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After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

In a historic joint pastoral statement released on 26 March, the World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations affirmed the urgency of standing together to protect life amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

في بيان رعوي تاريخي صدر يوم 26 آذار/ مارس، أكد مجلس الكنائس العالمي والمنظمات المسكونية الإقليمية على الحاجة الملحة إلى الوقوف معاً لحماية الحياة في خضم جائحة فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19).

يوفر مجلس الكنائس العالمي للكنائس الأعضاء بعض المساعدة البشرية خلال جائحة فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19). فقد أُتيح فريقٌ من 8 أشخاص لتقديم المشورة للكنائس عن طريقة تعزيز أدوارها خلال جائحة فيروس كورونا المستجد، وكيف يمكنها أن تتكيف كطوائف دينية، وكيف يمكنها أن تتواصل فيما بينها وتتشاطر الخبرات.

The WCC is offering member churches some resources with a human face during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of eight resource people has been made available to consult on how churches can discern their roles during the coronavirus pandemic, how they can adapt as faith communities, and how they can connect and share with each other.

بعد أكثر من 30 عاماً كراعٍ للكنيسة وداعٍ إلى توحيد الكنائس وزعيماً بالكنيسة، يؤمن القس الدكتور أولاف فايكس تفيت إيماناً راسخاً بأن الكنيسة يمكنها أن تغير العالم. ولقد شهد تفيت، بصفته مديراً عاماً لمجلس الكنائس العالمي للسنوات العشر الأخيرة، لما يعنيه السيد المسيح للمؤمنين في جميع ربوع العالم. وسيعود تفيت إلى موطنه في نهاية هذا الشهر ليقود كنيسة النرويج كرئيس الأساقفة لمؤتمر أساقفتها.

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the WCC for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

مع بداية هذا الأسبوع الجديد، يتحدث الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي، القس الدكتور أولاف فيكيس تفيت، عن مسألة تغير عمل مجلس الكنائس العالمي خلال جائحة فيروس كورونا.

يدعو الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي، القس الدكتور أولاف فيكيس تفيت، جميع الكنائس الأعضاء إلى صلاة مشتركة في الصلاة الربانية معاً يوم الأربعاء 25 آذار/ مارس ظهراً.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit invites all member churches for a joint prayer, saying the Lord’s Prayer together on Wednesday 25 March at noon.

In a pastoral letter to WCC member churches and ecumenical partners, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom urged people to give highest priority to “doing whatever we can do to protect life” and “This is a time to touch each other’s hearts, by what we say, what we share, what we do – and what we do not do – to protect the life God loves so much.”

As the world grapples with the spread of the new coronavirus, churches are finding ways to continue their traditions, but now by virtual means. On the coming Sabbath, churches around the world will engage in prayer, not publicly – as the church moves out of big public buildings – but inside the private spaces of homes.

Auf seinem ökumenischen Weg hat Georges ,Yorgo‘ Lemopoulos unter fünf Generalsekretären für den ÖRK gearbeitet; für drei von ihnen als stellvertretender Generalsekretär. Er war außerdem Co-Koordinator für die Feierlichkeiten zum 70-jährigen Bestehen des ÖRK. Lemopoulos macht sich Gedanken dazu, wie wichtig es ist, die Dokumente der ÖRK-Leitungsgremien zu digitalisieren und wie die Digitalisierung dazu beitragen kann, uns alle besser über die reichhaltige Geschichte eines globalen ökumenischen Pilgerwegs aufzuklären.

In the past several months, beginning with an epidemic that quickly became an emergency situation, COVID-19 has escalated into a global crisis, spreading fear and uncertainty everywhere.

The WCC, via a specific landing page on its website, is reaching out to the worldwide fellowship with a sense of pastoral care amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to require the world to protect its most vulnerable people, the reality of undernourishment faces more than 820 million people in the world. This increases vulnerability in our one human family. Dr Manoj Kurian, coordinator of the WCC Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, reflects on the current state of food security.

People pray daily for an end to the coronavirus-COVID-19 that is gripping the world, turning human interaction into a virtual affair and upending lives everywhere during a struggle against a silent enemy about which little is known.

Women in Chile have been subject to violence, forced nudity, humiliation and even rape in the framework of the social protests taking place in the nation since last October, said Chilean theologian and lawyer Cecilia Castillo Nanjari.

On 6 March, Christian women from 170 countries will observe a World Day of Prayer, drawing millions of people together for a healing message in a divisive world.

The 2020 theme is “Rise! Take Your Mat and Walk,” based on John 5:2-9a, and has been crafted by the World Day of Prayer Zimbabwe Committee. Each year, materials are developed ecumenically and collectively within a certain country in coordination with the World Day of Prayer International Committee.