Prayer Octave for General Convention Begins on Pentecost
06/02/2006

On Pentecost, June 4, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and the Very Rev. George L. W. Werner, president of the House of Deputies, will launch an octave of prayer for General Convention. Bishop Griswold will preach at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York City, while Dean Werner will preach at St. James’ Church, Lancaster, Pa.

An octave is an ancient church tradition of eight days of prayer between two feast days such as the Octave of Holy Week between Palm Sunday and Easter Day. The idea for the General Convention octave was conceived at the joint meeting of the councils of advice for the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies after the Bishop of Maine, the Rt. Rev. Chilton Knudsen, described an octave of prayer she led in her diocese.

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