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Cover of the WCC publication "Voices of Lament, Hope and Courage"

Stimmen der Klage, der Hoffnung und des Mutes

Eine Gebetswoche in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie

To commemorate a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, the World Council of Churches provides this resource for a week of prayer.

This book was designed as a resource for use in prayer groups, congregational services, personal prayer, and in the pastoral accompaniment of those directly affected in different ways by the pandemic. The prayers, messages, reflections, statistics and WCC resources have roots in faith challenged by mourning, fear and uncertainty in different contexts worldwide. 

22 April 2021
News
Collage of poster with Coronavirus restrictions and people praying in a church

Let us pray together in the time of COVID-19

We pray in lament. We pray for our communities. We pray for our leaders. For protection. For healing.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will convene a global online prayer service on 26 March at 2 pm (CET) as part of “A Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

25 March 2021
News
Collage: Coronavirus-Warnschild und betende Menschen in einer Kirche

Lasst uns gemeinsam beten in der Zeit von COVID-19

Wir beten und klagen. Wir beten für unsere Gemeinschaften. Wir beten für unsere Führungskräfte. Für Schutz. Für Heilung.

Im Rahmen einer „Gebetswoche zur COVID-19-Pandemie“ wird der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) am 26. März um 14 Uhr (MEZ) online einen weltweiten Gebetsgottesdienst feiern.

19 March 2021
Publication
Cover of the WCC publication "Voices of Lament, Hope and Courage"

Voices of Lament, Hope, and Courage

A Week of Prayer in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

To commemorate a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, the World Council of Churches provides this resource for a week of prayer.

This book was designed as a resource for use in prayer groups, congregational services, personal prayer, and in the pastoral accompaniment of those directly affected in different ways by the pandemic. The prayers, messages, reflections, statistics and WCC resources have roots in faith challenged by mourning, fear and uncertainty in different contexts worldwide. 

18 March 2021
Event
Collage: Coronavirus-Warnschild und betende Menschen in einer Kirche

Gebetswoche zur COVID-19-Pandemie

22 - 27 March 2021

Ein Jahr nachdem die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) die Ausbreitung von COVID-19 zu einer globalen Pandemie erklärt hat, lädt der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen zu einer Gebetswoche zu diesem Thema ein. 

Weltweit
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music chart chapel

Remembering Patrick Matsinkinyiri (27 July 1937 – 15 January 2021)

Patrick Matsikenyiri was born in Biriri, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and died in Mutare, Zimbabwe near his home village a few kilometers from the border of Mozambique, as a result of complications due to the COVID-19 virus. His career included virtually all aspects of church music — singing, choral directing, composition, hymnal editor, festival leader, professor, and enlivener of global songs in venues around the world.

26 February 2021
Feature story
People gathered at Saint Peter’s Cathedral in February 2021.

Der ökumenische Geist in Calvins Kathedrale

Es gibt nur wenige Momente in der frühen Geschichte des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, die den Geist der modernen ökumenischen Bewegung so lebhaft verkörpert und spürbar gemacht haben wie der Gottesdienst, der am 20. Februar 1946, weniger als ein Jahr nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges, in der Kathedrale St. Peter in Genf gefeiert wurde.

25 February 2021
Feature story
People gathered at Saint Peter’s Cathedral in February 2021.

The ecumenical spirit at Calvin’s Cathedral

Few moments in the early history of the World Council of Churches have embodied and conveyed the spirit of the modern ecumenical movement as vividly as the service celebrated at Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva, 20 February 1946, less than one year after the end of World War II.

24 February 2021
News
Patrick Matsikenyiri, former AU choir director and author of the Africa University song, greets a member of the Jubilate Choir from the Pacific Northwest Conference during the March 23, 2013, 20th anniversary celebration of Africa University.

WCC remembers life of Patrick Matsikenyiri, a joyful song leader

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is remembering the life of Patrick Matsikenyiri, whose career included virtually all aspects of church music—singing, choral directing, composition, hymnal editor, festival leader, professor, and enlivener of global songs in venues around the world.

15 February 2021
Photo essay
Collage of some of the Week of Prayer pictures shared by Christians in different places

In Bildern: Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen

Die Gebete für die Einheit sahen dieses Jahr etwas anders aus und fühlten sich auch anders an, doch konnten ihnen die verbreiteten Einschränkungen von persönlichen Versammlungen nichts anhaben. Von Gebetsbildern über persönliche Besinnungen und von Online-Versammlungen zu neuen Verbindungen: Die Bilder aus der ganzen Welt zeugen von einem spirituellen Reichtum einer ökumenischen Familie, die sich im gemeinsamen Gebet vereinte.

02 February 2021
Photo essay
Collage of some of the Week of Prayer pictures shared by Christians in different places

In pictures: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Prayers for unity took on a different look and feel this year, but they weren’t stopped by widespread restrictions on face-to-face gatherings. From prayer cards to personal reflections, online gatherings to new connections, the images worldwide convey the spiritual richness of an ecumenical family that came together in prayer.

01 February 2021