On October 20th, the Anglican Church of the Resurrection in Bucharest’s Gradina Icoanei will celebrate 100 years since the first cornerstone of the building was laid in 1913. Construction of the red-bricked church was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I and it was eventually finished in 1922 after the war ended. Since then, […]

May at the Church of Resurrection was a busy month.  Attendance has been up slightly thanks to Father Patrick Irwin providing bread and wine before he left Bucharest.  Nick Hammond and Alison Mutler performed the first ever communion by extension.  The service was approved by Patrick Curran and everyone in the congregation appeared to appreciate […]

Father Patrick with the Orthodox delegation at Canterbury on their way to visit Archbishop Justin on the morning after his enthronement and Father Patrick in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s residence with Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe (Romanian Orthodox Church), who represented Patriarch Daniel at Archbishop Justin’s enthronement.

Dear Friends, The Pope and I are resigning.  I had not anticipated the news from the Vatican which adds a further excitement to this spring of change. There is a new Archbishop of Canterbury awaiting his enthronement on 21st March, and a new Patriarch of Bulgaria to be elected and enthroned on 24th February. Now there will […]