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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 Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grief and extended condolences in the wake of a church fire in Egypt that killed at least 41 people, 18 of them children.

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.

As Patriarch John X headed the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Cross church in Damascus in Syria, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared a message on behalf of a WCC-led delegation visiting the country for the first time since 2008.

زار وفد من مجلس الكنائس العالمي بيروت في 7 يوليو/تموز، في إطار زيارته لبناء جسور التواصل مع الكنائس الأعضاء في لبنان، حيث اجتمع مع قادة الكنائس وكذلك مجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط للاستماع ونقل رسالة إلى الجمعية الحادية عشرة المقبلة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي ، والتي ستنعقد في "كارلسروه" بألمانيا خلال الفترة من 31 أغسطس/آب إلى 8 سبتمبر/أيلول.

In a bridge-building visit to member churches in Lebanon, a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation visited Beirut on 7 July, meeting with church leaders as well as the Middle East Council of Churches to hear and carry a message for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August-8 September.

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.”

باقتراب الأسبوع العالمي للسلام في فلسطين وإسرائيل لعام 2022 الذي يُحتفل به في أيلول/ سبتمبر، يدعو مجلس الكنائس العالمي الشعوب والكنائس في جميع ربوع العالم إلى الصلاة والمناصرة والوقوف تضامناً مع الشعب في الأرض المقدسة.

As the 2022 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel approaches in September, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land.

On the International Day of Living Together in Peace declared by the United Nations, members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship from countries troubled by war and conflict gathered to pray for sustainable peace in the world.

قال القس البروفيسور الدكتور يوان سواكا الأمين العام بالنيابة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي إن الأحداث الأخيرة في فلسطين وإسرائيل بيَّنت بشكل مأساوي ومرة أخرى الحاجة الماسة إلى سلام عادل في المنطقة للفلسطينيين والإسرائيليين على حد سواء.

An Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly held last week affirmed “the utmost importance of love” and a “call for unity, reconciliation, justice, and peace,” according to a communique jointly released from the 50 participants, which included delegates from 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches.

The Taize Community, churches of the Holy Land, and the Tantur Ecumenical Institute are hosting a “Pilgrimage of Trust to the Holy Land” from 8-15 under the theme “Journeying Together to Sources of Hope.”