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Kanishka Raffel
Kanishka de Silva Raffel (born 6 November 1964) is a British-born Australian Anglican bishop of Sri Lankan descent, who has served as the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney since 28 May 2021. He previously served as the 12th Dean (Christianity), Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney from 4 February 2016 until his installation as archbishop. Early life and education Raffel was born on 6 November 1964 in London, England, to Sri Lankan parents, father, Lorenz a tea plantation supervisor and mother, Lilamani, a doctor. They moved to Canada for a brief period but found it too cold and emigrated to Australia in 1972. Raised a Buddhist, a friend, Andrew Shead, gave him a copy of the Gospel of John when in his third year of his arts-law degree at university. At the age of 21, Raffel was convinced by the words of Jesus in John's Gospel: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day" (John 6:44). Raffel graduated from the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Archbishop Of Sydney
The Archbishop of Sydney is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia and ''ex officio'' metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of New South Wales. From 1814 to 1836 the colony of New South Wales was part of the Diocese of Calcutta. In 1836, the Diocese of Australia was formed and the first bishop of Australia enthroned. By letters patent of 25 June 1847, the Diocese of Australia was split into their four dioceses, one of which being the Diocese of Sydney and its bishop the Bishop of Sydney. The Diocese of Sydney has been led by an archbishop since 1897. Since the first creation of another province within Australia in 1905, the archbishop has also been ''ex officio'' metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales. The archbishop of Sydney is currently assisted by five regional assistant bishops. On 6 May 2021, Kanishka Raffel, Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney since 4 February 2016, was elected as the next archbishop. List of Bishops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Church Record
The ''Australian Church Record'' is an Australian Christian newspaper. It was founded in 1880, and is based in Sydney. It has historically represented the evangelical wing of the Anglican Church of Australia The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church in Australia after the R .... References External links * {{Official, https://www.australianchurchrecord.net Evangelical newspapers Newspapers published in Sydney Newspapers established in 1880 1880 establishments in Australia Evangelical Anglicanism Anglican newspapers and magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Grant
Sandy Grant is an Australian Anglican minister, who has been Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney since 9 December 2021. Prior to that, he was Senior Minister of St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong from 2004 to 2021. Grant was previously Chair of the Sydney Anglican Domestic Violence Task Force. He studied at Moore Theological College Moore Theological College, otherwise known simply as Moore College, is the theological training seminary of the Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. The president of the Moore Theological College Council is ''ex officio'' t .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Sandy Living people Deans of Sydney Moore Theological College alumni Evangelical Anglican clergy Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Sydney
St Andrew's Cathedral (also known as St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral) is a cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. The cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New South Wales (currently the Most Reverend Kanishka Raffel from 28 May 2021). The position of Dean of Sydney has been held by the Very Reverend Sandy Grant since 9 December 2021. The St Andrew's has an Evangelical ministry, holding services every day, including a weekly healing service. There is a cathedral choir of men and boys who sing during term time, as well as a company of bell ringers. The notable pipe organ has been restored and is regularly used for recitals and concerts. Designed primarily by Edmund Blacket on foundations laid by James Hume, the cathedral was built from 1837 to 1868, and was ready for services and consecrated in 1868, making it the oldest cathedral in Australia. St Andrew's is one of the city's finest exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Jensen
Phillip David Jensen (born 1945) is an Australian cleric of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and the former Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. He is the brother of Peter Jensen, the former Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. Early life and conversion Jensen spent the early years of his life living at Bellevue Hill, a suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. His first public statement of faith came at a Billy Graham crusade in 1959. He married his wife Helen in 1969. Education and ministry Jensen studied theology at Moore Theological College from 1967 to 1970 and won the Hey Sharp prize for coming first in the Licenciate of Theology (ThL), the standard course of study at that time. In the years just after his graduation from Moore College, Jensen worked at St Matthew's Manly and with John Chapman at the Department of Evangelism (now known as Evangelism and New Churches). Jensen became Anglican chaplain to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 1975 and Rector (ecclesiastical), Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Anglican Bishops Of Sydney
