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.

Man on the roof of a building — CAR refugee Moussa Inoussa helps to dismantle a building in the Ngam refugee camp. Deemed unsafe for use after days of strong wind, the building must be torn down and rebuilt in order to serve again as a distribution for food and other materials to the refugees. Supported by the Lutheran World Federation, the Ngam refugee camp, located in the Meiganga municipality, Adamaoua region of Cameroon, hosts 7,228 refugees from the Central African Republic

This week we pray for: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea

09 - 15 August 2026

People looking in the well — Two people at the top of a well, shot from inside the well.

Next week we pray for: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

16 - 22 August 2026

Prayers for the upcoming weeks

Dates	We pray for
16 - 22 August 2026	Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
23 - 29 August 2026	Liberia, Sierra Leone
30 August - 05 September 2026	Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
06 - 12 September 2026	Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo
13 - 19 September 2026	Ghana, Nigeria
20 - 26 September 2026	Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
27 September - 03 October 2026	Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru
04 - 10 October 2026	Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
11 - 17 October 2026	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
18 - 24 October 2026	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Download the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle Calendar and Countries 2026

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