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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh hosts historic General Synod service
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, ARMAGH HOSTS HISTORIC GENERAL SYNOD SERVICE
Archbishop Robin Eames will be the celebrant at the General Synod Service in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Armagh on Tuesday, 11 May 2004 at 6.30pm. The preacher will be the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams.
Some 600 members of the General Synod, meeting for the first time in Armagh, will attend the Service and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Paul Murphy and Minister Dermot Ahern, the Republic of Ireland?s Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources will join them.
St Patrick?s Cathedral recently re-opened following a major refurbishment that included extensive internal decoration and the installation of new lighting and heating systems.
The Church of Ireland General Synod is meeting in the Armagh City Hotel from Tuesday, 11 May to Thursday 13 May.
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