About the Living Stones
Our Purposes:
The Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust is an ecumenical charity with the primary aim of advancing education about Christianity in the Holy Land and countries around, by:
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- raising awareness in Britain and elsewhere, educating and informing the public concerning Christians in the Holy Land, through our website, lectures, newsletter and a yearbook of academic theological articles;
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- promoting contacts between Christians (and others) in Britain and in the Holy Land, e.g. through pilgrimages promoting encounter, reflection and witness;
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- cooperating with other charities and groups with similar aims, by sharing activities and information
Our Spiritual Patrons include:
Nora Carmi, Co-ordinator for Kairos Palestine
Archbishop Suheil Dawani, Anglican Bishop (Emeritus) in Jerusalem
Cardinal Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M.Afr. President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue,
Patriarch Gregorios III, Melkite Patriarch (Emeritus) of Antioch
Professor Mary Gray, Emeritus Professor of Theology at the University of Wales
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (Emeritus)
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Revd Baroness Richardson of Calow, Methodist Church in Britain
Archbishop Theodosius ‘Atallah Hanna’, Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia
Archbishop John Sentamu, Anglican Archbishop of York (Emeritus)
Patriarch Michael Sabbah, (Latin Patriarch Emeritus)
Bishop Munib Younan, Lutheran Bishop (Emeritus) in Jerusalem
Jean Zaru, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) co-founder of Sabeel
Honorary President
Bishop James Curry, Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Westminster
Our Trustees
Robert Gibbons (Chair)
Duncan Macpherson (Vice-Chair)
Grace al-Zoughbi (Hon. Secretary)
Leonard Harrow (Hon. Treasurer)
James Agha
Alan Ball
Philip Francis
Colin South
Genevieve Macklin
Aziz Nour