Last week I was informed by David Healey of ICS that no one had applied for the post of priest-in-charge of Christ Church, Kyiv, Ukraine. This is a severe blow to the congregation there who are trying to manage an interregnum. Pasted in below is the original advert. If you are interested please contact ICS or me.
Christ Church, Kiev/Kyiv (Ukraine)
Priest-in-charge, House-for-duty
At the invitation of the Diocese, ICS seeks an ordained priest of evangelical conviction to serve for (ideally) eighteen months to lead, teach and nurture this small international English-speaking congregation, develop its outreach, and represent the Church of England ecumenically. A good standard in – or the ability and willingness to learn – Ukrainian or Russian is desirable. Rented accommodation, outward and return travel, insurance and usual expenses of office will be met by the congregation. Enhanced Disclosure required. Informal enquiries welcome. For an information pack contact: Mrs Jeannette Skuse, Intercontinental Church Society, 1 Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Warwick CV34 6NL United Kingdom. E-mail: ajskuse@ics-uk.org www.ics-uk.org tel: 01926 – 430 347; fax: 01926 – 888 092
Easterncurrents provides ongoing information about the Eastern Archdeaconry and the Anglican Church of Christ Church, Vienna in the Diocese in Europe as well as other matters relating to Central and Eastern Europe together with Turkey. It will also contain personal reflections and observations.
Archdeacon Patrick Curran
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- My parents (father English, mother German) met after the Second Wold War in Hamburg, Germany. They moved to Canada in 1954 where we lived until returning to Hamburg in 1969 where I attended school in Timmendorfer Strand on the Baltic Coast. After finishing school I went to study in Canada at the University King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia. My first degree was in Classics/German. In 1980 I went to Chichester Theological College to train for the ordained ministry of the Church of England and to study theology at the University of Southampton. In 1984 I was ordained deacon and priested in 1985 while serving my title post in the parish of Heavitree, Exeter: the birthplace of Richard Hooker. In 1987 I was appointed Bishop's Chaplain to Students in the Diocese of Bradford. In 1993 I was appointed chaplain of St Boniface, Bonn with All Saints, Cologne. In 2000 I was appointed chaplain of Christ Church, Vienna. In 2002 I was appointed archdeacon of the Eastern Archdeaconry in the Diocese in Europe stepping down in 2015. I am married with two daughters.