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Women forced to flee their homes during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict — Marta Vanyan from Shushi, Ariana Chakbazyan from Hadrut and Laura Hovsepyan from Shushi were forced to flee their homes in Artsakh during the six-week war in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave late last year.

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Armenians fleeing war find open doors as churches offer shelter and hope

Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC, 2018

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WCC invites youth to Stewards Programme for 11th Assembly in 2022

World AIDS Day 2017 ribon with candels — World AIDS Day 2017

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WCC to co-host workshop in Nigeria addressing HIV risks for migrants and refugees

Photo: GCF

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Global Christian Forum International Committee begins to plan global gathering

Ecumenical Forum on Korea in Bangkok, 2019 — Director of the WCC's CCIA Peter Prove, general secretary of the NCCK Rev. Lee Hong Jung (South Korea) and the chairperson of the KCF Rev. Kang Myong Chol (North Korea) holding hands in prayer and solidarity for peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula during the EFK meeting in Bangkok in 2019.

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Peace and unity on the Korean Peninsula matters globally

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WCC invites youth to Stewards Programme for 11th Assembly in 2022

25 February 2021
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WCC to co-host workshop in Nigeria addressing HIV risks for migrants and refugees

25 February 2021
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Global Christian Forum International Committee begins to plan global gathering

25 February 2021

WCC 10th Assembly in Busan

The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches

From 31 August to 8 September 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany, under the theme "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity"

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Church voices have joined the chorus demanding respect for indigenous peoples’ rights and eco-justice in connection with Standing Rock, a location at the heart of the struggle against the proposed path of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota, USA.

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Steven D. Martin/NCCCUSA/WCC

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Seven Weeks for Water 2021

17 February - 29 March 2021
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WCC Eco-School 2021 for Pacific region on Water, Food and Climate Justice

22 - 28 February 2021

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Applications open - Bossey Online Course

01 March 2021

Online

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WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism will meet online in March

04 - 09 March 2021

Online

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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Prayer

France, Germany, Monaco

20 - 27 February 2021

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Anna Karin Hammar, Uppsala, September 2018

COVID-19 Resources

WCC resources in view of the Coronavirus

Green village, Geneva, Switzerland

Green Village - Go further, go together

A unique project in Geneva's international district