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On Sept. 29, All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, celebrated the life of Kesaria Abramidze, a well-known Georgian transgender activist who was murdered in her home on Sept. 18. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Georgians and their supporters from All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, came together on…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] The primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Mark Strange, joined other faith leaders at a celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment  of the Scottish Parliament. The event took place on Sept. 28 and included King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Strange said he met with Imam Sayed…

A man walks near a flooded area of Asheville, North Carolina, near the Swannanoa River, on Sept. 27. Photo:Erik Verduzco/AP [Episcopal News Service] As Hurricane Helene, a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of up to 140 miles per hour, moved from the Big Bend region of the Florida Panhandle late on Sept. 26 into…

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry prepare to process into St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Caspert, Wyoming, for a Sept. 28 Holy Eucharist. Photo: Genie Osburn/Episcopal Church in Wyoming [Episcopal News Service – Casper, Wyoming] The afternoon crowd had swelled to more than 200 in the hotel ballroom here, all eager to…

[The Church of England] Black composers, musicians and singers are to be celebrated as part of a series of events, from exhibitions and lectures to services and study days, marking Black History Month in cathedrals and churches across England. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is scheduled to preside at a Eucharist at Southwark Cathedral marking…

[The Melbourne Anglican] Many women clergy in the Anglican Church of Australia’s Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn have left and will continue to leave the diocese because of its lack of support for women leaders, a new report says. It found the number of women ordinands and women in leadership roles had stagnated and declined pronouncedly…

[Episcopal News Service] When the Rev. Albert Jennings, rector of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Macedonia, Ohio, participated in Zoom meetings about suicide loss, he realized he was just as knowledgeable as the presenters despite having no background in psychology. That’s because he lost both his daughter and his brother to suicide. “I never thought…

[Anglican Church of Southern Africa] The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has rejected a proposal to allow bishops to approve blessings for couples in same-sex unions in parishes that want to offer them. The church’s Provincial Synod also voted against approving a set of prayers drawn up by the bishops for providing pastoral ministry to…

[Episcopal News Service] Western Massachusetts Bishop Douglas Fisher on Sept. 26 said that he plans to retire in early 2026. In an announcement to the diocese, he said he expects that his successor will be elected at the diocese’s annual convention in November 2025. The diocese’s Standing Committee will be be in contact with The…

The Close, home to The General Theological Seminary. [Episcopal News Service] General Theological Seminary on Sept. 26 announced that it had signed an agreement to lease its property in New York City to Vanderbilt University, which has its main campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The agreement provides GTS a continued, year-round presence on the campus in…