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For Armenians around the world Easter Sunday 2011, 24 April, is also Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. For the first time since 1915 April 24 falls on Easter Sunday in the Armenian church calendar. "It is truly a meaningful coincidence, as the existence of the Armenian nation and people itself is a special sign of the power of the resurrection in a world of death," Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in a message released today.

Five general secretaries of international ecumenical organizations engaged in lively conversation with leaders of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) on Friday 8 April, the final day of the EKD Council’s visit to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The general secretaries are heads of the ACT Alliance, the Conference of European Churches (CEC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

“We must avoid stereotypes,” said Rev. Dr Nikolaus Schneider, chair of the council that coordinates relations and activities within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). As diverse groups encounter one another in the contemporary dynamics of world Christianity, he added, the key questions are whether the calling of the church is being fulfilled by a given community, and whether Jesus Christ is to be found there.

The World Council of Churches, Conference of European Churches and the Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe have expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Libya.

Members of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) Council began a three-day visit at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva Wednesday afternoon by first meeting with the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and then later with the general secretaries of the Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Conference of European Churches and ACT Alliance.

As the sun rises on Sunday 22 May Christians and churches across the world are being encouraged by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to celebrate God’s peace in their worship services, to hold a Peace Sunday dawn vigil, to plant a tree as an act of peace or to use social media to share prayers for peace with Christians around the world.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed concern that the deteriorating situation in the West African country of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire ) “is on the verge of enflaming religious conflicts.”

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has sent condolences to the United Nations mourning the tragic loss of United Nations staff in Afghanistan in a violent response to the burning last month of a Muslim Koran in the state of Florida, United States.

Two Norwegian women have been called to prominent church offices in the native land they share with the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

As churches worldwide prepare for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in Jamaica in May, the latest edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) quarterly journal, Ecumenical Review, will focus on challenges of peacemaking in places as varied as the Middle East and Africa.

As recovery efforts in Japan proceed, the full impact of the earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago continues to be felt by some of the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches there.