The Archbishop of Sydney is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia and ''ex officio'' metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of New South Wales. From 1814 to 1836 the colony of New South Wales was part of the Diocese of Calcutta. In 1836, the Diocese of Australia was formed and the first bishop of Australia enthroned. By letters patent of 25 June 1847, the Diocese of Australia was split into their four dioceses, one of which being the Diocese of Sydney and its bishop the Bishop of Sydney. The Diocese of Sydney has been led by an archbishop since 1897. Since the first creation of another province within Australia in 1905, the archbishop has also been ''ex officio'' metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales. The archbishop of Sydney is currently assisted by five regional assistant bishops. On 6 May 2021, Kanishka Raffel, Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney St Andrew's Cathedral (also known as St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Theological College, Perth
Trinity Theological College, located in Leederville a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, is an independent evangelical Christian tertiary college. Its courses are accredited through the Australian College of Theology. It is the recognised training college for the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia, the Westminster Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Western Australia. History Trinity Theological College was formed at the end of 1998 with the merging of the Perth Centre for Applied Christian Studies (PCACS) and Westminster Theological College (Perth). This followed two years of prayer, planning, and preparations by college boards and principals (Dr Allan Chapple and Dr Stephen Rarig). Trinity was located at Bull Creek Westminster Presbyterian church from 1998 to 2003. In May 2004 the main campus moved to a purpose-designed premises in Leederville: "Trinity House". The faithful prayer and financial support of a dedicated group of supporters realised th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GAFCON
The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (branded as GAFCON or Gafcon) is a global network of conservative Anglicanism, Anglican churches that formed in 2008 in response to an ongoing theological crisis in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Conservative Anglicans met in 2008 at the Global Anglican Future Conference, creating the ''Jerusalem Declaration'' and establishing the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), which was rebranded as GAFCON in 2017. Founding The Global Anglican Future Conference was held near Jerusalem in June 2008 at the initiative of theologically conservative African, Asian, Australian, South American, North American and European Anglican leaders who opposed the ordination of homosexuals and the blessing of same-sex unions by member churches of the Anglican Communion. The meeting came as the culmination of a series of controversies in the Anglican Communion that began in 2003 when the openly non-celibate gay bishop Gene Robinson was consecrated by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from Elizabeth's accession as queen on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. Philip was born in Greece, into the Greek and Danish royal families; his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, when he was 18 years old. In July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. Philip had first met her in 1934. During the Second World War, he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean and Pacific fleets. In the summer of 1946, the King granted Philip permission to marry El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drum (TV Program)
''The Drum'' is an Australian nightly television current affairs and news analysis program hosted by Julia Baird (journalist), Julia Baird and Ellen Fanning. The program airs in the primetime slot of 6:00 pm weekdays on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and is aired later on the ABC News 24, ABC News Channel at 9:00 pm AEDT. The program is broadcast nationally across Australia, live from the ABC's headquarters in Sydney, with a special "week in review" episode broadcast on Saturday evening. It is also streamed live on ABC iview, iview, and broadcast in over 40 countries across the Asia/Pacific region on the ABC's international channel, ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel), ABC Australia. The program brings together a panel of prominent experts and high-profile opinion-leaders to discuss the key issues gripping or confounding Australia. History The program premiered in 2010 with the launch of the ABC's 24-hour news channel. In May 2014, ''The Drum'' moved from the AB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenton Park
Shenton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sutton Cheney, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, situated south-west of Market Bosworth. Shenton was formerly a chapelry and township of the parish of Market Bosworth. The settlement is almost entirely agricultural, containing several farms. Much of the land has been in the same family since William Wollaston purchased the manor in 1625. It is essentially a privately owned estate village and has seen comparatively little modern development. It has been designated a conservation area. The settlement lies either side of the Sence Brook, which is crossed by a picturesque Victorian bridge. The area is fairly flat, and subject to flooding. In 1931 the parish had a population of 154. Shenton Hall The hall has a fine gatehouse dated 1629, and a large, listed dovecote of 1719 within the hall grounds, close to the stable block. The main hall is a Grade II* listed buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Perth
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914 in Australia, 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ''ex officio'' metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop. The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas Island, Christmas and Cocos Islands. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, Diocese of Bunbury and the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia, Diocese of North West Australia. History The diocese is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the diocese adopted in 1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
