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Die Gebete für die Einheit sahen dieses Jahr etwas anders aus und fühlten sich auch anders an, doch konnten ihnen die verbreiteten Einschränkungen von persönlichen Versammlungen nichts anhaben. Von Gebetsbildern über persönliche Besinnungen und von Online-Versammlungen zu neuen Verbindungen: Die Bilder aus der ganzen Welt zeugen von einem spirituellen Reichtum einer ökumenischen Familie, die sich im gemeinsamen Gebet vereinte.
Gebetskarten
Mit wunderschönen Gebetsbildern – von Gruppen, Gemeinden und Einzelpersonen in ihrer jeweiligen Sprache verfasst – wurden die sozialen Medien ein Ort, an dem viele ihre geistlichen Gaben teilten und sich im Gebet vereinten.
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Shared by the Student Christian Movement of Cuba on Twitter.
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Medicine Hat Catholic Schools shared a prayer for “all of us together be a reflection of the living Christ.”
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Created by José Carlos Isla for the Archdiocese of Granada, reflecting on Day 5 of the Week of Prayer, “Letting oneself be transformed by the Word…”
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Shared by the YWCA of Secunderabad, India on the theme of Day 8, “Reconciling with all of creation…”
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America reflected on Day 2, “Maturing internally…”
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Using social media to spread good news, St Michael's Church in Bishop’s Stortford (UK) adapted a tweet from Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, and turned it into a prayer card.
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The Pilgrims House, the Education and Pilgrimage Centre for St Davids Cathedral in Wales, shared bilingual prayer cards in Welsh and English.
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The Congregation of Clerics Regular Theatines prayed that “…we can be transformed and become witnesses of your tenderness for the world.”
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The Salvation Army expressed how much it values “the opportunity to pray, worship and work with other churches.”
Kreativität und Nahrung für den Geist
Kreative Personen nutzten das ganze Spektrum von Verteilkanälen, um ihrem Publikum die Teilnahme an der Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen zu ermöglichen.
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The Sisters of St Margaret shared this photo on Instagram to illustrate a reflection from Sr Christine on the theme of Day 5: "Pruning in the garden encourages stronger plant growth and also helps to have better flowers. Our pruning by ‘the word’ encourages us to grow, with prayer and the help and love of God, may we all ‘Bloom where we are planted.’"
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Kirsty Borthwick, live-tweeted her experience of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute, where she was just completing her semester, via the OurCofELike Twitter account, which features a different Church of England voice each week. See also her reflection on the WCC blog.
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The Roman Catholic French paper Actualité catholique promoted the materials for this year’s Week of Prayer via Instagram.
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An Anglican priest from Vancouver (Canada) shared prayers and scriptures daily via Instagram “in the hopes that 2021 will be a year filled with the light of Christ despite the coronavirus.”
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The Focolare Movement in the UK shared via Instagram a #ThoughtOfTheDay to “Live and work for Christian unity”
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Churches Together in Cornwall (UK) combined a Twitter campaign with daily podcasts to reach even more people.
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Churches Together in Britain and Ireland is pulling together posts about the Week of Prayer from a variety of channels in its prayer wall.
Sich zum Gebetsgottesdienst versammeln
Auch von Gemeinden, die Gebetsgottesdienste veranstalteten (online oder persönlich) wurden die sozialen Plattformen rege genutzt, um auf diese Versammlungen aufmerksam zu machen.
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The Oratoire du Louvre church in Paris invited people to participate in an ecumenical celebration on site or on YouTube.
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Seattle University held its Annual Karaoke Worship Night: “United in Praise.”
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Freedom Assemblies Worldwide featured a different pastoral leader each day.
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First Miami Presbyterian Church (USA) invited people to read a prayer and Bible verse to proclaim oneness and unity in the church which is the body of Christ.
Trotz der Pandemie konnten sich die Christinnen und Christen an gewissen Orten persönlich versammeln und für die Einheit beten. Oft ermöglichten die Versammelten anderen, über einen Videolink teilzunehmen. Dank Online-Gebetsveranstaltungen war das Zusammenkommen der weltweiten christlichen Familie konkreter und integrativer als in vergangenen Jahren.
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In Bukarest stand ein ökumenischer Gottesdienst in der römisch-katholischen Kathedrale am Abschluss der Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen.
Andrei-Mihai Vlad
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Young deacons at St Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch in Perth, Australia read prayers.
Dr Theodora Issa
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In Rome, the Anglican Centre hosted an ecumenical celebration with Archbishop Ian Ernest, Bishop Brian Farrell, and other ecumenical leaders.
Kamla Ernest
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The Chemin Neuf Community produced a special video series with daily prayers, presentations and testimonial in various languages.
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The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement hosted a virtual ecumenical prayer service celebrated by nine co-presiders from across the Christian family with music by The Interchurch Center.
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In the small Swiss locality of Gümligen, strict health regulations meant that a limited number of participants were allowed at the traditional ecumenical celebration. That’s why the local churches decided to also make the service available via YouTube.
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At Vespers in the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, Cardinal Kurt Koch (president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania (Episcopal Vicar of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy) and the Rt. Rev. Archbishop Ian Ernest (the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Holy See) gave the blessing alongside each other.
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WCC hosted an online Global Ecumenical Prayer showing “we are one world and one human family”
Für viele Menschen bietet die Gebetswoche eine Gelegenheit, ihre eigene Gemeinde Kirchen und Persönlichkeiten aus anderen traditionellen Hintergründen vorzustellen.
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The Maronite Diocese of Antelias, Beirut, Lebanon, introduced its Twitter followers to a personality from a different Christian tradition during each day of the Week of Prayer. Here: Lutheran theologian Paul Tillich.
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During the Week of Prayer, the “Pilgrim of Budapest” Twitter account celebrated churches of different traditions each day, including the newest Calvinist/Reformed church still under construction at Pesterzsébet suburban district.
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On the YouTube channel of St John's Parish, Falls Road, Belfast, local congregations presented their favourite hymns.
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Råslätts kyrka in Jönköping, Sweden,shared daily prayer videos led by local pastors from other traditions, including a prayer led by Father George Safar of St Dimet's Syrian Orthodox congregation.
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Two Bethany sisters living together in Belfast, Northern Ireland (hailing from Ecuador and Germany, Catholic and Lutheran backgrounds, respectively) invited their Instagram followers to a live-streamed conversation about Christian unity with friends including an interdenominational couple and a Benedictine monk.
Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen: https://www.oikoumene.org/gebetswoche
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