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The current Committee were all re-elected. The Rev’d Dr William Taylor,
Chairman of the AECA writes:

‘I am really grateful to you for working with the Committee over
the last 3 years, and I am looking forward to the next three years
of our working together. 2016 will be a very signi?cant year for
Orthodoxy, and it will good for the AECA to play a small part in
the continuing story of relations between Anglicans and Ortho-
dox, a task to which I am ever more committed.’

Next year’s AGM will take place on Thursday 7th July at St Sava’s, Serbian Or-
thodox Church, Lancaster Road, W11.

Honour for Bishop Angaelos

It was with great joy that we heard the news that a very good friend of the
AECA, Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in
the UK, was awarded the honour of an OBE for services to international relig-
ious freedom by Her Majesty the Queen in the Birthday Honours List, pub-
lished on 13th June. In response to the honour Bishop Angaelos commented:

‘I am humbled by this award because I see it as my role and duty
to advocate for religious freedom as part of my ministry. While I
am thankful for this great honour, it also comes with a sense of
sadness that in the 21st Century we still need to defend people’s
God-given rights and freedoms in this way. I consider this an
award to every person who has worked with and supported me
along the way and pray that God rewards and blesses them for all
they have done and all they will continue to do. I must also ex-
press my sincere gratitude to Her Majesty The Queen and the
Prime Minister for considering this cause worthy of such public
acknowledgement.’

Website and Facebook

A refreshed website is currently underway. We hope to make available back
issues of Koinonia. It will be more regularly updated and have a wider range of
information about our work and activities.

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