Rev. Sally Azar, of the Lutheran Church in the Holy Land, met with ecumenical accompaniers from Ecuador, Finland, and Norway at the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem’s Old City on 3 March.
Alexander Brock, an international development practitioner from Ireland, recently returned from a deployment with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. On 1 March, he gave an eyewitness account of what it’s like to monitor human rights in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. He was part of a group of 27 ecumenical accompaniers from all over the world.
On 20 February, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, arrived in the city of Antioch, the historical capital of the Patriarchate, for an historic visit following the devastating earthquake that struck on 6 February.
Près de deux semaines se sont écoulées depuis le séisme qui a ravagé le nord de la Syrie et la Turquie le 6 février, ôtant la vie à plus de 41 000 personnes. Des milliers de bâtiments se sont également effondrés. Dans plusieurs villes comme Alep, Hama et Lattaquié, plus de 115 écoles ont été détruites.
Almost two weeks have passed since an earthquake that hit northern Syria and Turkey on 6 February, killing over 41,000 people. The disaster also caused thousands of buildings to collapse. In various cities such as Aleppo, Hama, and Lattakia, over 115 schools were destroyed.
H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, visited Antioch, marking an historic and first Apostolic visit to the place where Saint Peter established the Holy See of Antioch in the year 37.
Following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey, the Middle East Council of Churches in Syria interviewed H.E. Ephraim Maalouli, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Alexandretta, and Dependencies.
Hanna Barag, une Israélienne qui se décrit comme une «diplomate des droits de la personne», observe depuis plusieurs décennies ce que subissent les Palestinien-ne-s qui passent par les points de contrôle. Pour cette membre de l’organisation Machsom Watch, en un mot, c’est «déshumanisant».
Des groupes humanitaires et d’inspiration religieuse du monde entier ont lancé des appels à l’aide et à la prière tandis que les interventions s’intensifiaient au lendemain du séisme dévastateur qui a frappé la Syrie et la Turquie le 6 février.
Hanna Barag, an Israeli woman who has described herself as a “human rights diplomat” for the organization Machsom Watch, has spent decades observing what happens to Palestinians at checkpoints, and it’s—in a word—“de-humanizing,” she says.
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.
Alors que les communautés en Turquie et en Syrie sont ébranlées par le tremblement de terre qui a emporté au moins 4 300 vies – chiffre qui ne cesse d’augmenter – les Églises ont pris contact avec les personnes touchées et prient pour la sécurité des disparu-e-s.
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.
A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers completed their service in Palestine and Israel, handing their ministry over to the next wave, and celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the same time.
La jeune Samyah*, âgée de 26 ans, n’a pas de carte d’identité palestinienne ni israélienne. Née en Cisjordanie, elle détenait une carte d’identité de Jérusalem du nom de son père qui a été révoquée. Elle a appris la révocation à l’âge de 16 ans, alors qu’elle pensait pouvoir partir en voyage scolaire en Suisse. Ce ne fut pas le cas. Depuis, Samyah et sa famille luttent pour qu’elle obtienne une nouvelle carte d’identité de Jérusalem.
Twenty-six-year-old Samyah* has no ID card—not Palestinian or Israeli. Born in the West Bank, she once had a Jerusalem ID card after her father but it was revoked. She found out about the revocation when she was 16 and thought had the opportunity to travel with her school to Switzerland. She could not travel. Since then, Samyah and her family have been struggling to regain her Jerusalem ID card.
As Christians around the world look to the Advent season, preparations are in full swing in the place where it all started, Bethlehem, to celebrate that one story that lies at the heart of all Christian traditions.
Alors que les fidèles chrétiens du monde entier sont entrés dans la période de l’Avent, les préparatifs vont bon train où tout a commencé, à Bethléem, pour célébrer cette histoire singulière au cœur de toutes les traditions chrétiennes.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) completed its annual meeting from 21-26 November, and also commemorated its 20th anniversary.