{"id":10453,"date":"2026-04-27T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:48:34","slug":"london-ecumenical-service-for-peace-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=10453&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"London: Ecumenical Service for Peace in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ecumenical Service for Peace in the Middle East to be Held in London<\/h1>\n<p>London is set to host a significant Ecumenical Evening Prayer Service dedicated to fostering peace in the Middle East. The event will take place at <strong>Our Lady of Victories Church<\/strong>, located at 235a Kensington High Street, W8 London 6SA, on <strong>Thursday, April 30th, at 7 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Distinguished Leaders to Guide Prayers<\/h2>\n<p>The service will be led by prominent figures from the Christian community. <strong>Bishop James Curry KC*HS<\/strong>, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Lead Bishop for the Holy Land, will co-lead the prayers alongside <strong>Bishop Mike Royal<\/strong>, Secretary of Churches Together in England. Their joint leadership underscores the broad ecumenical support for peace in the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Insightful Address by Dr. Harry Hagopian<\/h2>\n<p>A key highlight of the evening will be an address delivered by <strong>Dr. Harry Hagopian KSG KSL<\/strong>. An Armenian Christian originally from Jordan, Dr. Hagopian is an internationally recognized lawyer with extensive experience in Middle Eastern affairs. He previously served as Assistant General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut and is a frequent contributor to discussions concerning the Holy Land. Dr. Hagopian is also the esteemed author of <em>Let us Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem<\/em> and <em>The Armenian Church in the Holy Land<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Musical Arrangements and Concluding Blessings<\/h2>\n<p>The spiritual atmosphere of the service will be enhanced by musical arrangements provided by <strong>Timothy Macklin<\/strong>, Director of Music &amp; Organist at Our Lady of Victories Church. The evening will conclude with remarks and a final blessing from <strong>HG Bishop Hovakim Manukyan<\/strong>, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Britain and Ireland, and CTE President for the Orthodox Churches.<\/p>\n<h2>All Welcome to Join In Person or Online<\/h2>\n<p>Following the service, attendees are invited to enjoy mezze refreshments at the parish centre. All are welcome to participate in this important gathering. For those unable to attend in person, the service will be accessible online via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofvictories.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.ourladyofvictories.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>#Hashtags<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>#MiddleEastPeace<\/li>\n<li>#EcumenicalService<\/li>\n<li>#LondonEvents<\/li>\n<li>#PrayerForPeace<\/li>\n<li>#HolyLand<\/li>\n<li>#ChristianUnity<\/li>\n<li>#OurLadyOfVictories<\/li>\n<li>#Kensington<\/li>\n<li>#InterfaithDialogue<\/li>\n<li>#GlobalPeace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecumenical Service for Peace in the Middle East to be Held in London London is set to host a significant Ecumenical Evening Prayer Service dedicated to fostering peace in the Middle East. The event will take place at Our Lady of Victories Church, located at 235a Kensington High Street, W8 London 6SA, on Thursday, April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}