Everyone is most welcome!

• Sunday 7th December – 10.30 am Bishop Sean is visiting. He will preside and preach at the service.
Soup & shared lunch and a quiz, in the church hall afterwards.

• Sunday 14th December – 4pm Carol Service (in addition to the 10.30 morning service)

• Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24th December – Midnight Mass. Starting 11.30 pm

• Christmas Day, Thursday 25th December – Chritmas Service 10.30 am
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Andrew was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus.
He and his brother, Simon Peter, also a disciple, were fishermen in Galilee.

St Andrew is patron saint of 6 countries – Barbados, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain and Ukraine – and various cities – Amalfi, Pienza and Sarzana (Italy), Luqa (Malta), Parañaque (Philippines) and Patras (Greece).

St Andrew is also the patron saint of fishermen, singers and pregnant women and is believed to offer protection against sore throats and gout.

Scotland has had a strong link with St Andrew going back to the early Middle Ages. The presence of some of his remains – a tooth, kneecap, arm and finger – in Scotland saw St Andrews Cathedral in Fife become a popular site of medieval pilgrimage.

St Andrew’s Day was first celebrated – not in Scotland, but in the USA – on 30th November 1729, by a group of wealthy Scottish ex-pats, who set up the St Andrew’s Society of Charleston in South Carolina.

The St Andrew’s Society of the State of New York then helped popularise the day from 1756 onwards.

Some very sad news. Earl Moffitt, our Director of Music and Church Council member, died in hospital in Ireland this afternoon.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Earl’s family and friends at this very sad time.

Dr Nwoye Kabilsen – more often known by his middle name ‘Sunday’- Sidesperson and Bookings Manager at St Andrew’s, is returning to his home in Nigeria this week.

Fr Alec thanked Sunday for everything he has contributed to St Andrew’s in the roles he has taken on in the church, since joining the congregation a decade ago.
Sunday, in turn, thanked the congregation for their love and support.
Sunday returns home, leaving St Andrew’s a better place for his having been here.
Our love and prayers go with him, along with our very good wishes for the future.

St Andrew’s was honoured to host, for the first time, the Royal British Legion Kyrenia Branch Service of Remembrance.

The ceremony which has previously been held outside the Old British Cemetery, attracted a good number of participants, with many tourists and visitors coming in to observe the proceedings.

Our good friends, Lena & Katerina Stern return to St Andrew’s at the end of November for what promises to be yet another wonderful concert.
All are most welcome and all proceeds will go to local charities.

We were so lucky to have Kennedy, who joined our choir recently, as our guest organist on Sunday.
Linda Bloom Jameson, who has been playing for us and rehearsing the choir for some months recruited Kennedy to sing – and then to play when she was unable to.
It is wonderful to welcome yet another gifted musician to St Andrew’s.!

Julia Lewis’s funeral took place on Saturday at St Barnabas, Limassol.
St Andrew’s was represented.

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What a pleasure to welcome the Rt Revd Dr Mike Harrison, Bishop of our link diocese of Exeter, and his wife Rachel to The Hermitage and St Andrew’s Church this morning.

They were accompanied by Bishop Sean, his wife Jenny, Canon Georgia Katsantonis (Diocesan Secretary) and the Very Revd Chris Butt, who is currently serving as locum priest at St Paul’s, Nicosia.

Bishop Mike was keen to learn about our parish in our North Cyprus context, before leaving for an afternoon visit to Famagusta.

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Bishop Michael has asked me to inform you that the reception of Julia’s body into St Barnabas Church, Limassol, will take place at 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 31st October. The Funeral Requiem Mass will be held at 2.00 p.m. on Saturday, 1st November, followed by the burial at 4.30 p.m. at Kalo Chorio Cemetery, in the district of Limassol.

All are most warmly welcome to attend any or all parts of Julia’s funeral liturgy.

Bishop Michael encourages all clergy to robe, wearing a white stole.

Notice of a Requiem Service in the UK will be issued once the date and venue have been confirmed.

Faithfully in Christ,

Canon Georgia Katsantonis
PA to the Bishop
Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf