World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of WCC member churches, said that the WCC cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council describing the conflict in Ukraine as a “Holy War.”
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of WCC member churches, said that the WCC cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council describing the conflict in Ukraine as a “Holy War.”
His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphany of Kyiv and All Ukraine visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 10 April at the request of the WCC general secretary, the Rev. Prof Dr Jerry Pillay, to discuss the current situation in Ukraine, the role of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU) in working toward peace, the continued involvement of the WCC in addressing the war, and the process for membership with the WCC.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is postponing a planned initial roundtable dialogue meeting on Ukraine, announced WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.
"The Word of God: Compass for Our Time", reflection by the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace held on 10-12 September in Berlin, Germany.
Address of Peter Prove, WCC director of international affairs on “Imagining a Safer World” at a “Churches Together South Australia” event on 13 August 2023.
Une délégation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) menée par le pasteur Pillay, secrétaire général du COE, s’est rendue cette semaine à New York et à Washington, DC. Elle y a rencontré des représentant-e-s des Nations Unies, le nonce apostolique, le Conseil national des Églises d’Amérique du Nord, d’autres responsables d’Églises, des organisations œcuméniques et des représentant-e-s de l’État.
Eine Delegation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) unter der Leitung von ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay besuchte diese Woche New York City und Washington, D. C. und traf dort Vertretende der Vereinten Nationen, den apostolischen Nuntius, Vertretende des Nationalen Kirchenrates in Nordamerika, von ökumenischen Organisationen, weitere kirchliche Führungspersönlichkeiten sowie staatliche Vertreterinnen und Vertreter.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay visited New York City and Washington, DC this week, meeting with United Nations representatives, the Papal Nuncio, the National Council of Churches in North America, other church leaders, and ecumenical organizations and state officials.
A parliamentarian from the UAE has cautioned a group of young Christian, Jewish, and Muslim peacemakers that terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have shown proficiency in using social media to attain their goals.
Als Pastorin Rita Famos Anfang der 1980er Jahre anfing, in ihrer örtlichen Gemeinde in Bern in der Schweiz in den Programmen für junge Erwachsene mitzuarbeiten, begann damit auch ein lebenslanges Engagement für die Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche und die ökumenische Bewegung.
L’implication de la pasteure Rita Famos dans les programmes en faveur de la jeunesse au début des années 1980, dans sa paroisse de Bern, en Suisse, a marqué pour elle une évolution dans son attachement à l’Église réformée et au mouvement œcuménique.
When Rev. Rita Famos became involved in the youth programmes of her local congregation in Bern, Switzerland, back in the early 1980s, a lifelong commitment to the Reformed Church and the ecumenical movement started to evolve.
