NEWS - 184 solar panels on the roof of York Minster were switched on for the first time on 9 January 2025 during a blessing ...

Archbishop Stephen has written to all clergy, lay ministers and people in the Church of England today, on the Feast of ...

God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw ...

Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in 1958, Stephen Cottrell was educated at Belfairs High School, Leigh-on-Sea, and the Polytechnic of Central London. He found faith as a teenager through the work of youth ...

A personal statement from Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York in response to the BBC R4 File on Four programme - David Tudor The situation I faced when I became Bishop of Chelmsford, was horrible and ...

Bishopthorpe Palace operates as a multi-functional premises, hosting working offices, meeting rooms, worship areas and living quarters. The palace and its grounds are also used for charity open days, ...

Archbishop Stephen has written to all clergy and lay ministers in the Church of England today, on the Feast of Epiphany. This follows in full Mindful of the ongoing challenges facing the Church of ...

During the 1680's and following his ordination, Lancelot went to the West Indies and obtained a position as a ship's chaplain. He received a payment of £20 for discharging his duties diligently. The ...

The Anglican Communion is a global family of 40 national and regional independent but inter-dependent Churches, as well as five Extra Provincial Churches and dioceses; all of which are in Communion ...

When Archbishop Walter de Grey bought the village of Thorpe St. Andrew in 1226, (this was later to become Bishopthorpe), he demolished the old manor house of St Andrews's to build the new Bishopthorpe ...

Rebecca Cottrell is a ceramics artist. She trained as a potter and has set up many studios in the various places she has lived. Rebecca was born in Harrogate, but her parents were Londoners and her ...