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Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury supporting the No One Alone Campaign

Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury supporting the No One Alone Campaign

Since the early days of his ordination the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Carey have offered hospitality to people who found themselves alone during the year and especially at the time of the Church's great festivals, Easter and Christmas.

03 December 1999

Move threatens centuries of peace

Move threatens centuries of peace

The City of Nazareth, sacred to the Christian world for two thousands years, is facing developments that threaten the peaceful co-existence of Christians and Muslims that has endured over the last 500 years.

19 November 1999

New Life at St Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow

New Life at St Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow

In 1553 Czar Ivan the Terrible allowed "non-orthodox" services to be celebrated in Moscow for the English traders employed by the Russia Company. In 1882 construction started on St Andrew's, which is the only example of English Victorian church architecture in Moscow.

09 November 1999

Speech by Archbishop of Canterbury to the House of Lords

Speech by Archbishop of Canterbury to the House of Lords

To call attention to the role of religions in promoting international order and preventing international disorder.

15 October 1999

Speech by Archbishop of Canterbury to the Day Conference on Education focussing on Church Schools and Christian Teachers

Speech by Archbishop of Canterbury to the Day Conference on Education focussing on Church Schools and Christian Teachers

The Archbishop will host a major gathering today, 13th October 1999, of education experts and practitioners to emphasise the historic partnership of Church and State in education and to encourage the recruitment of more Christian teachers.

08 October 1999

Speech by The Most Reverend Richard Holloway, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Speech by The Most Reverend Richard Holloway, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

In his book The Good Society Kenneth Galbraith, the Harvard economist, writes these words: There is the inescapable fact that the modern market economy accords wealth and distributes income in a highly unequal, socially adverse and also functionally damaging fashion.

22 September 1999

Statement by the Bishop of Edinburgh The Most Reverend Richard Holloway

Statement by the Bishop of Edinburgh The Most Reverend Richard Holloway

In his Presidential Address to the Anglican Consultative Council, meeting in Dundee at this time, the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his disagreement with my new book Godless Morality.

15 September 1999

Pastoral note to Anglicans in Portugal concerning situation in East Timor

Pastoral note to Anglicans in Portugal concerning situation in East Timor

On 30th August the people of East Timor clearly expressed to the world their deepest willing of being free, independent and to rebuild their homeland.

14 September 1999

New Dean of St George's College Jerusalem Appointed

New Dean of St George's College Jerusalem Appointed

The Revd Stephen Woods of Fresh Ministries, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, has been appointed Dean of St George's College, Jerusalem by the Rt Revd Riah Abu El - Assal, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

06 August 1999

Mothers' Union Makes History - New Chief Executive is a Man

Mothers' Union Makes History - New Chief Executive is a Man

The Mothers' Union today revealed the appointment of their new Chief Executive, Reg Bailey. Bailey is the first man to have held this post in the Mothers' Union's 120-year history, and his appointment marks a significant moment for the organisation as they adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the new millennium.

22 July 1999