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TWO ANGLICAN CHURCH CELEBRATIONS IN TURKEY
Anglican Communion News Service
June 18 2014
>From the Diocese in Europe website
Canon John Higgins reports on two stories reflecting life in the
church in Ankara in recent weeks.
"Recently we experienced a demonstration of a historic moment in
the strengthening of links between our own Church of England and the
Armenian Apostolic Church. To my absolute surprise and delight, I was
invited by Bishop Hovakim, Director for Inter Church Relations of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, to preside at an ecumenical celebration of
the Eucharist for the Feast of the Ascension. The service was held in
Bishop Hovakim's home diocese in the north of Armenia, in a monastery
church in Harichavank.
"Present at the service were representatives of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, including seminarians who are studying at Harichavank,
plus members of the Anglican Congregation in Armenia bolstered by
a visiting tourist group from the UK that was led by Canon William
Taylor from the Diocese of London.
"This is a possible first in the history of inter church fellowship
in Armenia, and provided a powerful symbol of unity as we celebrated
together the Ascension of our Lord."
Canon Higgins also tells us; "Having kept the Feast of the Ascension
on Ascension Day we transferred the Feast of the Visitation to the
Sunday following to allow a 'women and girls' centred liturgy to
complement our December patronal Boy-Bishop liturgy.
"With a script based on the Visitation Gospel by Kate Redden,
translation by Fr Ebrahim into Farsi, and costumes by Whitney Wiggs,
with Olivia Bishop playing Elizabeth and acting as narrator, Sadef
Abdolvand playing Mary, and Rosalynn Ay playing Gabriel. Also,
with neither Olivia speaking Farsi nor Sadef English, the drama,
which replaced the Gospel and sermon, wove seamlessly between Farsi
and English, though the congregation of well over 60 had the text in
both languages."
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/06/two-anglican-church-celebrations-in-turkey.aspx
From: Baghdasarian
Anglican Communion News Service
June 18 2014
>From the Diocese in Europe website
Canon John Higgins reports on two stories reflecting life in the
church in Ankara in recent weeks.
"Recently we experienced a demonstration of a historic moment in
the strengthening of links between our own Church of England and the
Armenian Apostolic Church. To my absolute surprise and delight, I was
invited by Bishop Hovakim, Director for Inter Church Relations of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, to preside at an ecumenical celebration of
the Eucharist for the Feast of the Ascension. The service was held in
Bishop Hovakim's home diocese in the north of Armenia, in a monastery
church in Harichavank.
"Present at the service were representatives of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, including seminarians who are studying at Harichavank,
plus members of the Anglican Congregation in Armenia bolstered by
a visiting tourist group from the UK that was led by Canon William
Taylor from the Diocese of London.
"This is a possible first in the history of inter church fellowship
in Armenia, and provided a powerful symbol of unity as we celebrated
together the Ascension of our Lord."
Canon Higgins also tells us; "Having kept the Feast of the Ascension
on Ascension Day we transferred the Feast of the Visitation to the
Sunday following to allow a 'women and girls' centred liturgy to
complement our December patronal Boy-Bishop liturgy.
"With a script based on the Visitation Gospel by Kate Redden,
translation by Fr Ebrahim into Farsi, and costumes by Whitney Wiggs,
with Olivia Bishop playing Elizabeth and acting as narrator, Sadef
Abdolvand playing Mary, and Rosalynn Ay playing Gabriel. Also,
with neither Olivia speaking Farsi nor Sadef English, the drama,
which replaced the Gospel and sermon, wove seamlessly between Farsi
and English, though the congregation of well over 60 had the text in
both languages."
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/06/two-anglican-church-celebrations-in-turkey.aspx
From: Baghdasarian