Maybe we should have started the Camino in Berlin. Next time …

Magdeburg was flattened by the Allies in January 1945. All churches were damaged or completely destroyed. Some were rebuilt, including the Walloner Kirche, where the membership of the Cross of Nails Community is taken very seriously.

What a difference music makes to worship! Thank you to the brass players of Magdeburg Cathedral.

It was a privilege to preach in Magdeburg Cathedral this morning.

The link between Saxony and England goes back a long way. In 930 Edith, granddaughter of Alfred the Great, married Otto, the first Holy Roman Emperor, in Magdeburg Cathedral. Here is her tomb, in which her remains were reinterred in 2012.

A privilege to be invited by my good friend Bishop Friedrich to read at the ordination of nineteen people in Magdeburg Cathedral today.

Good to see Martin Luther carrying his laptop. It’s lways sensible to have one to hand …

Our link a very longstanding one which began shortly after the Berlin wall came down. We value it greatly: it runs deep.

John Inge Gosh, incredible mid 13th naturalistic and expressive life-sized sculpture in Magdeburg cathedral 🇩🇪
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Good to be back in our link diocese of Magdeburg for ordinations in the wonderful Cathedral tomorrow. May God bless those to be ordained.

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I was so sorry not to be able to be present, Anderson Jeremiah. Prayers have been said: may God bless you richly in this new role. You are a very worthy successor to Rob Wickham: lucky Edmonton!

I was so sorry not to be able to be present, Anderson, but prayers have been offered

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Very good to see this. The Archdeacon The Church of England has acted with integrity, been thorough & unsensational in his response, & has spoken truth to power. When we speak & act in parliament UK House of Commons House of Lords we must always pay attention to evidence…

Pictured here is Willemien Rieken. She was only 9 years old when she first began laying flowers on the grave of William Edmond, a British soldier who fought and died to liberate her Dutch Village.

From the day he died, and for 75 years, she looked after his grave and kept his…

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