Retired parish minister, the Very Reverend Dr Lorna Hood has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Very Reverend Dr Lorna Hood, who was the former parish minister for 37 years at Renfrew North Parish Church, and lives in Paisley, is being recognised for her “exceptional and long service to the Church of Scotland and promoting tolerance and understanding” through the Remembering Srebrenica charity.
She helped found the Scottish board of the Remembering Srebrenica charity after more than 8,000 people were killed in the Balkans genocide in July 1995 and was previously the Church of Scotland Moderator in 2013-14
She is also one of the Queen’s personal chaplains.
Very Reverend Dr Hood said: “I am slightly embarrassed but it is an honour and a privilege.
“It is an immense privilege to be able to take people out to Srebrenica to meet with survivors and hear their stories.