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.

CCIA58-photo-IvarsKupcis-Sundayservice - 5.jpeg — Sunday service at the Anglican church of Christ the King in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 31 October 2021, where Rev. Canon Nontombi Noami Tutu, Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter was visiting and preaching.

Christ the King church is linked with the Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, passionate anti-apartheid campaigner, who preached in the church in the 1940s and 50s. Sophiatown, once the hub of black culture in Johannesburg, was bulldozed down in mid-1950s under the South African apartheid law to make way for a whites-only suburb.

Residents of the community were removed to Meadowlands in Soweto region of Johannesburg. Many of the former residents are still members of the congregation and attending the church, reopened in 1997, travelling each Sunday from Soweto to attend services there.

Since 2010 the Church features the mosaic depicting Christ with multiracial disciples in contemporary dress, designed by the local South African artist Bon Chandiyamba. With Christ as a central figure, the mosaic tells two stories – the biblical one and one of reconciliation between of the historic community and the current one in Sophiatown.

This week we pray for: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini

08 - 14 June 2025

Woman pushing a man in a wheelchair through crop fields — Nhaume Makavire pushes her husband, Henry Gwese, on their farm in Charumengwe, Zimbabwe. Gwese's legs were paralyzed by cerebral malaria, yet he and his wife continue farming. He uses an appropriately designed and fitted wheelchair provided by the Jairos Jiri Association with support from CBM-US.

Next week we pray for: Botswana, Zimbabwe

15 - 21 June 2025

Prayers for the upcoming weeks

Dates	We pray for
15 - 21 June 2025	Botswana, Zimbabwe
22 - 28 June 2025	Malawi, Zambia
29 June - 05 July 2025	Kenya, Tanzania
06 - 12 July 2025	Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda
13 - 19 July 2025	Eritrea, Ethiopia
20 - 26 July 2025	Djibouti, Somalia
27 July - 02 August 2025	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda
03 - 09 August 2025	Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
10 - 16 August 2025	Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea
17 - 23 August 2025	Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

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