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Tribute by WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit

This tribute by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to the late Professor Dr Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya was presented at a memorial service in the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva. Maathai, who died on 25 September 2011, had participated in a number of conferences and committees of the WCC related to ecological justice and peace.

Condolence letter to the National Council of Churches in Sri Lanka upon the death of the Rev. Somasiri K. Perera. He was a former president of the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka and former chairperson of the National Christian Council. In addition, he also served as a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.

Tribute to Philip A. Potter, WCC general secretary from 1972-84, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, on 19 August 2011.

A tribute to the memory of Anton Houtepen by WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit

Tribute by WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit

Tribute Letter for Paul Löffler, German missiologist and ecumenical pioneer.

Tribute to the life and work of Dom Emmanuel Lanne on the occasion of his death. Father Lanne belonged to the first group of Roman Catholic theologians that became in especially close ways associated with the WCC as members of the Commission on Faith and Order.

Condolence message to the Corrymeela Community

Condolence message by WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit

Condolence letter to the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India

In this condolence letter to the al-Azhar University, WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit expresses great respect and appreciation for Sheikh Tantawi's remarkable contribution to Islamic scholarship, for his prominent role and genuine commitment to intercultural and inter-religious dialogue.

Condolence letter to the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia at the passing of Archbishop Jabez Bryce, Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia.

Tribute to Prof. Charles Birch (1918 - 2009)

Condolence message by WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia

Letter of condolences from the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia to Dr Whi Ho Lee, widow of Mr Kim Dae-jung, former president of South Korea.

Meeting in Geneva for a regular encounter, the WCC officers received the sad news of the passing away of Patriarch Alexy II, and wrote to the Russian Orthodox Church to express their condolences.

Tribute by WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia

Tribute to a respected WCC colleague and an outstanding advocate in the international struggle for human rights.

Condolence letter to His Holiness Alexy II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia