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Twenty-seven international students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute, Switzerland, are embarking on a future of ecumenism, dialogue and unity that began with months of intense study and fellowship.

The Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church will hold a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation on 31 October in Lund, Sweden.

Die anglikanischen Gemeinden in den vereinigten Diözesen von Dublin und Glendalough in der Republik Irland suchen nach neuen Wegen und Projekten für 2016 und reagieren damit auf die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage, in der es um Erfolge und Anliegen des Laienstandes ging.

Anglican parishes in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough in the Republic of Ireland are seeking new paths and projects for 2016 after considering the results of a survey that identified successes and concerns among laity.

Die Jahrestagung fand am 3. und 4. Februar 2016 unter Beteiligung von Mitgliedern des Päpstlichen Rats für interreligiösen Dialog (PCID) und dem Personal des Büros für interreligiösen Dialog und Zusammenarbeit (IRDC) des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen in Genf, Schweiz statt. Als besonders angemessener Rahmen für diese Tagung wurde die Interfaith Harmony Week gewählt.

During World Interfaith Harmony Week, officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and WCC Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation staff met in Geneva for their annual meeting.

A delegation from the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, led by general secretary Rev. Lyim Hong-Tiong, was welcomed in Geneva by the WCC general secretary. Discussions focused on the situation of Christians and especially the situation for indigenous people in Taiwan.

Das Ökumenische Wassernetzwerk des ÖRK lädt Mitgliedskirchen und alle unterstützenden Organisationen ein, sich während der Fastenzeit mit dem Thema Wasser zu beschäftigen. Für viele Menschen auf der Welt ist Wasser entweder im Überfluss vorhanden, oder es ist lebensbedrohlich knapp.

The WCC Ecumenical Water Network is inviting member churches and supporters to reflect on water during Lent. For many in the world, water is either taken for granted or in desperately short supply.

A WCC member church in Kenya has consecrated its second woman bishop, Rev. Alice Muthoni Mutuma, on 31 January in Meru. Rev. Pauline Wanjiru Njiru, East Africa regional coordinator for the WCC Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy, attended the service and brought greetings from WCC.

To promote open discussions on the theological and practical discourse, narrative and experiences on implications for the work of the multi-religious organizations on religion, violence and extremism, the WCC, along with the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists held a Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

A small diaspora congregation of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church observed the Joint Ecumenical Sunday of the Communion of Churches in India (CCI) in Geneva on 24 January.

Der ÖRK-Generalsekretär Olav Fykse Tveit begrüßte die sogenannte Erklärung von Marrakesch über die Rechte religiöser Minderheiten in mehrheitlich muslimischen Gemeinschaften.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit commended the release of the Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities.

Ecumenical cooperation among Christian traditions is “an indispensable path to evangelization,” according to the 2013 apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis titled Evangelii Gaudium, or “the joy of the gospel.” The latest issue of the journal International Review of Mission analyses the encyclical’s teaching in light of two other documents on mission agreed by the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism and the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.

The latest issue of Current Dialogue explores the phenomenon of “multiple religious belonging,” in which people participate or identify with the practices and beliefs of more than one religious tradition.

An ecumenical worship service on 21 January at St. James Cathedral in Riga, held during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016, was vivid confirmation of the ecumenical efforts of Christians in Latvia.

The #SyriaCrisis has raged for five brutal years and another round of talks involving the world’s powerful nations and those involved in the conflict to push for peace could be starting to finally end the warring.

In Lettland zeigt sich die Einheit der Christen meist in Form von praktischer Zusammenarbeit, aber auch in ökumenischen Gottesdiensten – mit der Beteiligung von lutherischen, römisch-katholischen, orthodoxen, armenisch-apostolischen, baptistischen, adventistischen, methodistischen und pfingstkirchlichen Gemeinden, und manchmal sogar Vertretern der Altgläubigen.

In addition to ecumenical prayer and celebration – with the participation of Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Baptist, Adventist, Pentecostal, Methodist churches, and sometimes even representatives of the Old Believers’ community – Christian unity in Latvia usually takes the form of practical cooperation.