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The 13th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) convened on Wednesday 15 July in Lyon, France. The meeting is made up of delegates and other representatives of some 120 European churches and 40 related organizations. The assembly, lasting until Monday 20 July, celebrates the 50th anniversary of CEC and will determine priorities for CEC and its member churches during the coming six years.
The gathering service in the Catholic church of St Bonaventure was addressed by Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, a president of the World Council of Churches and vice-president of CEC. Preaching on the theme "Called to One Hope in Christ", the archbishop told his ecumenical congregation that hope in Christ "provides inexhaustible vigour, stamina and creativity for our everyday effort, to which each and every one of us has been called."