in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
All are invited to the Enthronement of Bishop Sean at the Cathedral in Nicosia on Saturday 22nd June.
Please reply directly to Canon Georgia by email if you are planning to attend (details are on the invitation below).
A link will be sent out nearer the time for any of us not able to attend to be able to watch live via the Diocesan YouTube channel.
Wonderful to welcome Zak into our church family today.
Here is Zak –
– Showing his brother, Toby, where he was anointed
– Ready to be baptised
– Immediately after being baptised
– Realising just how many people had witnessed this important event.
Zak was a star throughout!
A Finnish Choir will be joining us for worship on 30 June and then performing a FREE concert from 12 noon for around 45 minutes.
This is the ONLY concert that they will be giving in the North of Cyprus, during their tour of the island.
The concert has kindly been arranged by our friend Tommy Rognmo of the Nordic Churches Abroad.
The choir will be accompanied (not musically!) by the Finnish Ambassador, Harri Maki-Reinikka, from the Embassy in Nicosia.
Please do join us for this very special event!
Everyone is most welcome
Welcome, Bishop Sean and Jenny!
Our Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf welcomed the new Bishop, the Right Reverend Sean Semple in a Service of Consecration and Enthronement held at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Manama, Bahrain on Friday 24 May
(The service was live-streamed and is available to watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewhBUr_dcI)
Bishop Sean will be installed at St Paul’s Cathedral in Nicosia on 22 June 2024 and we will welcome him to St. Andrew’s, Kyrenia and Northern Cyprus on Sunday 23rd June.
The Consecration and Enthronement of the Sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf is taking place at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Bahrain on Friday 24th May at 6pm Cyprus time.
The service will be live streamed and the link is below. Please feel free to share it with others.
https://www.youtube.com/live/_ewhBUr_dcI?si=i1AN6Xauro3tBG1h
A poignant presentation in church today, as John and Jenny prepare to leave their home in Yeşiltepe and return to live in Cheltenham.
John spoke very movingly of their lives in Cyprus and the memories they will take with them.
We all thank John and Jenny for their many years of dedicated service to St Andrew’s and for everything they have brought to our church community.
‘ Be present, Spirit of the Lord,
let sounds of earth be dumb;
the Father’s love be shed abroad,
the dew of blessing on us poured:
O silent Spirit, come! ‘
The first of four Bible Study Group sessions on Genesis was well attended this morning.
If you were unable to join us, but would like to come along for any of the remaining 3 sessions, you are most welcome.
We meet at The Hermitage. Morning prayer is in the chapel at 10, for those who wish. The main session is in the house at 10.30. Coffee and chat afterwards !
The Hermitage, 6 Karaosmanoğlu Sokak, Kyrenia
