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Churches prepare report for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

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PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180308_AH2_0544 — Women's witness, delivering a message from the women of the 2018 WCC's Conference of World Mission and Evangelism.

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Trailblazers kick off 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence with stories of resilience

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Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata addressing Ethiopian church leaders — Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, WCC director of Public Witness and Diakonia, opened the meeting of Ethiopian church leaders in Bossey with a prayer and welcome remarks.

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Ethiopian church leaders meet at Ecumenical Institute at Bossey

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Jerry Pillay

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WCC general secretary at University of South Africa: “Christian voice for unity is not restricted to the church”

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Logos center Egypt — Papal Logos Center in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt.

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World Conference on Faith and Order in 2025 will mark anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

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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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Churches prepare report for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

29 November 2023
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Trailblazers kick off 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence with stories of resilience

28 November 2023
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Ethiopian church leaders meet at Ecumenical Institute at Bossey

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

04 December 2023

Online

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Webinar: Seeking and serving the truth? What role do churches play in misinformation & disinformation?

05 December 2023

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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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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Pan African Women
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A Guide for Churches on the Prevention of Obstetric Fistula

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Green village, Geneva, Switzerland

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