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WCC general secretary to Christian Conference of Asia: “we express and exercise creation care”

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candles — Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

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WCC extends condolences after tragic fire in Iraq

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Gothenburg Book Fair — WCC progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata (left) was part of a panel reviewing and reflecting on the book "White saviourism in International Development,” by Themrise Khan et al, at the 2023 Gotenburg Book Fair.

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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata reflects on book “White saviourism in International Development”

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Bishop Dr Jukka Keskitalo visits WCC — Rev. Pekka Mustakallio, theological assistant to the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Marianne Ejdertsen, WCC director of communication, Bishop Dr Jukka Keskitalo, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and Douglas L Chial, director of the office of the WCC general secretariat.

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WCC hosts visitors from Finland, Germany, and Sweden

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Stained glass window — The stained glass window in the the Cologne Cathedral, designed by German artist Gerhard Richter features more than 11 thousand glass squares/’pixels’ in 72 colours, arranged randomly by computer, with predetermined reflections and repetitions among the lanes.

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European Christian Internet Conference in Cologne inspires churches to embrace the digital age

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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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WCC general secretary to Christian Conference of Asia: “we express and exercise creation care”

28 September 2023
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WCC extends condolences after tragic fire in Iraq

29 September 2023
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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata reflects on book “White saviourism in International Development”

29 September 2023

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Vanesa Silva de Soza (left) and Yulimara Machin da Silva, both 8, in the rain in the Esperança Sustainable Development Project, where Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. nun, was murdered for her defense of the forest and the landless poor.

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Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth

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Season of Creation 2023

01 September - 04 October 2023
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Exhibition “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity”

12 September - 05 October 2023

Ecumenical Center, Geneva, Switzerland

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Screening of film “Our Land of Olives and Vines”

04 October 2023

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Executive Committee meeting

08 - 14 November 2023

Nigeria

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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Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

30 September - 07 October 2023

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Green village, Geneva, Switzerland

Green Village - Go further, go together

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