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Iranian rector Ayatollah M. Seyyed Abolhassan Nawab and Ms Zahra Sedigh, from the Iranian Mission to the UN, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 27 July, discussing education and formation, as well as the importance of strengthening the role of interreligious cooperation.  

Der Zentralausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) drückte seine andauernde Sorge über zwei wichtige territoriale Krisen im östlichen Mittelmeer –in Palästina und Israel einerseits und auf Zypern andererseits – aus. „Diese politisch motivierten Konflikte haben über Jahrzehnte andauernde illegale Besetzung nach sich gezogen“, lautet es in einem von diesem Gremium veröffentlichten Protokollpunkt.

The WCC central committee expressed continuous concern about two significant territorial crises in the eastern Mediterranean: those within Palestine and Israel, and those within Cyprus. “These politically driven conflicts have resulted in illegal occupations that have spanned decades,” reads a minute released by the governing body.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation led by WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca visited Jerusalem and the West Bank from 14-17 July, meeting with patriarchs and heads of Christian communities as well as local clergy and laity.

In a bridge-building visit to member churches in Lebanon, a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation visited Beirut on 7 July, meeting with church leaders as well as the Middle East Council of Churches to hear and carry a message for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August-8 September.

In einer öffentlichen Erklärung zur Situation im Heiligen Land hat der ÖRK-Zentralausschuss „seine aufrichtige Solidarität mit den Mitgliedskirchen und Christinnen und Christen in der Region, die durch ihr Leben und Wirken den christlichen Glauben und das christliche Zeugnis im Heiligen Land bewahren und lebendig halten, sowie mit allen Menschen in der Region zum Ausdruck“ gebracht.

In a public statement focused on the Holy Land, the WCC central committee expressed “deep solidarity with the member churches and Christians of the region in their life and work, keeping the Christian faith and witness in the Holy Land alive and vibrant, as well as with all people in the region.”

Orthodox churches convened in Cyprus this week to prepare for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, as well as to pray and reflect together on how to keep dialogue open amid the world’s grave challenges.