World Council of Churches

WCC GS Canada — The WCC delegation meeting with Indigenous Clergy and church leaders at the Epiphany Indigenous Anglican Church, Winnipeg.

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Churches in Canada welcome WCC general secretary

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Refugees and migrants--including entire families--walk through the Hungarian town of Hegyeshalom on their way to the border where they will cross into Austria (2015). Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants from Syria, Iraq and other countries flowed through Hungary on their way to western Europe.

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WCC expresses solidarity with churches and people of Syria

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WCC team escalade race 2024 — WCC team at the Escalade race 2024.

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Running for “Thursdays in Black,” WCC joins Escalade race

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flag of South Korea

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WCC stands with churches, prays for restoration of democratic governance in South Korea

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Presbyterian Church in Seoul — A temple of the Presbyterian Church of Korea in Seoul, South Korea.

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Churches in South Korea condemn declaration of martial law

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World Council of Churches

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Churches in Canada welcome WCC general secretary

10 December 2024
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WCC expresses solidarity with churches and people of Syria

10 December 2024
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Running for “Thursdays in Black,” WCC joins Escalade race

10 December 2024

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World Council of Churches central committee, gathered in Geneva, Switzerland on 21-27 June 2023.

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Albin Hillert/WCC

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Central Committee meeting

18 - 24 June 2025
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Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies

29 June - 19 July 2025

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GEM School 2025: Equipping faith leaders for economic and ecological justice

18 - 29 August 2025

Seoul, Republic of Korea

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GETI 2025: "Where now for visible unity?"

12 - 29 October 2025

Wadi El Natrun, near Alexandria, Egypt

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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Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

07 - 14 December 2024

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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Green village, Geneva, Switzerland

Green Village - Go further, go together

A unique project in Geneva's international district