Welcoming the Bishop of New York and pilgrims
The Archbishop welcomed The Right Reverend Andrew Dietsche, Bishop of New York, and pilgrims from the Diocese of New York.
The Archbishop welcomed The Right Reverend Andrew Dietsche, Bishop of New York, and pilgrims from the Diocese of New York.
Archbishop Suheil met with members of the Diocese of Massachusetts, along with the Bishop of Massachusetts, the Right Reverend Alan Gates and Bishop Gayle Harris, Bishop Suffragan, Wednesday, 25 November 2015.
On Monday, 23 November 2015, Archbishop Suheil, with Dean Hosam Naoum and the Archbishop’s Chaplain, the Reverend David Longe, visited the Patriarch of Jerusalem and All the Holy Lands, His Beatitude Theophilos III, to congratulate him and present him with a white orchid on behalf of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem to mark the tenth year of his enthronement.
Archbishop Suheil, on behalf of the Diocese, attended the installation of Bishop Michael Curry as the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church on All Saints Sunday, 01 November 2015. Bishop Curry, 62, is the first African-American to be elected Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. He is married to Sharon and has two adult children.
On behalf of the Diocese, Archbishop Suheil attended the dedication of Immanuel Chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) on 13 October 2015.
On Friday, 25 September 2015, His Grace, Archbishop Suheil Dawani was invited by, and accompanied, the Armenian Patriarch, His Beatitude Nourhan Manougian, to the blessing and consecration of the Holy Muron Chrism at Holy Etchmiadzin (the oldest Cathedral in the world, and the mother see for Armenian Christians).
On 1 October 2015, Archdeacon Rafiq Rafah met His Grace Archbishop Suheil Dawani and the Very Revd Hosam Naoum, Dean of St. George’s Cathedral, having traveled from Canada with his son Amin.
On Friday night, 4 September 2015, His Grace Archbishop Suheil Dawani met with pilgrimages from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Capitol Hill, Washington, at St. Georges’ Cathedral Pilgrims Guest House for their farewell dinner. The group was led by Canon John Peterson, former Dean of St. George’s College.
Archbishop Suheil Dawani had the joy of welcoming a group of pilgrims from Episcopal Relief and Development. The encounter started at the Diocesan lounge where AB Suheil spoke about the ministry of the Episcopal Church since its establishment in the Holy Land in 1841; The AB also shared a meal with the group members at the Guest House Bistro.