Chris Luxton

Voluntary at: Pacific Islands Society of the UK and Ireland (PISUKI), St Philips Earls Court Road, and Churches Together in Kensington and Chelsea (CTiKC)

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

CTiKC 2026 - 21 JULY 7PM, in @stmaryabbots Vicarage Garden, W8 4HN, courtesy of Mthr Emma. We are delighted that Bp @_mikeroyal General Secretary of @ChurchesEngland will be our guest speaker. ALL WELCOME! Bring and Share Refreshments follow the AGM - see you there!

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

And so say all of us! A remarkable achievement.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Congratulations to Arthur Fery on a magnificent win taking you to the Semi Finals of @Wimbledon! 🎉🎾

The Queen was delighted to watch you play on Centre Court today. Thank you to everyone who works at The Championships to make it such a fantastic event for all.

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@CatSpecr That single dog bark really caught you by surprise mid-service on Sun!! I couldn't stop quietly giggling... crash, BANG, wallop - I couldn't see, but knew exactly what it was: you turning tail🐈‍⬛and colliding with a few hard things, heading back for sanctuary under the organ...🥰

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@TyburnMartyrs Happy Easter!

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@CatSpecr P.S. I've already suggested one name via @StPhilipsW8 newsletter, but another poss. could be simply 'Phil' which means, "..beloved, dear, or loving. It comes from the Ancient Greek word philos (φίλος), which can mean both a "friend/beloved" (noun) and "loving/dear"

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@CatSpecr You couldn't 'replace' Pushkin, surely? All cats are individuals in their own right. You look to me, if early impressions are anything to go by, as 'tho you may well be a worthy 'successor' to him!! Non?! 🥰

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@TyburnMartyrs So do I - thank you for sharing.

[TyburnMartyrs @TyburnMartyrs]

IN MEMORIAM - Helena Chwalibog

[CTE @ChurchesEngland]

#PrayTogether 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏾

[Westminster Abbey @wabbey]

Some signs of spring in College Garden, where thousands of crocuses are carpeting the lawn, and hellebores, daffodils and snowdrops are all coming into flower 💐

The garden has been in cultivation for more than 900 years, and you can enjoy a peaceful moment here when you visit us from Monday-Friday throughout the year.

[Archbishop Angaelos @BishopAngaelos]

Grateful for the opportunity to address General @Synod today on a liturgical item that introduces the 21 Libya Martyrs into the @ChurchOfEngland Lectionary.

Expressed my thanks, first and foremost, for the care and interest shown by Synod for the recognition of their brothers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their Lord and Saviour so many thousands of miles away.

The Libya Martyrs have brought us all together. They have demonstrated the importance of living and witnessing faithfully.

“…as followers of our Lord Jesus Christ, they showed the ultimate strength: a courage without triumphalism, a sanctity without arrogance, and witness, with absolutely no words.”

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

A beautiful Thansgiving Service for Pushkin. You can download the Order of service as a memento, as well as the recording. https://t.co/HumRuRKsqi RIP Pushkin 🥰 🐈‍⬛

[SPECR_cat @CatSpecr]

A recording of the service is available on the church cat page for @StPhilipsW8

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

@ChurchesEngland @ar_churchuk Wonderful news - thank you for sharing!

[CTE @ChurchesEngland]

Churches Together in England @ChurchesEngland is delighted to announce that the new President for the Orthodox Churches is the Primate of the Armenian Orthodox Church in the UK and Ireland @ar_churchuk Bishop Hovakim Manukyan

https://t.co/iDRysAOqJC

#ChurchesTogether

[The Armenian Church in the UK & Ireland @ar_churchuk]

It was a joy to welcome our brothers and sisters in Christ during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Ecumenical Service at St Sarkis Armenian Church in Kensington, London.
#ChurchesTogether #WPCU2026

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope St. John Paul II, during his visit to the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem in 2000, spoke about the importance of remembering the Holocaust "for a purpose, namely to ensure that never again will evil prevail."

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and this year's theme is “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights”.

[Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson]

Not long ago I was flying back from Poland after my first visit to Auschwitz, and mulling the horror of what I had seen - the hills of children’s shoes and suitcases, the tonnes of human hair. What struck me was the sheer scale of the operation and the obvious truth that the Nazis had not done this on their own. The rounding up of innocent people and packing them into trains : this greatest ever act of mass murder was committed with the active complicity of huge numbers of European civilians in every occupied country.

On my plane back from Warsaw I happened to meet the daughter of an old colleague who told me that she no longer felt safe to wear a Star of David round her neck in London. I was furious and ashamed at the failures of policing and political leadership that have allowed her to feel so unsafe. Anti semitism is alive again in Britain, Europe and around the world. The old virus is awake. We must never be so arrogant and so conceited as to believe that our civilisation cannot fall again. We must remember the logic of this hateful prejudice and where it leads.

The sad truth is that today’s Holocaust Memorial Day is the most vital for decades.

[Sr Jessica @SrJessica_OSB]

Lovely to have @churchofengland here today, filming for the Sunday service which goes out weekly. Our contribution will be airing 1st March, the 2nd Sunday of Lent.

[Chris Luxton @ChrisLFriends]

On #HolocaustMemorialDay, may their memory be for a blessing.

[Westminster Abbey @wabbey]

On #HolocaustMemorialDay, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the horror of the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution.

Prayers have been said in the Abbey today for peace, justice, mercy and hope around the world.

#HMD2026 #LightTheDarkness

[Mike Royal @_mikeroyal]

Giving the homily on the theme “One Body, One Spirit” at the Ecumenical Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the St Sarkis Armenian 🇦🇲 Orthodox Church in Kensington, London. #ChurchesTogether #WPCU2026