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Der geschäftsführende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Priester Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, wiederholte die Forderungen nach der Freilassung von zwei syrischen Erzbischöfen, dem syrisch-orthodoxen Erzbischof Johanna Ibrahim und dem griechisch-orthodoxen Erzbischof Bulos Jasidschi, die im April 2013 in der Nähe von Aleppo entführt worden waren.

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reiterated calls for the release of two Syrian archbishops, Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi, who were kidnapped near Aleppo, Syria in April 2013.

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the WCC have published a revised and updated edition of their joint study, Mapping Migration: Mapping Churches’ Responses in Europe. The 2016 text explores challenges and changes in the European church landscape in light of international migration.

Today 35 bishops and church leaders from 20 countries gathered in Munich, Germany to discuss the refugee situation and the role of the churches in Europe.

In the wake of recent crisis with the refugees in Europe, it is “absolutely and critically necessary that all European states take their proper responsibility in terms of reception and support for people seeking refuge, safety and a better future for themselves and their families. This cannot be left only to the states where they enter first,” says the WCC general secretary.

Während einer Tagung, die jüngst in Straßburg, Frankreich, stattgefunden hat, haben Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von ökumenischen Organisationen, der katholischen, evangelikalen und Pfingstkirchen versprochen, der Diskriminierung und Verfolgung von Christinnen und Christen weltweit und der Gewalt ihnen gegenüber entschiedener entgegenzutreten. Eine internationale Konsultation wird sich 2015 eingehender mit diesem Thema auseinandersetzen.

A recent meeting of representatives from ecumenical organizations, Catholic, Evangelical and Pentecostal churches in Strasbourg, France has promised to address more effectively discrimination, persecution and violence faced by Christians around the world. This theme will be explored in depth through an international consultation to be held in 2015.

For the first time in their history, the patriarch of the Antiochian Orthodox Church has asked the believers to adorn the traditional Palm Sunday processions with black ribbons tied on candles rather than the usual white ribbons expressing their sadness because of the two abducted church leaders from Aleppo, Syria.