1920 (4): Towards a Universal Conference of the Church of Christ on Life and Work
Hotel Beau-Séjour, Geneva, 8 August 1920. It’s been too cold an August, with average temperatures around 17.3 Celsius. Tomorrow is the opening day of a very promising post-war international consultation. Its title is “The Preliminary Meeting to Consider an Ecumenical Conference of the Church of Christ on Life and work.” However, I can tell you that a Church of Scotland delegate, J.-A. MacClymont, will certainly object to this awkward use of the word “ecumenical.”
In COVID-19 trimmed Meskel festival, Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch urges peace
In Meskel celebrations held under World Health Organization COVID-19 safety protocols, Abune Mathias, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, called for dialogue, peace and reconciliation in the country, where ethnic tensions recently flared up.
Virtual greetings connect the ecumenical fellowship in the midst of COVID-19
During the global pandemic it is not any more possible to be present at special celebrations in the ecumenical and global fellowship. The new realities connect the local and global work in a new and innovative way. The WCC is present digitally in many gatherings.
Events
19 August - 02 October 2020 GEM School 2020: Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (now online)
01 September - 04 October 2020 Season of Creation
09 - 13 November 2020 Executive Committee meeting (by video conference)
18 - 25 January 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
02 - 05 June 2021 Teaching Ecumenism – International Conference
23 - 29 June 2021 Central Committee meeting