Opening Eucharist and book-signing

Primate Michael Peers leaves the opening ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, wearing the cope and mitre in the style of Nisga'a chieftan.

A London dance troupe performed a Gospel dance dressed in Panamanian costume.

Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town, with his wife Nomahllusi Ndungane.

Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi-Nkoyoyo, left, Primate of Uganda, Bishop Daniel Zindo of the Sudan and Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town leave the opening eucharist.

Eileen Carey chaired the spouses' program at the conference as well as launching her book, The Bishop and I.

Bishop Catherine Waynick.

Archbishop Arthur Peters of Nova Scotia.

Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, reads from his book, Canterbury Letters, which was launched during the Lambeth Conference.

A day in London

Bishops and guests mix and mingle at Lambeth Palace. Shown is the residential wing of the palace, which was built between 1929 and 1834.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is welcomed to Lambeth Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, and Rev. Andrew Deucher, the Archbishop's Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs.

Victoria Matthews, left, Bishop of Edmonton, and Ann Tottenham, suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Toronto, Credit Valley.

Bishop John Shan Lum, left, Bishop of Myitkyina Myanmar (Burma), and Mrs. Roi Tawp.

This woman's hat even matched her spouse's cassock.

Bishop Richard Holloway, left, puts on a rice-paper mitre along with Archbishop George Carey before casting them on the Thames during a boat cruise. The gesture was a result of comments Bishop Holloway made two years ago, suggesting the bishops protest pomposity by throwing their mitres in the river.

The wearing of hats was in vogue at the palace.