Prayers for each week

In God's Hands: The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

At the very heart of the ecumenical movement is the reality of prayer. Jesus prayed that we may all be one, united in God in the mystery of the Trinity. That is the basis and the goal of our search for unity.

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle enables us to journey in prayer through every region of the world and through every week of the year affirming our solidarity with Christians all over the world, brothers and sisters living in diverse situations, experiencing diverse problems and sharing diverse gifts. Lord, hear our prayer ...

These pages are based on the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle "In God's Hands - Common Prayer for the World". The book and the website offer valuable aids for intercessory prayers, prayer on behalf of and in solidarity with others.

Dates in 2008:

*Week #*	*Countries* *	Dates in 2008
Week 1	Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories	30 December 2007 - 5 January 2008
Week 2	Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq	6-12 January
Week 3	Cyprus, Greece, Turkey	13-19 January
Week 4	Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia	20-26 January
Week 5	Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden	27 January - 2 February
Week 6	Ireland, United Kingdom	3-9 February
Week 7	Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands	10-16 February
Week 8	Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta	17-23 February
Week 9	Germany, France	24 February - 1 March
Week 10	Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino	2-8 March
Week 11	Myanmar, Thailand	9-15 March
Week 12	Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam	16-22 March
Week 13	China, Hong Kong, Macao	23-29 March
Week 14	Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore	30 March-5 April
Week 15	East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines	6-12 April
Week 16	Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan	12-19 April
Week 17	Djibouti, Somalia	20-26 April
Week 18	Eritrea, Ethiopia	27 April - 3 May
Week 19	Sudan, Uganda	4-10 May
Week 20	Kenya, Tanzania	11-17 May
Week 21	Malawi, Zambia	18-24 May
Week 22	Botswana, Zimbabwe	25-31 May
Week 23	Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland	1-7 June
Week 24	Angola, Mozambique	8-14 June
Week 25	Brazil	15-21 June
Week 26	Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay	22-28 June
Week 27	Bolivia, Chile, Peru	29 June -5 July
Week 28	Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela	6-12 July
Week 29	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama	13-19 July
Week 30	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico	20-26 July
Week 31	The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago	27 July - 2 August
Week 32	Canada, USA	3-9 August
Week 33	Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia	10-16 August
Week 34	The Pacific islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti)	17-23 August
Week 35	Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania	24-30 August
Week 36	Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia	31 August - 6 September
Week 37	Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia	7-13 September
Week 38	Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania	14-20 September
Week 39	Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine	21-27 September
Week 40	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia	28 September - 4 October
Week 41	Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan	6-11 October
Week 42	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal	12-18 October
Week 43	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	19-25 October
Week 44	The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives	26 October - 1 November
Week 45	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda	2-8 November
Week 46	Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe	9-15 November
Week 47	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea	16-22 November
Week 48	Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger	23 - 29 November
Week 49	Liberia, Sierra Leone	30 November - 6 December
Week 50	Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal	7-13 December
Week 51	Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo	14-20 December
Week 52	Ghana, Nigeria	21-27 December

* The mention or absence of a country or a name of a country in this list does not imply any political judgment on the part of the World Council of Churches.

Prayers for this and next week:

11 May - 17 May 2008

Kenya, Tanzania

18 May - 24 May 2008

Malawi, Zambia

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity:

Celebrated annually in January between the feast of the Confession of St Peter and of the Conversion of St Paul, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is another way in which Christians around the world remember one another in prayer.

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