New Moderator installed at the General Assembly

Moderator the Rt Rev Dr Shaw James Paterson was installed in a ceremony at New College with His Grace the Duke of Edinburgh representing the Monarch as Lord High Commissioner.

Others present included the Rt Hon Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge and the First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney. Mr Swinney said on Twitter: “A great pleasure to attend the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. I wish the Commissioners well as they address the Moderator’s theme of Building Together.”

The outgoing Moderator Very Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton passed the baton to Dr Paterson during the ceremony.