The ecumenism of blood and the Stations of the Cross
Eight Middle Eastern Churches held a joint service in St Mary’s Cathedral of the Assyrian Church of the East. Inset: Fr Pierre al-Rahi
Assyrian Church of the East Diocese of Western Europe
Ealing has become something of a microcosm of the Middle East, and only a short distance lies between Kabul Ice Cream, a Damascene grill, and a Persian restaurant and a Persian bakery both boldly displaying in their windows their nation’s pre-1979 flag.
Less visibly, Ealing and its surrounding west London suburbs have also become a hub for Middle Eastern Christianity – Chaldean Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic and Armenian congregations worship nearby. As Lent approached its end, members of nine Churches represented in London (eight with roots in the Middle East plus “the Latin Church”) came together for an unprecedented ecumenical Stations of the Cross to remember some of their all-too-recent martyrs in the context of Jesus’ Passion.
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