On the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday 25th October 2009, the Bishop together with the other delegates (The Very Revd Charles Johnson, Mrs Pat Johnson and Mr Roy Hipkiss) to the 18th Provincial Synod attended Mass at the Parish Church of St Andrew and St Margate of Scotland, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The Bishop preached, at the kind invitation of the Rector, Father Nicholas Athanaelos (and with the Bishop Ordinary’s equally kind permission) and afterwards the congregation held a reception in the visitors honour.