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Archbishop Eames pays tribute to the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop Eames pays tribute to the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Church of Ireland Primate, who is the senior Primate of the Anglican Communion, has paid a warm tribute to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, who announced his retirement today.

08 January 2002

Archbishop Eames' Christmas Message

Archbishop Eames' Christmas Message

Here in Northern Ireland we all know what terrorism does to people. For years we have lived with the consequences of violence. But the 11th September last was something different.

22 December 2001

ARCIC Communique September 2001

ARCIC Communique September 2001

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 27 August to 3 September at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin.

03 September 2001

Armagh Cathedral Choir Fund Endowment Appeal

Armagh Cathedral Choir Fund Endowment Appeal

The strenuous efforts just embarked upon to secure the fifteen hundred year old musical tradition of Ireland's Premier Church received further encouragement today with the announcement that the Dean of Windsor, Bishop David Conner, has accepted an invitation to become Patron of the Appeal.

18 July 2001

Archbishop Robin Eames' Easter 2001 message

Archbishop Robin Eames' Easter 2001 message

Christian Message: The Christian message of Easter is one of hope, fresh beginnings and new dimensions to life. The Resurrection of Christ lies at the center of the Christian experience. But it is at the personal and individual level that that message finds its real meaning.

11 April 2001

Good Friday service crosses divisions

Good Friday service crosses divisions

Two former loyalist prisoners, a former Republican prisoner and the father of a young man murdered by terrorists are to take part in the Three Hour Good Friday Devotion in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on 13 April 2001 from 12 noon to 3pm.

11 April 2001

Belfast's "Black Santa" dies

Belfast's "Black Santa" dies

The death on Friday 12th January 2001 of the Very Revd Jack Shearer, Dean of St Ann's Cathedral, Belfast, has been announced. The Dean, who was 74, was taken ill on New Year's Eve with a heart attack. He had been Dean of the Anglican Cathedral in Belfast since 1985, and had been due to retire in May.

24 January 2001

Irish Translation

Irish Translation

The Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland has recently been elected to the See of Limerick of Killaloe by an Electoral College meeting in Dublin.

12 October 2000

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

The House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland, meeting in Dublin, in considering the publication of the Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Dominus Iesus on the "unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church" has issued the following preliminary response

11 September 2000

Peace and quiet for Belfast

Peace and quiet for Belfast

A new inter-faith quiet room has been opened at Belfast International Airport for the use of travellers of all faiths and none. The room has been provided in co-operation with the airport management by the Northern Ireland Inter-Faith Forum with the support of the Community Relations Council.

03 June 2000