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The World Council of Churches (WCC) congratulates the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) on its 50th Jubilee. 

Archbishop Chrysostomos II, head of the Church of Cyprus died on 7 November at age 81. WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep sadness at the loss of Chrysostomos II.

Leadership of the central committee of the World Council of Churches, on behalf of the entire fellowship and the staff of the Council, extend the most sincere condolences to His All Holiness Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch and to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the passing of Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima.

WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca letter to the Orthodox Church in America expressing condolences and celebrating Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky’s life.

Pastoral letter by WCC Moderator Dr Agnes Abuom and General Secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

I write to you today out of urgent and earnest concern for our world and the advancing peril represented by climate change. Our faith in the creator, our love for creation, and our discipleship in the company of Jesus are all being put to the test by this crisis.

Letter of condolence by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, expressing deep sadness at ultimely passing of Rev. Robina Winbush.

Open letter from The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement.

The WCC leadership will bring the letter to the next meeting of its Executive Committee in November 2017 in Amman, Jordan. The WCC also invited its members churches and partners worldwide to read and share the letter as a local voice from today’s Palestine.

Dieser Brief bekräftigt, den Willen des ÖRK, AIDS öffentliche Gesundheitsgefahr bis 2030 zu überwinden.

With this letter issued at its Central Committee meeting in Trondheim, the WCC reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

El CMI se compromete de contribuir a poner fin al sida para el año 2030.

Lors de la séance de son Comité central, à Trondheim (Norvège), le COE réaffirme son engagement pour l’élimination du sida en tant que menace pour la santé publique d’ici 2030.

A letter of solidarity following terrorist attacks in Paris.

A letter of solidarity to the Member Churches in France

Congratulatory letter from general secretary Olav Fyske Tveit to Bishop Hovakim for his election as Bishop to the Armenian Diocese of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the WCC Central Committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom's letter of condolences on the death of Rev. Tuikilakila Waqairatu to Methodist Church of Fiji.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the WCC Central Committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom's letter of condolences on the death of Lois M. Dauway to Bishop Maryann Swenson, ecumenical officer for the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church.

Lois M. Dauway, a member of the WCC's Central Committee and Executive Committee, has been honoured for outstanding ecumenical service as this year's recipient of the J. Irwin Miller Award from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The award is given annually to a lay person in the US who has borne witness to Christian values while demonstrating commitment to church unity.