The main purpose is to pray and discuss the readings for the following Sunday, and any incidental business which arises. With 17 clergy present the feel was of a deanery, rather than a diocesan meeting. We conveyed our greetings from the Diocese of Ely and spoke of links we had with Lutherans elsewhere, particularly through the Porvoo agreement. Gill was the centre of attention of a group of clergy who wanted to talk about Christian nurture, whilst I received an invitation to a church which had a recording studio. Tzesin is a town which was divided at the end of the Second World War.
Half is in the Czech Republic and half is in Poland.
The office includes residential accommodation as well as offices and conference space. If you want to make a larger visit from the Diocese of Ely, we have room. Auschwitz All too soon we had to leave on a planned excursion to Poland again, for the former death camps of Auschwitz were less than 40 miles away. On the way we passed fields that were still flooded after the heavy rains. Mosquitoes were breeding in the stagnant pools, producing hoards of flies that drove the farm animals mad by their bites.