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Council of General Synod (CoGS) listen to an explanation behind the proposal for “Jerusalem Sunday.” Photo: Marites N. Sison

CoGS recommends ‘Jerusalem Sunday’

General Synod will be presented this July with resolutions focusing on “peace with justice for all in Palestine and Israel” and educating Canadian Anglicans about the “life and witness” of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

PWRDF executive director Adele Finney holds a pottery vessel from Six Nations, Ont., and water from the Yukon River, which she will offer at the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Water: A gift for Justin

Five Anglicans from around the world have been invited to bring a symbol of the “life and issues” of their region to the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday, March 21.

The former St. Matthias Church served as a rescue centre when Hurricane Hazel struck Toronto on Oct. 15, 1954. Photo: Toronto Bell Cote

Outlasting Hurricane Hazel

Restoration work has begun in Toronto’s only wood-framed church, the former St. Matthias Anglican Church at 691 Scarlett Road.

Observing Lent

A look at how Anglicans, Christians and other people around the worldmark the season of Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter.

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation is the first in nearly 600 years in the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict: ‘A true pastor’

The primate of the Anglican Church ofCanada today paid tribute to Pope Benedict XVI, who stunned the world byannouncing his resignation because of advancing age and deterioratingstrength.

One of the highlights of former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' leadership was Pope Benedict XVI's historic visit to England and Westminster Abbey in 2010. Photo: ACNS

The quest for Christian unity continues

To the secular world, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity may seemlike a perfunctory event that takes place annually in churches aroundthe world, but its significance runs much deeper, according to theAnglican Church of Canada’s co-ordinator for ecumenical relations.

A time to be silent and listen

The TRC expects more than 2,000 survivors of residential schools to share their experiences at its first regional event April 13-14 in Victoria, B.C. Photo:

Filmmaker brings Breugel painting to life

Painted in 1564 during Spain’s repression of Protestantism in Flanders, The Procession to Calvary is the background for a film about suffering. Photo: Web Gallery

Orthodox leader slams Greek church

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has criticized Greece’s state church for anti-ecumenical statements. Photo: Massimo Finizio The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians

Where was Jesus buried?

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem, is believed to encompass Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, and the tomb where

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