The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

Prayer is at the very heart of the ecumenical movement. Jesus prayed that we – his followers – may all be one. When we pray with and for one another, we can feel God’s gift of unity.

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle takes us through every region of the world over the course of a year. Praying for each place on earth and its people at least once a year, we affirm our solidarity with Christians all over the world, brothers and sisters living in diverse situations, experiencing diverse problems and sharing diverse gifts. Pray with us!

Prayer is at the very heart of the ecumenical movement. Jesus prayed that we – his followers – may all be one. When we pray with and for one another, we can feel God’s gift of unity. Prayer sustains us on our way towards a unity that all can see, “so that the world may believe”. (John 17:21)

The suggested prayer texts are based on the publication "Pilgrim Prayer – an Ecumenical Prayer Cycle". The book and the website offer valuable aids for intercessory prayers, prayer on behalf of and in solidarity with others.

 

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From January 30 to February 1, 2019 WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit visited Patriarch Kirill in Moscow, Russia greeting him on the 10thAnniversary of the 2009 Local Council and Patriarchal Enthronement at the Russian Orthodox church.
The Sretensky men’s monastery was visited during the trip, including renewed Orthodox Seminary and newly built church dedicated to the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Photo:
Ivars Kupcis/WCC

Next week we pray for: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

18 - 24 April 2021
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Prayers for the upcoming weeks

Dates We pray for
18 - 24 April 2021 Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
25 April - 01 May 2021 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
02 - 08 May 2021 Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
09 - 15 May 2021 India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
16 - 22 May 2021 Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
16 - 22 May 2021 Indian Ocean Islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles
30 May - 05 June 2021 Angola, Mozambique
06 - 12 June 2021 Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini

The mention or absence of a country or a name of a country in this list does not imply any political judgment on the part of the World Council of Churches.

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