Prayer diary

This diary has been compiled to guide us in praying for everyone right across our diocese, uniting us together in fellowship.
How do we compile the Prayer Diary?
Each chaplaincy, with the communities it serves, is remembered in prayer once a quarter, following this weekly pattern:
• Eastern Archdeaconry: Monday, Saturday
• Archdeaconry of France: Tuesday, Saturday
• Archdeaconry of Gibraltar: Wednesday, Saturday
• Italy & Malta Archdeaconry: Friday
• Archdeaconry of North West Europe: Thursday
• Swiss Archdeaconry: Friday
• Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe
• Nordic and Baltic Deanery: Monday
• Germany: Saturday
On Sundays, we pray for subjects which affect us all (e.g. reconciliation on Remembrance Sunday), or which have local applications for most of us (e.g. the local cathedral(s)). This will include Diocesan Staff, Churches in Communion and Ecumenical Partners. Sunday Intercessions should, by tradition, include prayer for Bishop Robert and the local Head of State by name. In addition, prayers may also include the heads of other states, His Majesty King Charles III and the leaders of other countries represented in the congregation.
How can you access the Prayer Diary?
You can access the diary in whichever way works for you best.
- As a PDF which is updated each quarter (downloadable below)
- Use the drop-down list below for the most up-to-date version of the diary
- Each day the relevant prayer is posted on our diocesan social media accounts @DioceseinEurope
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Prayer Diary: Updated monthly
May 2025
Thursday 1
Leuven: Chaplain: Sarah Jane King. Give thanks for the new believers and those growing in faith at St M&Ms. Pray for recently baptised church members and those preparing for baptism or confirmation. Pray that we find a new location for our evening services due to university building works in our chapel later this year.
Liège: Chaplain: Guy Diakiese. Pray for the chaplaincy, the people and those who serve it. Grant them a sense of hope where there are challenges give a sense of vision and courage, bind them together in love and let them know laughter and moments of joy.
Friday 2
Naples: (Also serves Bari) Chaplain: Jules Cave. Pray for Jules in the role of Area Dean of Italy and Malta.
Saturday 3
Monte Carlo: Chaplain: Hugh Bearn We pray for Hugh’s ministry as our chaplain.
Strasbourg: Chaplain: Mark Barwick, Readers: David Cowley, Catherine Emezie. Pray for the growing partnership between St Alban’s and the Protestant church of Saint Pierre-le-Jeune under the Reuilly Agreement. May we live the unity that we seek and walk together with open hearts.
Sunday 4
Pray for the Greek Orthodox Church
Ministry Team: Pray for: William Gulliford (DDO); our Director of Lay discipleship Clare Amos, our Director of Reader Ministry Celia Paterson , for Jenni Pridmore and Geoff Read in their roles looking after our training for curates and ministerial development and our Ministry Team Assistant, Polly Freeman and those training for ordained ministry
Monday 5
Greater Athens (Includes Athens (St Paul), Kifissia, Andros, Nafplion, also serves Thessaloniki, Patras) Chaplain: Benjamin Drury, Assistant: Christine Saccali. Please pray for our Catechumens preparing for Baptism, for our pilgrimage walking group, our study group, our community connect and quiz group and for our Evensong Congregation.
Crete: Assistant Chaplain: Bruce Bryant-Scott. We give thanks for the progress towards becoming a chaplaincy on our own, and towards being licensed by the Greek government. Pray for our Small Group Bible Study; for the return of part-timers and tourists; for the safety of refugees in Greece; and growth in numbers, knowledge, and faith in our little congregation
Tuesday 6
Lyon: Chaplain: Ben Harding, Asst Curate: Craig Taylor, Reader: Keith Burrell. Please pray for those with special needs in our congregation, both children and adults, that we would be flexible enough to welcome them whole-heartedly, and learn together how to follow Jesus and love one another.
Wednesday 7
Costa Brava: (Includes Madremanya, Pau, Sant Ampeli) Reader: Sharon Grant. Please pray for the position of House for Duty Chaplain to be filled in the Costa Brava Chaplaincy. Pray for our chuchwardens, as they continue to push forward in the second year of this vacancy. We thank God for all His blessings and for His loving care.
Costa del Sol West: (Includes San Pedro, Sotogrande) Chaplain: Anthony Carroll. We ask your prayers for the Costa del Sol West Chaplaincy as we work towards restructuring our chaplaincy so as to be better able to serve the people of the Costa del Sol West.
Thursday 8
Tervuren: Chaplain: Dominic Newstead, Readers: Patrick Lambert and Bess Brookes. Pray for our small groups and commitment to these from new and existing members.
Ypres (Ieper): Chaplain: Richard Clement. Please pray for the chaplain, churchwardens, members of the congregation and all our supporters & helpers at St George’s Church. We have a large number of visitors to the church from the UK, Belgium, France and many other countries and we pray that their hearts would be touched by God as they enter the sacred space of St George’s. We pray also for the various special memorial services which we will be holding in the coming months, and for those who attend both these services and the concerts in St George’s.
Friday 9
Padova: Chaplain: Amos Osaromkpe, Readers: Michael Udeagbara, Charles Onwukwe. Join us to thank God for our healthy population, for the recovery of the Pastor's warden, Mr Victor Onyenobi, for those families who need support may God come through for them and for Chaplain's family. Pray for the visit of Bishop Robert in June that it may be successful, impactful and inspiring. Finally, we pray for Italy, Nigeria, the UK, Ukraine, Israel and for peace.
Palermo: We pray for Holy Cross Church as it enters a season of transition as we await our locum priest and begin the search process for our next chaplain. We pray for a priest that can challenge us to grow in spiritual maturity and can lead us in our ministry to the wider community.
Taormina: Pray for the seasonal locums who serve the community here.
Randazzo: May the Lord bless, consecrate and protect our Anglican Congregation of St. Albert so that we can care for people and creation with serenity.
Saturday 10
Madeira: O Lord we offer a prayer for our Churchwardens, and Congregational Worship Leader of Holy Trinty Church, Funchal, who through your love and guidance are dedicated to serving the needs of its resident population and visitors to the island. Through your teachings, we are committed to your service and strive to create an inclusive, welcoming, and faithful church so that we may walk as children of light.
Porto: (Includes Ponte de Lima) Chaplain: Colin Jones, Reader: Judith Murray. We pray for our new Eucharistic Ministers, for our Annual Meeting preparations, for our work to develop our environmental policies and practices, for our Children´s Church and its leaders, and for Fr Colin Jones.
Sunday 11
Pray for Bishop Robert and his chaplain Evelyn Sweerts and for Bishop Andrew
Ministry Team: Director of Reader Ministry: Celia Paterson.
Pray for all those training to be Readers in the diocese; for Clare Amos (Director of Lay Discipleship). Pray and give thanks for the work of the Friends of the Diocese in Europe (Secretary: Jeanne French)
Monday 12
Budapest: Chaplain: Frank Hegedus, Assistant Curates: John Wilson and Dan Culbertson.
We pray for our growing Sunday School programme, the children and teachers, for families separated by distance and immigration regulations and for our growing African and South Asian community. We also pray for Canon Denis Moss, our ninety-two year-old founding chaplain, who recently moved back to his native New Zealand and for our assistant curate Father John and Deacon Dan
Ljubljana: Reader: Janet Berkovic We pray for those who minister to our congregation (Frank Hegedus, John Wilson, Janet Berković) and for the Anglican community in Slovenia.
Tuesday 13
Maisons Laffitte: Chaplain: Charlotte Sullivan, Reader: Richard Medcalf, Assistant Curate Vivian Sockett.
Marseille: (serves: Aix-en-Provenceand Oppède in the Luberon) Chaplain: Jamie Johnston, Asst Chaplain: Roxana Tenea Teleman, Assistant clergy: David Pickering Readers: Jane Quarmby, Christine Portman. We pray for the chaplaincy as its people in Marseille, Aix, Oppède and Manosque celebrate 175 years of worshipping together in Provence.’
Wednesday 14
Costa del Sol East: (Includes Calahonda, Fuengirola (Los Boliches), Alhaurín El Grande) Chaplain: William Small. Reader: Caroline MacFarlane. We continue to give thanks for our new Chaplain
Fuerteventura: Chaplain: Anne Brown, Reader: Ruth Brough. We pray for Chaplain Anne, and in her role as Area Dean, for Reader Ruth, Churchwardens, John and Robert, church council members and all who join with us for worship that, together, in union with Christ and in the power of the Spirit we may grow in love and service to one another and to our community.
Thursday 15
Luxembourg: Chaplain: Geoff Read, Curate: Alison Heal, PTO: Martin Calderbank. We pray for All Saints to become a rich soil for all, from regular attendees to those who just dip their toe into our community. We pray for deep roots in prayer and scripture, bearing fruit in challenging times, through the power of the Holy Spirit
Friday 16
Rome: (Also serves Macerata) Chaplain: Robert Warren. Speaking God, you have told us that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. We thank you for those in our own chaplaincies who have shown this fruit in their lives, and we pray for our chaplaincy, asking that all those marked in baptism may show forth the same fruit in their generation.
