‘Prayer, lament and hope’ at choral evensong for Iranian Christians

Hundreds of UK-based Iranian Christians and others attended a special choral evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday, held in solidarity with the people of Iran... The service included a prayer read by Shirin Ward, the daughter of the Rt Revd Hassan Dehqani-Tafti (1920-2008), the first Persian Anglican Bishop in Iran, alongside prayers from Iranian church leaders, reflections, and music by Sir James MacMillan... “We commend before God the suffering of a people, and the longing for peace, justice, and human dignity for all, remembering especially today Christians in Iran, and the yearning of hope, our sorrow and our gratitude,...