Historic Virginia Congregation to Begin Same-Sex Blessings
Historic Christ Church in Old Town Alexandria (photo: tripadvisor) A historic Episcopal parish that counts President George Washington and Confederate General Robert E. Lee among its past congregants...
View ArticleEpiscopal Church: I’ve Got 99 Problems but a Priest Shortage Ain’t One
The Falls Church (Episcopal) recently hosted a service for the Diocese of Virginia in which nine new priests were ordained. (photo: Falls Church Episcopal) On a Saturday morning earlier this month a...
View ArticleBishop Spong’s “Non-Literal” Good Friday
Departing orthodoxy?: Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (foreground) leaves a Good Friday service at Richmond’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church followed by Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley and Bishop Shannon...
View ArticleEpiscopal Bishop: Reflect “Divine Glory in Fully Alive-ness” on Climate Activism
Church of Sweden Archbishop Anders Werjyd and Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori present their signed climate change statement at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington,...
View ArticleVirginia Episcopal Bishop Conducts Same-Sex Blessing
Bishop Shannon Johnston of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia has presided over the blessing of a same-sex union, according to an Arlington clergywoman. Mother Leslie J. Hague, rector of St. Michael’s...
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