February 2014

Sat 1 Brigid, abbess, c.525 (Ireland) Ankara St Nicolas: Priest in charge: John Higgins. ACP: Antananarivo - (Indian Ocean) BpSamoelaJaonaRanarivelo; Antananarivo - Tulear - Bp Todd Andrew McGregor; Antsiranana - (Indian Ocean) Bp Oliver Simon.

Sun 2 Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) [Consecration of Stephen Venner, Honorary Assistant Bishop, 1994] For old and young members of our congregations. ACP: PRAY for The Anglican Church of Burundi: Bernard Ntahoturi,Abp of the Province of Burundi & Bp of Matana. WCC:Ireland, United Kingdom

Mon 3 Anskar, Abp of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 DEL week 4. Ordinary time begins. Didim, St Mary's Anglican and Ecumenical Christian Fellowship: Leader: Maurice Ryan. ACP: Argentina - (Southern Cone) Bp Gregory James Venables.

Tue 4 Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine order, 1189 Archdeaconry of Gibraltar Synod 4-7 February 2014 in Torrevieja, Spain. ACP: Argyll & The Isles - (Scotland) Bp Kevin Pearson.

Wed 5 Istanbul Christ Church with St Helena, also serving Moda All Saints: Chaplain: Ian Sherwood. ACP: Arizona - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Kirk Smith. Porvoo: Birmingham, England - Bp David Urquhart, Bp Andrew Watson; Cork Cloyne and Ross, Ireland - Bp Paul Colton; Elsinore, Denmark - BpLise-Lotte Rebel

Thu 6 Marytrs of Japan, 1597 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 Nominations Committee: Shortlisting for appointment of new bishop. See Special Prayers. Istanbul, Church of the Resurrection, Pera: Priest in charge: EnginYildirim. ACP: Arkansas - (VII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Larry Benfield.

Fri 7 Izmir St John, also serving Bornova St Mary Magdalene: Priest in charge: Ron Evans. Link People and government of Turkey. ACP: Bujumbura - (Burundi) BpErasteBigirimana.

Sat 8 Ecumenical Patriarchate (Turkey): Patriarch Bartholomew and all who enable his ministry. Threatened Syrian Orthodox communities in Turkey. ACP: Armidale - (New South Wales, Australia) Bp Peter Robert Brain.

Sun 9 4th Sunday before Lent Eastern Archdeaconry: Deanery of Russia and Ukraine: Area Dean: Simon Stephens, Archbishop of Canterbury's Apocrisiarios to the Russian Patriarch. ACP: PRAY for The Anglican Church of Canada: Abp Frederick Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. WCC:Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Mon 10 Scholastica, abbess, c. 543 (Italy); Shipwreck of St Paul (Malta) DEL week 5 General Synod meeting in London 10-14 February. Pray for our representatives, Debbie Flach, Jonathan LLoyd, Ann Turner and Madeleine Holmes. ACP: Arochukwu/Ohafia - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Johnson Onuoha.

Tue 11 Belgrade St Mary: Priest in charge: Robin Fox, Archbishop of Canterbury's Apocrisiarios to the Patriarch of Serbia. Link ACP: Aru - (Congo) Bp Georges TitreAnde.

Wed 12 Peoples and governments of Serbia and Bosnia ACP: Asaba - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Justus Mogekwu. Porvoo: Bangor, Wales - Bp Andrew John; Dublin and Glendalough, Ireland - Abp Michael Jackson.

Thu 13 Moscow St Andrew, also serving Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and Vladivostock: Chaplain: Simon Stephens. Link People and government of the Russian Federation. ACP: Athabasca - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Fraser Lawton.

Fri 14 Cyril and Methodius, missionaries to the Slavs, 869, 885 (Moravia) Valentine, martyr, c.269 (Italy) St Petersburg: Priest in charge: Vacant. Link The Russian Orthodox Church. Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. ACP: Atlanta - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Robert C Wright.

Sat 15 Sigfrid, bishop, apostle of Sweden,1045 Thomas Bray, priest, founder of SPCK and SPG, 1730 US (formerly USPG:) Chief Executive: Janette O'Neill. SPCK. ACP: Abp William Brown, Primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia; Central North Island - BpNgarahuKatene; Northern Region - BpTeKitohiWiremuPikaahu; South Island - Bp John Robert Kuru Gray; Wellington/Taranaki - BpMuruWalte

Sun 16 3rd Sunday before Lent The Inter-Faith Network for the UK. Co-Chairs, DrManazirAhsan MBE and Bp Alastair Redfern. ACP: PRAY for The Church of the Province of Central Africa: Albert Chama, Abp of Central Africa & Bp of Northern Zambia. WCC:Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta

Mon 17 JananiLuwum, archbishop, martyr, 1977 (Uganda) Kiev Christ Church (Ukraine): Priest in charge: Vacant. People and government of Ukraine. ACP: Auckland - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) Bp Ross Bay.

Tue 18 Caucasas, including Baku (Azerbaijan) and Tbilisi (Georgia): Occasional services. Peoples and governments of the Caucasus ACP: Aweil - (Sudan) Bp Abraham YelNhial.

Wed 19 Odessa (Ukraine): Mission to Seafarers Representative: Sasha Sorokin. ACP: Awka - (Niger, Nigeria) Bp Alexander Ibezim; Awgu / Aninri - (Niger) BpEmmaunuelUgwu. Porvoo: Worcester, England -Bp John Inge, Vacancy; Hamar, Norway - BpSolveig Fiske

Thu 20 Saints and marytrs of Africa Warsaw: Priest in charge: Vacant. Link ACP: Awori - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp J Akin Atere.

Fri 21 Polish Old Catholic Church: BpWiktorWysoczanski. People and government of Poland. ACP: Badagry - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Adeyemi.

Sat 22 The Scout and Guide Movement. ACP: Bukuru - (Jos, Nigeria) BpJwanZhumbes.

Sun 23 2nd Sunday before Lent Archdeaconry of France: Archdeacon: Ian Naylor; Area Deans: Debbie Flach, Andrew Hawken. ACP: PRAY for IglesiaAnglicana de la Region Central de America: Abp Armando Guerra Soria, Primate of IARCA & Bp of Guatemala. WCC:Germany, France

Mon 24 Aquitaine, including BertricBurée, Bordeaux, Condom, Doudrac, Limeuil, Monteton, Périgueux-Chancelade, Ste-Nathalene, Sorges: Chaplain: Paul Vrolijk; Asst chaplains: BramwellBearcroft, Elizabeth Morris, Gillian Strachan;Reader: Janis Adams. Link ACP: Ballarat - (Victoria, Australia) Bp Garry Weatherill.

Tue 25 Arçay: Contact: Phil Coles. Link ACP: Bangor - (Wales) Bp Andrew John.

Wed 26 Bishop's Staff Meeting - UK Staff. ACP: Banks & Torres - (Melanesia) Bp-elect Alfred Worek. Porvoo: Bradford, England - Bp Nicholas Baines; Limerick and Killaloe, Ireland - Bp Trevor Williams; Roskilde, Denmark - Bp Peter Fischer-Moeller

Thu 27 George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633 Beaulieu-sur-Mer St Michael: Priest in charge: Vacant. Link ACP: Clogher - (Armagh, Ireland) Bp John McDowell.

Fri 28 Biarritz: Priest in charge: Ian Naylor. Link ACP: Bari - (Kaduna, Nigeria) BpIdrisZubairu.