looking at how Anglican Churches around the world are supporting global development.

07 February 2018

Lent Resources: Massachusetts’ priest invites 32 saints to “battle it out” on the internet

Lent Madness is a Massachusetts priest’s unusual saint-based Lent campaign with a “unique blend of competition, learning, and humour”.

07 February 2018

Lent Resources: West Malaysia reflects from the Psalms to the Foot of the cross

The Diocese of West Malaysia has produced daily reflections in English and Chinese for use from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.

06 February 2018