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“Every Picture Tells A Story” photo exhibit by Most Rev. Dr Martin Modéus, archbishop of the Church of Sweden and primate of Uppsala, will open on 29 November in the Ecumenical Centre.

Das armenische Volk und die armenischen Kirchen bräuchten dringend eine „großzügige Antwort der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft auf die humanitären Bedürfnisse der Flüchtlinge aus Bergkarabach, insbesondere die humanitären Bedürfnisse von vulnerablen Frauen, Kindern, alten Menschen und Menschen mit Behinderungen sowie all jener, die keinen Zugang zu anderen Formen von Unterstützung haben“, heißt es in einer Erklärung, die der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) auf seiner Tagung in Abuja, Nigeria, verabschiedet hat. 

Armenian people and churches urgently need “a generous international response to the humanitarian needs of the refugees who fled from Nagorno-Karabakh, especially vulnerable women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, and those without any other means of support,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee stated during its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. 

On Reformation Day—31 October—a Martin Luther avatar will be answering questions and bringing history to life. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent warm greetings to Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, who is retiring from his post as bishop but continuing as moderator of the WCC.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) verschiebt einen geplanten ersten Rundtischdialog zum Thema Ukraine. Dies hat ÖRK-Generalsekretär Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay bekanntgegeben. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay addressed the United Bible Societies Assembly on 13 October in Amsterdam. 

In a letter to the European Union, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Conference of European Churches express grave concern for the situation in the Caucasus related to the exodus of almost the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is postponing a planned initial roundtable dialogue meeting on Ukraine, announced WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

WCC progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata was part of a panel reviewing and reflecting on the book "White saviourism in International Development,” by Themrise Khan et al, at the 2023 Gothenburg Book Fair.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted Bishop Dr Jukka Keskitalo and Rev. Pekka Mustakallio from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, to discuss the ecumenical agenda of 2023 and the harvesting of the WCC 11 th assembly, as well a group from the Centre for Ecumenism of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau, and 21 ordinands from the Church of Sweden.

Exploring the intersection of theology and technology in the churches today, 27th European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) gathered digital communicators from churches across Europe in Cologne, Germany this week.

A World Council of Churches delegation led by general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has concluded its visit to Armenia after “witnessing dramatic events”.

Nach der Hälfte eines viertägigen Besuchs hat die ökumenische Solidaritätsdelegation die Hoffnungen und Ängste der Bewohner der Region miterlebt.