Sunday 22 December

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

Violet/Purple

Abbeystrewry   John Ardis
Armagh: Archbishop Richard Clarke

Diocesan Office  Billy Skuse; Susan Perrott

(Anglican Cycle of Prayer)

For Christians in other denominations and the work of the ecumenical movement:

His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome

His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch

The Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Bishop Ivan M Abrahams, General Secretary World Methodist Council

The Reverend Chris Ferguson, General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches

(Porvoo Prayer Diary)

Church of Norway: Diocese of Oslo, Bishop Kari Veiteberg