The Anglican Centre in Rome: Pray for the Director and Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See
Saturday 17
Hamburg: Your prayers are requested by the congregations of the Anglican Church in Hamburg. Please pray for Revd Jules as she leaves us after four years and for our Churchwardens and other officers as we pray for our next steps.. May it be a rich opportunity to increase in trust, courage and humility in relation to God and one another, as we continue in our mission and ministry. We pray too for honesty in discernment as we seek to appoint our next Priest.
Heidelberg: Chaplain: Pearly Usha Walter. Please pray for the various ministries extended to young and old in the church. May the rich ecumenical experience in this University town be strengthened as we, as disciples of Christ demonstrate more love and respect for each
other.
Sunday 18
Pray for the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht, Archbishop Bernd Wallet. Pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Iceland, Latvia and Lithuania.
London: Pray for the legal experts who serve the Diocese from London - Chancellor: Mark Hill; Registrar: Aiden Hargreaves-Smith
Monday 19
Reykjavik: Chaplain: Bjarni Bjarnason. Lord God, you sent your Son to save the world, and your Spirit to guide the church; we pray for this chaplaincy and their own sense of being sent into their world. We pray for their homes and streets, their places of work and leisure, and ask that each might shine as a light set upon a hill, for the glory of Jesus Christ.
Riga: Chaplain: Eliza Zikmane. Lord Jesus, child of an earthly home, we pray for our chaplaincy, our children and all who care for them. May they know you as their holy Lord, calling out fresh forms of service; and may they know you as a precious Saviour, sheltering in safety all who come to You.
Tuesday 20
Midi Pyrénées and Aude: (Includes Brens, Cahors, Carcassonne, Caylus, Toulouse, Vayrac): Clergy: PTO: June Hutchinson, Tony Jewiss, Jacqueline Rodwell. Readers: Peter Gibbs, Malcolm Rigley, Kate du Toit. Pray for successful outcome of our recruiting process, may the right person, a true shepherd of Your flock, be called to lead our chaplaincy with faith, vision and love. We thank Archdeacon Peter for his tireless efforts in guiding our chaplaincy onto the right path. Pray for the chaplaincy as we prepare to celebrate our 60th anniversary this year and that by that time we may have a good shepherd to lead us.
Wednesday 21
Ibiza and Formentera: We pray for those leading the Chaplaincy during the vacancy and for locums who will be coming to lead our services over the coming months. We continue to pray for the work of 24-7 Ibiza with the homeless and the hungry of the island and also visit those in prison.
Thursday 22
Amsterdam: (Includes Amsterdam City Centre, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Amsterdam South) Chaplain: David Macha, Asst Chaplain: Kerry Buttram. We give thanks for our growing Children and Youthwork, and new leaders. In the South we give thanks for the provision of a wonderful new space in which to gather and worship and pray for faithfulness as we work out God's call upon us in this new location. In the centre we give thanks for our new Ministry Leadership Team which seeks to oversee and organise the worshipping life of the congregation particularly new families and may our growing ministry be a catalyst to outreach. Thanks for our growing numbers at worship and, through the commitment of a few committed parents, the provision of Children's Church.
Amsterdam Community OZ100: Priest: Rik Florentinus. Pray for the chaplaincy, the people and those who serve it. Grant them a sense of hope where there are challenges give a sense of vision and courage, bind them together in love and let them know laughter and moments of joy.
Heiloo: Chaplain: Johannes van der Bijl. We pray for our major outreach events we have panned for the rest of the year.
Schiphol Airport: Pray for the chaplain’s ministry team. Pray for the Holy Spirit to encounter passengers and staff who are open to hear and receive the Good News.
Friday 23
Venice: (Also serves Aviano, Trieste) Chaplain: Lucinda Laird. Pray for the Churchwardens, David Newbold and Geraldine Ludbrook who cared for the chaplaincy during the inter-regnum, for Castro Adieabah, an Anglican priest from Ghana, graduating from a three year course on Anglican/ Roman Catholic relations at the Franciscan Ecumenical Institute in Venice and the ongoing economic recovery of Venice severely hit by the lack of tourists during the pandemic.
