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The Opening prayer of the WCC Central Committee on 21 June 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland included In Memoriam prayers for ecumenical leaders who passed away since the last central committee meeting, including the late Dr Agnes Abuom, past moderator of the central committee.

The Opening prayer of the WCC Central Committee on 21 June 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland included In Memoriam prayers for ecumenical leaders who passed away since the last central committee meeting, including the late Dr Agnes Abuom, past moderator of the central committee.

Tribute of the World Council of Churches to Metropolitan Gennadios, Vice-Moderator of the WCC central committee, at his funeral in Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 June 2022.

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee on the passing of His Eminence Paulino Lukudu, Archbishop Emeritus of Juba, South Sudan.

By Prof. Rev. Dr Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, WCC president from Africa

A tribute of the WCC to the outstanding theologian and ecumenist who shaped the work of the Commission on Faith and Order for 11 years.

WCC general secretary addresses the Evangelical Church of the River Plate (IERP) offering condolences on the death of Rev. Juan Abelardo Schvindt.

We give thanks for your life and work which spanned over 9 decades. Your journey which started on the Caribbean island of Dominica, took you to different continents.

Philip Potter, 1921-2015, a tribute by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary.

Tribute to Dr David Goodbourn from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. Goodbourn died on 9 November 2014.

Condolence letter from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on death of Rev. David Philpot, WCC executive secretary for scholarships in 1980s, addressed to his daughter Anne Wanjie.

Condolence letter from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to Mrs Prema Isaac, Mr Paul Isaac and Mr Andrew Isaac, on the death of Samuel Isaac, deputy director of the WCC’s former Commission on Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's letter of condolence on death of Bishop Vinton Anderson to the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Condolence message on passing away of Dr Oh Jae Shik

Tribute to Maria Phaxsi Chavez Quispe, 1975-2012, renowned biblical scholar and consultant for the WCC Indigenous Peoples programme

Tribute expressing admiration for the life and work of the renowned liberation theologian

Condolence letter to the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church

This tribute by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to the late Professor Dr Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya was presented at a memorial service in the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva. Maathai, who died on 25 September 2011, had participated in a number of conferences and committees of the WCC related to ecological justice and peace.

Condolence message to the Corrymeela Community

Letter of condolences from the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia to Dr Whi Ho Lee, widow of Mr Kim Dae-jung, former president of South Korea.