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It has been 28 years since the two Koreas began the Easter joint prayer together. It is a prayer that started with glory to God who gave him the strength to work for unification. I hope that unification alone will fulfill its last duty.

Gracious God, when suffering and injustice seem unending, we pray for Sumud — the steadfast endurance and resilience that we find in you. 

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

Let swords be turned into ploughshares, fear to trust, despair to hope, oppression to freedom, starvation to prosperity, occupation to liberation, and peace and justice could be experienced by all.

하나님께서 위원장님을 비롯한 귀 련맹 성원들의 건강과 안전을 지켜주시기를 기도합니

다. 속히 좋은 날이 와서 기쁘게 만날 수 있기를 기대하며, 귀 련맹의 회신을 부탁드립니다.

첨부: 2023년 한/조선반도 평화통일 남북/북남 공동기도문(남측초안)

‘In his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.’ (Eph 2:14 NRSV)

Prayer for Ukraine by bishop Rosemarie Wenner during the ecumenical morning prayer held on 15 May 2023, when the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace.

As tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula, we, as Christians from the North and the South, come together in prayer. We ask for your grace and mercy through the resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ.

Oh Señor, ¿por cuánto tiempo continuaremos manteniendo la división de la península de Corea?

¿Cuándo llegará la paz a la dolorosa y quebrantada tierra de Corea?

Ô Seigneur, combien de temps continuerons-nous à maintenir la division dans la péninsule coréenne ?

Quand la paix viendra-t-elle sur cette terre douloureuse et brisée qu'est la Corée ?

Oh Herr, wie lange müssen wir die Trennung der koreanischen Halbinsel noch erdulden?

Wann wird der Frieden dem schmerzenden und gebrochenen Land Korea zuteil werden?

The World Council of Churches invites the global fellowship and all people of good will to join, on 15 August 2022, a prayer for peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

Composed by the National Council of Churches in Korea, the prayer will be held on 14 August—the Sunday before Liberation Day, observed in both North and South Korea to mark the date in 1945 when Korea won independence from Japanese colonial oppression. The date was also when the peninsula was divided into two countries.