Saturday 24
The Touraine: (Includes Savigny-en-Veron, Tours) Chaplain: John Neal, Asst Chaplain: Philip Edell. Please pray for the chaplaincy as the founding chaplain retires. Please pray
also for those who will be assisting the churchwardens during the vacancy.
The Vendée: (Also serves Puy de Serre, La Chapelle Palluau) Chaplain: Hazel Door, Reader: John Matthews. Lord Jesus, child of an earthly home, we pray for our chaplaincy, our children and all who care for them. May they know you as their holy Lord, calling out fresh forms of service; and may they know you as a precious Saviour, sheltering in safety all who come to you.
Sunday 25
Pray for the Church of Norway and we give thanks for our local cooperation in ministry as part of the Poovoo Communion. Give thanks and pray for our fellowship with the French Lutheran and Reformed Churches (Reuilly Common Statement). Pray for our partnership with CMS.
Monday 26
Norway: (includes Bergen, Drammen, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Tromsö, Trondheim) Chaplain: Joanna Udal, Asst Chaplain: Martin Chirume, Readers: Iris Evans-Bjørnø, Susan Boyd. Emeritus Reader: Priscilla Beck. Please pray for those newly baptised and confirmed and for children's ministry in our different congregations. We pray for the summer chaplaincy in Balestrand and for opportunities to welcome visitors around the Chaplaincy during the summer months.
Tuesday 27
Menton: Chaplain: Christopher Parkman. Please give thanks for our Easter cycle which was an energising time here in Menton as the spring arrived. Please pray for our AGM in late May, that the new council members that we elect will be given wisdom and discernment in their role. Please also pray specifically for our hosting events in church which is a key part of our presence and 'face to the world.'
Nice: (serves Vence) Chaplain: Jeremy Auld. We ask for prayer for the newly formed Eco-Group as they explore ways to establish a pattern of life that better and more sustainably honours our stewardship of God's creation. We also pray for our young people exploring their faith and preparing for confirmation in 2025.
Wednesday 28
Lanzarote: (Includes: Playa Blanca, Puerto del Carmen) Pray for encouragement for our small number of members and for our witness in Playa Blanca as well as St Laurence as a whole during our vacancy period.
Thursday 29
Arnhem-Nijmegen: Chaplain: Wim Kuiper, Assistant Chaplain: Dorienke de Vries. We pray for our young adults, both students and professionals, hoping that they will feel at home within our church community. Asking for God’s blessing upon their regular meetings for Bible study (Lectio Divina) and fellowship.
Eindhoven: Chaplain: Harrison Chinnakumar Ephraim. We ask for your prayers for the five people who were recently baptised. Please pray that they find joy in growing in the knowledge of God and they become deeply rooted in their faith in Jesus. We also pray for the volunteers in our church, that they may be encouraged and equipped for ministry both within and outside our congregation. We seek your intercession for our youth ministry, along with our dedicated youth leaders, with a special mention for Pamela. May our youth cultivate deep and meaningful relationships with Jesus through their involvement. Remember our church in your prayers, so that we may continue to be a powerful and effective witness of Jesus in Eindhoven and beyond.
Friday 30
Archdeaconry of Switzerland: Archdeacon: Peter Hooper. Pray for Peter with his responsibilities for Switzerland alongside those he holds in France.
Basel: Reader: Nigel Spencer. Lord God, you sent your Son to save the world, and your Spirit to guide the church; we pray for this chaplaincy and their own sense of being sent into their world. We pray for their homes and streets, their places of work and leisure, and ask that each might shine as a light set upon a hill, for the glory of Jesus Christ.
Berne: (Also serves Thun and Neuchâtel) Chaplain: Helen Marshall, Asst Chaplain: David Marshall, Asst Curate: James Morgan, Reader: Archana Jacob. We give thanks for our new Teens Group. We pray for the group to grow in faith and friendship with one another. We pray for James as he leads the group and that more leaders and helpers will share in this ministry. We give thanks that more young people in their 20s attending our church. We especially give thanks for the new Eco Group, composed of young people: for all the energy and enthusiasm they have put into leading us forward in this area. We give thanks for the ministry of James Morgan, our curate, over this last year and pray for him as he is priested at the beginning of July. We give thanks for our new churchwarden, Richard, and pray for grace and wisdom for him and for Pieter as they serve the church in this way, and for all members of Council.
Saturday 31
Las Palmas (Gran Canaria): (Also serves Playa del Ingles) Chaplain: David Brown.
We pray that all tourists may know that we are available to help and support them if they have any difficulties or problems when they are in Gran Canaria.