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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is condemning an attack on one of the buildings within the compound of the St Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza. The building—affiliated with the church, which is one the oldest churches in Gaza—has collapsed in the explosion, caused by Israeli missile strikes, according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.

في أعقاب اندلاع الأعمال العدائية في 7 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر - مع ورود أنباء عن إطلاق آلاف الصواريخ من غزة على إسرائيل واختراق مسلحي حماس لجنوب إسرائيل، وما تلاها من رد عسكري إسرائيلي - يقوم مجلس الكنائس العالمي بتكييف عمله في الأراضي المقدسة لمواصلة دعم الجهود الرامية إلى تحقيق السلام العادل.

يدعو مجلس الكنائس العالمي (WCC)، في أعقاب العنف الوحشي فقد فيه آلاف المدنيين الأبرياء حياتهم، إلى مقاربة جديدة لحل الصراع في الأراضي المقدسة.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in the aftermath of brutal violence where thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives, is calling for a new approach to resolve the conflict in the Holy Land. 

Church leaders in the Holy Land are raising their voices in unity to call for the cessation of all violent and military activities that bring harm to both Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

Following the outbreak of hostilities on 7 October – with a reported launch of thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel and the infiltration of southern Israel by Hamas gunmen, and an ensuing Israeli military response – the World Council of Churches (WCC) is adapting its work in the Holy Land to continue to support efforts for just peace.

The Christian Conference of Asia 15th General Assembly, in a statement, called for prayers for true peace on the Korean Peninsula. The statement also called upon governments to refrain from provocative statements and military actions, and prayed that permanent members of the UN Security Council continue to work together for reconciliation and peace on the Korean Peninsula.

يطلق رؤساء الكنائس في الأراضي المقدسة دعوات موحدة لوقف جميع الأنشطة العنيفة والعسكرية التي تلحق الأذى بالمدنيين الفلسطينيين والإسرائيليين على حد سواء.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the news that the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian women’s rights defender Narges Mohammadi.

During a film screening at the World Council of Churches on 4 October, viewers got a deeper understanding of why Palestinians are about to lose one of the last green spaces left for them in the Bethlehem Governorate.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended condolences to the churches and people of Qaraqosh, Iraq, after a wedding celebration was struck with a fire that killed 94 people and injured 100 more.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will welcome a “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity” exhibit that will open in a live-streamed ceremony on 12 September, then be available to the public from 13 September-5 October daily. The multimedia touring exhibit highlights the rehabilitation of the Church of the Nativity in all its artistic beauty, historical significance, and spiritual messages.