Ecumenical Jury awards Berlin film prize for portrayal of struggle with religious tradition
A film depicting a woman – Petrunya – who breaks church and social traditions by grabbing a cross thrown by an Orthodox priest into an icy river in an Epiphany ritual meant for young men has been awarded the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 69th Berlinale film festival in the German capital.
WCC mourns death of Rev. C.M. Kao
Rev. Dr C.M. Kao, Asian church leader and human rights advocate, has passed away. In the 1970s, he served as general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, which has been a WCC member church since 1951.
Monastery as a meeting between human and divine
Established more than 600 years ago, the Sretensky monastery in the centre of Moscow was a place of imprisonment and execution of those persecuted for their political or religious beliefs during repressive Soviet times.
Events
25 February 2019 Rethinking Labour and the Future of Work
16 - 20 March 2019 NIFEA Workshop on Just Taxation and Reparations
22 - 28 May 2019 Executive Committee meeting