With churches closed across the Diocese in Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fr Louis Darrant, Chaplain to St Christopher's Anglican Church on the Costa Azahar in Spain, has produced a booklet of readings, intercessions and hymns for use in our common prayer at home during Holy Week.The booklet can be downloaded from this page.
Please see this important message from The Anglican Church in St Petersburg's churchwarden, Maria Karyakina, notifying of the suspension of the church's regular 4pm Sunday service. There will not be a service this Sunday 22nd March, so do not come to church.You can find an online copy of Maria's letter, with all the working hyperlinks, here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RrMZgv1ulOwj2t_HUnilgqlj9-oZGu4CTdBhNSK3Ubw/editPlease follow the latest public health guidance relating to COVID-19, stay safe and do make full use of the many online worship resources now available, including The Church of England's Daily Prayer app: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
On 8th March 2020, the Second Sunday in Lent, the Anglican Church in St Petersburg held its first confirmation service in recent years, with 3 members of the congregation confirmed and 1 welcomed into the communion of the Church of England.+Robert Innes, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, presided, with Rev Malcolm Rogers, Area Dean & chaplain of St. Andrew's Anglican Church Moscow, and Rev Eero Sepponen, the church's long-standing 'Porvoo' locum, assisting.Maria Karyakina, the churchwarden, also presented +Robert with a copy of the certificate confirming the formal registration of the church with the St Petersburg branch of the Ministry of Justice, an important milestone achieved at the end of last year.You can read +Robert's blogpost on his time in St Petersburg here
The Anglican Church in St Petersburg will be joined by Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, on Sunday 8th March for a confirmation service at 4pm in the Petrikirche. The service will be followed by fellowship and refreshments. All are welcome!(Photo of Bishop Innes at St Andrew's, Moscow for a confirmation service in November 2019)
