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Jerusalem Churches in solidarity with the Sheikh Jarrah residents under the threat of eviction, Photo: Yusef Daher/WCC

في الشيخ جراح: تقول أم "لا يعيش الأطفال الطفولة التي يستحقونها".

 

تحاول نفوس حماد أن تعيش يوم سبت عادي في منزل والديها في الشيخ جراح وهو الحي المتواجد في القدس الشرقية

ويحتل صدارة الأخبار مؤخراً بسبب القضايا المتعلقة بمحاولات تهجير أسر فلسطينية من منازلها. 

: كنائس القدس تتضامن مع ساكني الشيخ جراح المهددين بالتهجير، تصوير: يوسف ظاهر، مجلس الكنائس

26 August 2021
Interview
Olive trees in Hebron, West Bank

South Hebron Hills families share stories of life under occupation

Jack Munayer, coordinator for the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI), recently visited the South Hebron Hills area with diplomatic delegates from eight different countries, as well as Israeli activists. The visit was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The group visited families and listened to their stories with the goal of discerning the nature of hardship and trauma that the occupation continues to cause.

14 July 2021
Interview
Silwan, East Jerusalem

مبادرة القدس الشرقية: مرافقة الأسر التي تواجه الإخلاء والتشريد

يبدأ برنامج المرافقة المسكونية في فلسطين وإسرائيل التابع لمجلس الكنائس العالمي مبادرة القدس الشرقية التي يرافق فيها البرنامج – حتى دون حضور ملموس- الأسر التي تواجه الإخلاء والتشريد وكذلك الأشخاص الذين يواجهون انتهاكات أخرى لحقوقهم. ويشرح فيما يلي مديرُ لجنة الكنائس المعنية بالشؤون الدولية التابعة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي Peter Prove أهداف مبادرة القدس الشرقية والخلفية التاريخية لها.

09 July 2021
Interview
Silwan, East Jerusalem

East Jerusalem Initiative: accompanying families facing eviction and displacement

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is beginning an East Jerusalem Initiative, through which the WCC-EAPPI is accompanying—even without a physical presence—families facing eviction and displacement, as well as people facing other violations of their rights. Below, WCC director of the Commission for the Churches on International Affairs Peter Prove explains the goals and history behind the East Jerusalem Initiative.

08 July 2021
News
St. Mary's cathedral of Ethiopian Orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

WCC offers prayer for the nation of Ethiopia

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca led a prayer for love, peace and kindness for the nation of Ethiopia during a service at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York on 19 June.

21 June 2021
Blog post
Social card for the virtual celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, by CICU

Less COVID-19 cases, more “hope cases”

The Uruguayan Council of Christian Churches (CICU, by its Spanish acronym), the only ecumenical organization in the country, hosted an online gathering during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It took place last 26 May at 7:30pm (local time) via Zoom. I had the immense joy of participating as a Catholic communicator, currently serving as correspondent for SIGNIS ALC (Latin-American and Caribbean Association of Catholic Communication) and as vice president of SIGNIS Uruguay (the Uruguayan Association of Catholic Communicators).

02 June 2021
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Week of Prayer brings fruits of the Spirit despite COVID-19

Prayer is a powerful way to be united as Christians from all over the world. Every year my church community in Cuba joins the celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with daily devotions and a special worship service, usually on Sundays. Being connected in the same prayerful spirit around a common text that turns into so many testimonies of faith is truly a gift of the Spirit and an ecumenical commitment.

31 May 2021