A SPECIAL service at Holy Trinity Church welcomed the Pax Christi Icon of Peace to Skipton on Monday.

The Icon, which was made at the Monastery of St John in the Desert, near Jerusalem, is currently on a tour of Yorkshire churches and schools.

It will remain at Holy Trinity Church until Friday, March 24, when it will be moved to St Stephen's RC Church, where it will stay until Monday.

A service in the Eastern tradition will take place at St Stephen's Church, Castle View Terrace, tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm.