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Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Church of Cyprus died on 7 November at age 81 after a long battle with cancer.

Una consulta interortodoxa previa a la Asamblea celebrada la semana pasada afirmó la importancia primordial del amor y reiteró “el llamado a la unidad, la reconciliación, la justicia y la paz”, según se puede leer en el comunicado publicado conjuntamente por los cincuenta participantes, entre los que figuraban delegados de veinte iglesias ortodoxas calcedonias y ortodoxas orientales.

An Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly held last week affirmed “the utmost importance of love” and a “call for unity, reconciliation, justice, and peace,” according to a communique jointly released from the 50 participants, which included delegates from 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches.

El anfitrión local y líder de la Iglesia de Chipre, el arzobispo Crisóstomos II, dio la bienvenida a los miembros de la preasamblea interortodoxa del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en su residencia de Nicosia, Chipre, el 12 de mayo, fiesta de San Epifanio. En la reunión se reconocieron las contribuciones de la Iglesia de Chipre al movimiento ecuménico, así como la aspiración de las iglesias a ver una isla unida, pues está dividida como resultado de la invasión turca en 1974.

Local host and head of the Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, welcomed members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly at his residence in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 12 May, the Feast of Saint Epiphanius. The meeting acknowledged contributions from the Church of Cyprus to the ecumenical movement, as well as the aspiration of churches to see a united island, partitioned as result of the Turkish invasion in 1974.

Las iglesias ortodoxas se han reunido en Chipre esta semana para preparar la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), así como para orar y reflexionar juntas sobre cómo mantener el diálogo abierto en medio de los graves desafíos que afronta el mundo.

Orthodox churches convened in Cyprus this week to prepare for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, as well as to pray and reflect together on how to keep dialogue open amid the world’s grave challenges.

Upon completion of a meeting in Cyprus on 21-22 January, the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches released a statement by members who came from Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, leader of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, received an International Religious Freedom Award from the US Department of State on 17 July. She paused to speak with WCC Communication with a word about what has inspired her life’s work for peace.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, leader of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, has received an International Religious Freedom Award from the US Department of State. The awards “honor extraordinary advocates of religious freedom from around the world” and will be presented on 17 July in Washington, D.C.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, responsable du Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP, Suivi religieux du processus de paix à Chypre), a reçu le Prix international de la liberté de la presse du Département d’État américain. Le prix «honore les défenseurs et défenseuses extraordinaires de la liberté religieuse dans le monde entier» et sera remis le 17 juillet à Washington, D.C.

Religious leaders in Cyprus stood together against violence towards women and girls, releasing a first-ever official joint statement on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day.

The latest edition of the quarterly WCC journal features a discussion of the roots of religion and violence in the Middle East. Five presentations drawn from three WCC-sponsored conferences of recent years explore aspects of the religious concepts of “promised land,” the “theology of land” and how to go about “reading the Hebrew Bible in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”

Facilitating peace requires conviction, political independence and endurance. Add a whole lot of passion and native Cypriot Salpy Eskidjian fits perfectly into that job description. Since she started in 2011 as executive coordinator of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, which is operating under the auspices of the Embassy of Sweden in Nicosia, she has tirelessly – and successfully – sought to engage religious leaders in a dialogue for peace.

Facilitar la paz requiere convicción, independencia política y perseverancia. La chipriota Salpy Eskidjian sería la candidata perfecta para cualquier trabajo que requiera un torrente de pasión. Desde que inició su labor en 2011 como coordinadora ejecutiva de la Oficina de la Vía Religiosa del Proceso de Paz de Chipre (RTCYPP, por sus siglas en inglés), que lleva a cabo su labor bajo los auspicios de la Embajada de Suecia en Nicosia, no ha descansado hasta conseguir implicar a los líderes religiosos en un diálogo por la paz.