Bishop Angaelos: Never Forget Your Responsibility To Preach The Good News

Oct 24, 2016 by Jill

by Harry Farley, Christian Today:

Bishop Angaelos used the annual Coptic New Year service in Westminster Abbey to remind Christians of their “responsibility to proclaim the good news, to set captives free and to be light and sight to those who may live in darkness and blindness”.

The general bishop of the Coptic Church in the UK said it had been a “challenging” year in the ceremony last week, citing the EU referendum and ISIS. Messages from the Prime Minister Theresa May and the Archbishop of Canterbury were also delivered to the congregation that included MPs, peers and government officials.

“Today as we start this year, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon us’; we are anointed, mandated and sent into this world as hope, light and promise,” said Angaelos. “It is God in us Who enables us to do this, and so today we really do stand together in this sacred place, with the saints, in unity of heart. Let nothing take that away from us, and let nothing defeat that spirit that allows us to defeat all that seeks to silence us.”

Justin Welby paid tribute to the Copts as a “suffering community” in a message delivered by the Bishop of Lambeth.

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Messages from Prince of Wales, politicians, church leaders at Coptic New Year Service, Westminster Abbey from ICN