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Resurrection In Ammochostos
We got a flat tyre. The Cypriot car repairer had a budgerigar outside his garage. ‘His name is Lazarus’ he told the Ammochostos chaplain ‘Why did you name him Lazarus?’ the chaplain asked. ‘Because he was asleep for ten years and suddenly came to life’ his proud owner replied! ...Posted at 02:32am on 27th March 2016
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Three God-lit Days In Holy Week **
** This is not Cyprus’ Holy Week of course – it is the Holy Week that westerners in Cyprus keep. I find growing numbers of westerners in Cyprus urge that they adhere to the Orthodox Easter for the sake of family, school, community and church cohesion and witness......Posted at 04:09am on 20th March 2016
Famagusta
We visited the tomb of Saint Barnabas near Salamis. I tweeted (@praycelticdaily) 'May you be encouraged and encourage others from the tomb of Saint Barnabas the Encourager.'Margaret Thatcher once said during The Troubles that to say anything about Northern Ireland was like walking on egg shells. It is like...
Posted at 01:58am on 20th March 2016
Kyrenia
I thank my car drivers, John and Colin, for ferrying me, sometimes at the last minute, with unfailing generosity, and I thank Christine, who once sailed round the world on a yacht, for hosting a meal with her Norwegian friends and leading me up Mount Hilarian.On my last day,...
Posted at 07:20am on 9th March 2016
Passion-tide Meditation In North Cyprus
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, St. Andrews Kyrenia (Girne) - which on Sunday was host to a Turkish Church, a Russian-speaking service, and the International Church. Here I sang, swayed and testified with the congregation of mainly Nigerian students. In...Posted at 07:13am on 9th March 2016
Doors Open In Nicosia
What a contrast! Two more days of quiet alone in Katafiyio, the two bed-roomed 'period cottage' the Diocese rents for people to use for personal retreats. Then a two hours detoured drive to a villa with private guest wing, swimming pool and maid in Nicosia!! Oh well, the apostle...Posted at 10:54am on 6th March 2016
Machairos Monastery Reflections
Up, up, up to Machairos Monastery, wrapped in the trees of the Troodos Hills. My cell had one upright chair, a glass of water, no internet; gates were locked at 6.0 pm, the ikons and vegetarian meals were marvellous. There is up to eight hours chanting each day. I...Posted at 03:00am on 4th March 2016
Paphos Pilgrim
Paphos is the most tourist-centered, westernised of Cyprus' cities. Yet here the apostle Paul travelled from Salamis to meet Cyprus' Governor Sergius Paulus, and here I preached in 'St. Paul's Pillar Church', so named because the pillar on which Paul was flogged was on this site. The Orthodox allow the...Posted at 06:57am on 28th February 2016
Cypriot Villages And Eavesdroppings On Uk's Eu Referendum
Edna and Terry hosted me two nights in their village of Ypsonas. We walked two hours round the edge of the Akrotiri base. Linda drove me to the home of herself and her husband Gordon in the village of Pissouri, where they service a church plant.I led the...
Posted at 07:44am on 25th February 2016
Message From Limassol
St. Barnabas Anglican Church: crowded, multi-racial, loving. The following echoes part of my message:The Anglican-Episcopal Communion is not a late add-on to the universal church: its roots are apostolic, holy, orthodox and catholic. The Anglians who invaded Britain (from which we get the name Anglican) inherited a church from...
Posted at 06:09am on 21st February 2016
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