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Faith-based and humanitarian groups across the world were setting in motion appeals for aid and prayers as response expands in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on 6 February.

Following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake on 6 February, the presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches held an emergency meeting to discuss the disaster and how to respond.

As communities in Turkey and Syria were left reeling in the wake of an earthquake that has killed at least 4,300 people—and that figure is growing—churches were reaching out to check on those affected and praying for the safety of those missing.

In a congratulatory letter, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed great joy and gratitude over the appointment of Archbishop Mor Anthimos Jack Yakoub as the patriarchal vicar for Jerusalem, Jordan, and the Holy Land by His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern about increased violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank. 

رُسّمَت القس سالي عازار في 22 كانون الثاني / يناير كأوّل فلسطينيّة مسيحيّة تخدمُ في هذا المنصبِ في الأرض المقدسة.

Rev. Sally Azar was ordained on 22 January as the first Palestinian Christian woman to serve in this role in the Holy Land. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced continuing attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia’s ongoing illegal war against the people of Ukraine.

انضم الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي، البروفيسور الدكتور جيري بيلاي إلى أبرشية القدس الأسقفية وكافة كنائس الأرض المقدسة في إدانتها تدنيس المقبرة البروتستانتية التاريخية على جبل صهيون.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay joined the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and all the churches of the Holy Land in condemning the desecration of the historic Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion.

تحدّثَ صاحبُ الغبطة ثيوفيلوس الثالث، بطريرك القُدس، عند إضاءة شجرة الميلاد في فندق إمبريال الجديد في ساحة يافا، في السادس عشر من كانون الأول/ديسمبر، عن النورِ والأملِ والمصالحة.