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The smiles of students graduating from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey picking up their credentials showed they experienced something unique that will bind them as they return to their different corners of the world.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network is launching its annual Seven Weeks for Water Lenten campaign, beginning on 14 February with a prayer service. 

At the Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral of St Anargyroi Church in Nairobi, Christians joined for ecumenical services to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the annual event celebrated from 18-25 January.

Les membres des Églises de Genève se sont réuni-e-s en la Chapelle du Centre œcuménique à Genève, où est sis le Conseil œcuménique des Églises, pour des prières et des hymnes à l’occasion de la Semaine de prière pour l’unité des chrétiens célébrée chaque année et observée dans l’hémisphère nord du 18 au 25 janvier.

Members of Geneva’s churches gathered in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, where the World Council of Churches has its offices, for prayers and hymns to mark the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, observed in the northern hemisphere from 18 to 25 January each year.

Materials for the world’s largest prayer gathering—the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—are newly available on smart phones via a Bible App that is reaching millions of people.

As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity opened on 18 January, a special prayer held at the Ecumenical Centre and online delved deeply into questions about love for our neighbor.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Rev. Dr Jose Belo Chipenda, an African theologian and ecumenical leader.

Chipenda passed away on 10 January in Canada at the age of 95. 

The world’s largest prayer gathering—the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—is set to open with an array of inspiring resources, from liturgical materials to colorful social media cards.

Students from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Bossey Ecumenical Institute will begin an 8-day study visit to Rome on 19 January, with a full programme that includes lectures, tours of the Vatican, and opportunities to interact with leaders from the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be held 18-25 January, with materials from Burkina Faso facilitated by the Chemin Neuf Community.

African Anglican women bishops, after a gathering in Kenya from 8-14 January, released a communique emphasizing the need for authentic women’s leadership, and calling on the church to stop its silence on gender inequalities. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended warm greetings to the participants and hosts of the 2023 Taizé Youth Gathering in Ljubljana, Slovenia.