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News and Notices
Coptic New Year Service
THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH in the United Kingdom celebrated the
Feast of Nayrouz, marking the new Coptic year in St Margaret’s Church,
Westminster on 21 October 2014, with a sermon by His Grace Bishop Angae-
los, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom,
and messages from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, The Right Hon-
ourable David Cameron Prime Minister, and the Most Reverend Justin Welby,
Archbishop of Canterbury. In his sermon, Bishop Angaelos said:
“Freedom is a responsibility and an obligation that we have been
given by God and must take seriously. We must, when we can,
speak the truth; it is not an option. We must look at the freedom
we have today in standing and praying together, and seek to use
that freedom to bene?t all those who are not able to do the
same.”
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