As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.
A dozen global and regional religious organizations released an advocacy statement on the situation of migrants and refugees in Europe that defines their calling as Christians to “welcome the stranger,” and urges the creation of a world in which “we become human together.”
Una docena de organizaciones religiosas mundiales y regionales han publicado una declaración sobre la promoción de derechos en relación con la situación de los migrantes y refugiados en Europa que define su vocación como cristianos de “acoger al extranjero” e insta a la creación de un mundo en el que “nos hagamos humanos juntos”.
Christian organizations representing 2 billion people—about one-third of the world's population—have released a statement on the dire situation of migrants and refugees in Europe, and they are demanding a more compassionate approach.
Organizaciones cristianas que representan a 2000 millones de personas –aproximadamente un tercio de la población mundial– han hecho pública una declaración sobre la grave situación de los migrantes y los refugiados en Europa, y exigen un enfoque más compasivo.
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece offers reflections from an Orthodox perspective on the current plight of refugees, both in Greece and beyond, and how churches can help with both relief efforts and long-term wellbeing.
El arzobispo Ieronymos de Atenas y toda Grecia ofrece sus reflexiones, desde una perspectiva ortodoxa, sobre la difícil situación que viven los refugiados, en Grecia y en el resto del mundo, y sobre la manera en que las iglesias pueden contribuir tanto a prestarles ayuda como a su bienestar en el largo plazo.
Church leaders from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark signed a statement demanding that we take “human responsibility” for refugees on the border between Turkey and Greece.
A German delegation comprised of representatives of municipalities, church leaders and prominent civil society organizations recently visited the Greek island of Lesbos, already hosting tens of thousands of migrants and displaced people, and was on site when the news of the opening of the Turkish border was announced and the first new arrivals were appearing.
Una delegación alemana integrada por representantes de municipios, dirigentes de iglesias y destacadas organizaciones de la sociedad civil visitó recientemente la isla griega de Lesbos, que ya acoge a decenas de miles de migrantes y desplazados, y estaba allí cuando se anunció la apertura de la frontera turca y aparecieron los primeros recién llegados.
Dealing with people on the move is crucial to the work of the Church in the 21st century says Greek Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia and Filadelfia. More than 31,000 irregular migrants arrived in Greece by sea in 2018 and almost 17,000 arrived by land, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The 8th International Conference of Orthodox faculties, just held in Thessaloniki, Greece, is expected to contribute to the interpretation and reception of the 2016 “Holy and Great Council” of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
As the Holy and Great Council commenced this week in Crete, Greece, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit attended celebrations of Pentecost with the Orthodox community, offering his prayers and support.
Con motivo del comienzo de la reunión del Santo y Gran Concilio esta semana en Creta (Grecia), el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, participó en las celebraciones de Pentecostés junto con la comunidad ortodoxa, contribuyendo con su apoyo y sus oraciones.
His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Crete on 15 June, pledging to proceed with the Holy and Great Council, the long-planned meeting of Orthodox Churches there.
Sitting in a tent at the Souda camp, on the island of Chios in Greece, a Pakistani family of 12 recalls the lives they had in their home country. They had everything except safety. Muhammed and his wife, Asia, along with their 10 children, fled their home country in search of a place where they weren’t constantly fearing for their lives.
Women and children figure prominently as refugees in mass movements of people in recent months and their rights will be at the forefront of a summer school organized in Greece by the Conference of European Churches.
Las mujeres y los niños son mayoría entre los refugiados que se han desplazado masivamente en los últimos meses, y sus derechos ocuparán un lugar prioritario en una escuela de verano organizada en Grecia por la Conferencia de Iglesias Europeas.
The Evangelical Church of Greece has been helping immigrants for more than 20 years, but has grown its effort to unprecedented levels in the past few years, months and even every day.
Following the EU-Turkey refugee agreement, effective 20 March 2016, the Greek islands are again a changed place. Where refugees have arrived in great numbers in the past years, and where they have engaged a whole community of local, national and international aid workers and volunteers, the situation is now dramatically different.