Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN,visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.
Des ressources, réflexions, prières et autres textes sont désormais disponibles pour aider les Églises et toutes les personnes de bonnes volontés à célébrer la Semaine mondiale pour la paix en Palestine et Israël, du 16 au 23 septembre 2023.
L’ambassadeur Ibrahim Khraishi, mission de Palestine en Suisse; l’ambassadeur Omar Awadallah, ministre adjoint pour les Nations Unies et les organisations spécialisées; et Doa Nofal, deuxième secrétaire de la Mission permanente d'observation de l'État de Palestine auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies et des autres organisations internationales à Genève se sont rendu-e-s au Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) le 6 juillet pour aborder la situation actuelle en Palestine.
Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, Mission of Palestine to Switzerland; Ambassador Dr Omar Awadallah, assistant minister for United Nations and Specialized Organizations; and Doa Nofal, second secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 6 July to discuss the current situation in Palestine.
Le président du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) pour les Églises orthodoxes byzantines, le métropolite Vasilios d’Ammochostos, a le trois quarts de son diocèse chypriote sous occupation turque et plus aucun fidèle chrétien ne vit dans la partie occupée.
Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a appelé à mettre un terme à l’attaque de l’armée israélienne à Jénine. Le COE condamne l’agression et appelle à la cessation de toute violence en Cisjordanie, y compris celle perpétrée par les colons israéliens.
Resources—including reflections, prayers, and more—are now available to help churches and all people of good will to observe the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel from 16-23 September 2023.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay called for an end to the Israeli military’s assault in Jenin. The WCC condemns the assault and calls for the cessation of all violence in the West Bank including that from Israeli settlers.
World Council of Churches (WCC) president for Eastern Orthodox Churches Metropolitan Vasilios of Ammochostos has three-quarters of his diocese on the island of Cyprus under Turkish occupation, but no Christians are still living in the occupied part.
Le Comité central du COE a exprimé ses préoccupations constantes s’agissant de deux crises territoriales considérables en Méditerranée orientale: celle qui touche la Palestine et Israël et celle qui touche Chypre. «Ces conflits motivés par des considérations politiques ont engendré des occupations illégales qui durent depuis des décennies», peut-on lire dans une note publiée par l’organe de direction.
The WCC central committee expressed continuous concern about two significant territorial crises in the eastern Mediterranean: those within Palestine and Israel, and those within Cyprus. “These politically driven conflicts have resulted in illegal occupations that have spanned decades,” reads a minute released by the governing body.
The latest group of World Council of Churches (WCC) ecumenical accompaniers reported incidents between 14 April and 22 May that ranged from violence to displacement, from harassment to intimidation in the West Bank.
World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed concern over a violent protest by rightwing Jewish activists against an Evangelical Christian event in Jerusalem on 28 May.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared joyful congratulations with Archbishop Hosam Naoum, who was installed as new primate of Anglican Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.
À l’occasion des commémorations du 75e anniversaire de ce que les Palestinien-ne-s appellent la Nakba, «la catastrophe», le déracinement de centaines de milliers de personnes à la création d’Israël en 1948, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a exprimé sa solidarité avec les Églises membres en Terre sainte.
Marking 75 years since Al-Nakba—the Arabic term for the events of 1948, when many Palestinians were displaced from their homeland by the creation of the new state of Israel—religious leaders reflected on what Al-Nakba means today.
During the 75th commemoration of what Palestinians refer to as the nakba, or “catastrophe”—when hundreds of thousands of people were uprooted during Israel's creation in 1948—World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with member churches in the Holy Land.
During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.