4 01, 2023

Statement on the Recent Vandalism and Desecration of the Protestant Cemetery on Mt. Zion 4 January, 2023

2023-01-04T12:53:56+02:00January 4th, 2023|Diocesan|

On the morning of January 3, 2023, it was discovered that, sometime over the New Year holidays, vandals had broken into the historic Protestant cemetery on Mt. Zion, where they purposely and relentlessly smashed to pieces more than thirty gravestones, many of them historic. Security camera footage later revealed that these crimes took place beginning around 1520 on January 1st, and that the perpetrators numbered at least two, both young males wearing kippahs and tallit katans. Among the obliterated tombstones was one containing the bust of the Right Reverend Samuel Gobat, the second Protestant Bishop in Jerusalem and founder of [...]

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9 11, 2022

Archbishop Hosam Naoum participates in the celebration of moving some of St. Chad’s Relics to the Lichfield Cathedral in the United Kingdom.

2022-12-12T08:47:44+02:00November 9th, 2022|Diocesan, Prayers|

Arabic Article Follows ↓ Archbishop Hosam Naoum, the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, participated in the celebration of moving some of St. Chad’s Relics to the Lichfield Anglican Cathedral on Tuesday November 8th, 2022. At the beginning of the celebration, the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, and the Chapter of the Cathedral gathered at St. Chad's Spring in Lichfield to symbolise the waters of Baptism and the beginning of St. Chad's ministry, where they said the opening prayers. After that they all processed towards the Cathedral where another set of prayers were said in front of St. Chad’s statue which welcomes pilgrims as [...]

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24 02, 2021

St. George’s College Lenten Program Premieres

2021-02-25T11:08:14+02:00February 24th, 2021|Diocesan, Diocesan, Education, Education|

Nearly 500 churches or individuals from around the world have registered to take the Lenten program, "A River through the Desert: A Lent Pilgrimage," recently published by Dean Richard Sewell of St. George's College. Tonight, we were privileged to have the Dean himself lead the first session of this series for a portion of the Cathedral's expat congregation. We look forward to meeting together over these next several weeks during this season of special devotion, and we hope that the many others going through this program are deepening their faith with the help of this spiritually enriching curriculum!

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