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H.E. Mor Boutros Kassis, who has been serving the community for the last seven years as a temporary bishop, was installed as archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo on 15 October.

Three new theological reflections are available to help people prepare and reflect for the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be held 15-22 September.

دعا الأمين العام بالإنابة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي الدكتور القس البرفسور إيوان سوكا بصورة عاجلة إلى إنهاء العنف في القدس، وذلك بعد إصابة ثمانية أشخاص في حادثة إطلاق نار على حافلة في 14 أغسطس.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urgently called for an end to violence in Jerusalem, after on 14 August eight people were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca visited Jerusalem and the West Bank from 14-17 July, meeting with patriarchs and heads of Christian communities as well as local clergy and laity.

After being received by representatives of the churches managing the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on 15 July, President Joseph Biden was accompanied on a short tour to the site of the birth of Christ, where he was awaited by Patriarch Theophilos III, the Custos Father Patton, and the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Norahan Manugian, all of whom took Biden on a tour and exchanged discussion with him in the presence of a number of Palestinian officials.

In a joint letter to President Joe Biden, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance urged that he find ways in which the intended purposes of sanctions can be pursued without harm being inflicted on ordinary Syrians.

أعربت اللجنة المركزية لمجلس الكنائس العالمي في بيان عام ركز على الأراضي المقدسة عن "تضامنها العميق مع الكنائس الأعضاء والمسيحيين في المنطقة في حياتهم وعملهم، وابقاء إيمان وشهادة المسيحيين في الأراضي المقدسة مفعمان بالحياة والنشاط، وكذلك جميع شعوب المنطقة."

In a public statement focused on the Holy Land, the WCC central committee expressed “deep solidarity with the member churches and Christians of the region in their life and work, keeping the Christian faith and witness in the Holy Land alive and vibrant, as well as with all people in the region.”