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En pleine visite de quatre jours, la délégation de solidarité œcuménique a ressenti les espérances et les peurs des populations de la région. 

At the midpoint of a four-day visit, the ecumenical solidarity delegation has lived the hopes and fears of the people of the region. 

In a letter to H.E. Zbigniew Rau, OSCE chairman-in-office, and minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen, general secretary of the Conference of European Churches, jointly appeal for urgent action by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to promote a just and sustainable peace in the Caucasus, following renewed violence in the region in which more than 100 lives have already been lost.

At a conference to promote freedom of religion and preservation of spiritual, cultural and historical heritage, held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 8-12 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected on “Holy Places and our Human Identities.”

World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep concern about the violations of the humanitarian ceasefire agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan on 10 October.

World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grave concern over the renewed and very serious escalation of conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region since Sunday 27 September – reportedly following an attack by Azerbaijan’s military forces – which has already resulted in dozens of casualties including civilians, and which risks provoking a wider armed conflict in the region.

Le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père Ioan Sauca, s’est dit très préoccupé par la nouvelle et très grave escalade du conflit dans la région contestée du Haut-Karabakh depuis le dimanche 27 septembre, qui aurait fait suite à une attaque des forces militaires azerbaïdjanaises. Le conflit a déjà fait des dizaines de victimes, dont des civils, et risque de provoquer un conflit armé plus étendu dans la région.

In a 23 July statement, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urged a peace resolution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, calling on both sides to enter into dialogue.

Before accepting the position of programme executive for the WCC Faith and Order Commission, Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi was involved with the WCC in several different ways.

Prayers for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan were offered on 4 April in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Joining in the Geneva service of common prayer were staff from ecumenical and other international organizations including the WCC and the LWF.

Des prières pour la paix au Nagorno-Karabakh et dans les régions environnantes de l’Arménie et de l’Azerbaïdjan ont été offertes le 4 avril dans la chapelle du Centre œcuménique à Genève (Suisse). Ont participé à ce service de prière commune des représentants d’organisations œcuméniques et d’autres organisations internationales, notamment du COE et de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale (FLM).

Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 was to have been the principal focus of the service of Sunday morning prayer on 15 November in the cathedral church of Saint-Pierre at the summit of Geneva’s old town. Following terror attacks in Beirut and Paris killing and wounding hundreds of civilians over the preceding days, the prayers of the Protestant Church of Geneva and the WCC Executive Committee took on a new dimension.

La commémoration du génocide arménien de 1915-1923 aurait dû figurer au cœur du service de prière du dimanche matin 15 novembre en la cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève, qui domine la vieille ville. À la suite des attentats terroristes de Beyrouth et de Paris qui, les jours précédents, ont tué des centaines de personnes, les prières de l’Église protestante de Genève et du Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises ont acquis une autre dimension.

“The member churches of the World Council of Churches have pledged themselves to stand against all genocides, wherever they happen,” said the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the council (WCC), on the morning of 10 June after a solemn service of remembrance at the Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum overlooking the capital city of Yerevan. The service took place in the context of the one-hundredth anniversary of an era of great suffering following mass arrests, executions and deportation of Armenians beginning on 24 April 1915.