World Council of Churches

COP28 Talanoa dialogue — The Interfaith Talanoa Dialogue at COP28 was held at Christ Church Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Interfaith talanoa dialogue brings “ethical, moral, and spiritual voice” to COP28

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Church leaders lighting a cande — Ethiopian church leaders light a candle - symbol of common unity in Christ at the chapel of the Ecumenical centre: Rev. Dr Yonas Yigezu Dibisa, president of the Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, H.G. Archbishop Petros, general secretary of the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; and H.E. Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel of the Ethiopian Catholic Church.

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In historic show of unity, Ethiopian churches commit to establishing national council

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HIV prayer

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Liturgy for World AIDS Day available with theme “Let Communities Lead!”

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A meeting of the WCC delegation with the National Nuclear Commission of the Marshall Islands, November 2023, Photo: Chewy C.Lin/WCC

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Pilgrimage to Marshall Islands brings new urgency for justice in wake of nuclear testing

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Cross — Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures

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WCC Faith and Order Commission convenes online for first full meeting

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25 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: Birthday cake pictured as the World Council of Churches central committee – gathered in Geneva on 21-27 June 2023 for its first full meeting following the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022 – celebrates 75 years since the founding of the Council in 1948.

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Interfaith talanoa dialogue brings “ethical, moral, and spiritual voice” to COP28

30 November 2023
News

In historic show of unity, Ethiopian churches commit to establishing national council

30 November 2023
News

Liturgy for World AIDS Day available with theme “Let Communities Lead!”

30 November 2023

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15 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: A 'Waterfall of Solidarity and Resistance', an exhibition produced by the World Council of Churches as part of the Thursdays in Black campaign for a world without rape and violence – mounted at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

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Albin Hillert, all rights reserved

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16 Days against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

25 November - 10 December 2023
Worldwide
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“Every Picture Tells a Story” photo exhibit at the Ecumenical Centre

29 November - 22 December 2023

Lobby of the Ecumenical Center

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Webinar: Launch of two new tools to invigorate the HIV response by the faith sector

01 December 2023

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WCC webinar: “Decolonizing beauty: mission, gender, racism, and health in the skin-whitening pandemic.”

04 December 2023

Online

Oil painting - The First Ecumenical Council — The First Ecumenical Council - oil painting (XVIII сentury) in the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Nicaea 2025

Commemorating 1700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council at Nicaea

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

Prayer is at the very heart of the ecumenical movement. Jesus prayed that we – his followers – may all be one. When we pray with and for one another, we can feel God’s gift of unity.

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Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

25 November - 02 December 2023

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Waterfall of Solidarity and Resistance
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Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume II
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Ahead of Her Time

Angélique Keturah Walker-Smith

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