Introduction

The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it 'to share a common life' and 'to pray for and with one another'. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo churches and their Dioceses.

This new format Prayer Calendar replaces the Prayer Diary which was used during the first ten years after the signing of the Porvoo Declaration in 1996.

We have simplified the content, providing a list of Dioceses or churches covering each Sunday of the year, mindful of the many calls upon compilers of intercessions, and the environmental and production costs of printing a more elaborate list.

Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for the Porvoo churches. It is hoped that individuals and parishes, cathedrals and religious orders will

make use of the Calendar in their own cycle of prayer week by week.

In addition to the churches which have approved the Porvoo Declaration, we continue to pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia and the Church of Denmark. Observers from both churches attend all the meetings held under the Agreement.

The Calendar may be freely copied or emailed for wider circulation. It is also available, together with much other information on Porvoo, on the website www.porvoochurches.org

Published on behalf of the Porvoo Contact Group by the Council for Christian Unity of the Church of England, October 2007. Canon Charles Hill, Anglican Co-Secretary of the Porvoo Contact Group.

JANUARY

6/1

For the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Scotland and for the Diocese of Porvoo (Borgå), Finland

13/1

For the Diocese of Chester, England and for the Diocese of Kuopio, Finland

20/1

For the Diocese of Southwell, England and for the Diocese of Borg (Frederikstad), Norway

27/1

For the Diocese of Oslo, Norway, for the Diocese of Durham, England and for the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness, Scotland

FEBRUARY

3/2

For the Diocese of Oulu, Finland and for the Diocese of Coventry, England

10/2

For the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, England, for the Diocese of Lapua, Finland and for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Scotland

17/2

For the Diocese of Tampere, Finland, and for the Diocese of Manchester, England

24/2

For the Diocese of Birmingham, England and for the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Ireland

MARCH

2/3

For the Diocese of Bangor, Wales and for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, Ireland

9/3

For the Diocese of Worcester, England and for the Diocese of Hamar, Norway

16/3

For the Diocese of Bradford, England and for the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe, Ireland

23/3

For the Diocese of Peterborough, England and for the Diocese of Meath and Kildare, Ireland

30/3

For the Diocese of Canterbury, England  and for the Diocese of Tunsberg, Norway

APRIL

6/4

For the Diocese of Chelmsford, England, and for the Diocese of Karlstad, Sweden

13/4

For the Diocese of Lichfield, England, for the Diocese of St Davids, Wales and for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia,

20/4

For the Diocese of Lund, Sweden and for the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory, Ireland

27/4

For the Diocese of Lincoln, England and for the Diocese of Armagh, Ireland

MAY

4/5

For the Archdiocese of Uppsala, Sweden and for the Diocese of Llandaff, Wales

11/5

For the Diocese of Derby, England and for the Diocese of Clogher, Ireland

18/5

For the Diocese of Blackburn, England and for the Diocese of Brechin, Scotland

25/5

For the Diocese of Gothenburg, Sweden and for the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Scotland

JUNE

1/6

For the Diocese of Southwark, England and for the Diocese of Bjørgvin (Bergen), Norway

8/6

For the Diocese of Gloucester, England and for the Diocese of Västerås, Sweden

15/6

For the Diocese of Guildford, England, and for the Church of Denmark.

22/6

For the Diocese of Exeter, England and for the Diocese of North-Hålogaland (Tromsø), Norway

29/6

For the Diocese of Hereford, England and for  the Lusitanian Church, Portugal

JULY

6/7

For the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland and for the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

13/7

For the Diocese of Chichester, England and for the Diocese of Mikkeli, Finland

20/7

For the Diocese of for the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland,  for the Diocese of Connor, Ireland, and for the Diocese of South-Hålogaland (Bodø), Norway

27/7

For the Anglican Diocese in Europe, for the Diocese of Down and Dromore, Ireland, and for the Diocese of Visby, Sweden

AUGUST

3/8

For the Diocese of Ely, England and for the Diocese of Härnösand, Sweden

10/8

For the Diocese of St Albans, England, and for the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden

17/8

For the Diocese of Newcastle, England and for the Diocese of Møre (Molde), Norway

24/8

For the Diocese of Turku, Finland and for the Diocese of Wakefield, England

31/8

For the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania and for the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, Ireland

SEPTEMBER

7/9

For the Diocese of Bristol, England and for the Diocese of Helsinki, Finland

14/9

For the Diocese of Portsmouth, England and for the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden

21/9

For the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, England and for the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Ireland

28/9

For the Diocese of Skara, Sweden and for the Diocese of Edinburgh, Scotland

OCTOBER

5/10

For the Diocese of York, England and for the Diocese of Espoo, Finland

12/10

For the Diocese of Salisbury, England and for the Diocese of St Asaph, Wales

19/10

For the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Ireland and for the Diocese of Bath and Wells, England

26/10

For the Diocese of Sheffield, England and for the Diocese of Sodor and Man, England

NOVEMBER

2/11

For the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, Wales and for the Diocese of Leicester, England

9/11

For the Diocese of Liverpool, England and for the Diocese of Monmouth, Wales

16/11

For the Diocese of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway and for the Diocese of London, England

23/11

For the Diocese of Truro, England, and for the Diocese of Strängnäs, Sweden

30/11

For the Diocese of Växjö, Sweden and for the Diocese of Oxford, England

DECEMBER

7/12

For the Diocese of Carlisle, England and for the Diocese of Stavanger, Norway

14/12

For the Diocese of Winchester, England and for the Diocese of Agder (Kristiansand), Norway

21/12

For the Diocese of Norwich, England, and for the Diocese of Luleå, Sweden

28/12

For the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia and for the Diocese of Rochester, England