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A World Council of Churches delegation led by general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has concluded its visit to Armenia after “witnessing dramatic events”.

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

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation nearly reached the Lachin corridor on 19 September, the same day Azerbaijan launched attacks against Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) region.

"بيت لحم وكنيستها هما علامة أمل، ليس لمجتمع أو كنيسة محددة، ولكن للعائلة البشرية بأكملها" ، هذا ما قاله غبطة بطريرك القدس وعموم فلسطين "ثيوفيلوس الثالث" أمام تجمّع في مجلس الكنائس العالمي في جنيف.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation will visit the Armenian Apostolic Church on 18-22 September. The visit will include an audience with His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians.

Belén y su Basílica de la Natividad son signos de esperanza no solo para una comunidad o iglesia, sino para toda la familia humana, dijo su beatitud Teófilo III, patriarca de Jerusalén y toda Palestina en una reunión del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en Ginebra.

Bethlehem und seine Basilika seien Zeichen der Hoffnung, nicht nur für eine Gemeinschaft oder Kirche, sondern für die gesamte menschliche Familie, meint Seine Seligkeit Theophilus III, Patriarch der Heiligen Stadt Jerusalem und ganz Palästinas, bei einem Anlass beim Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Genf.

Pour Sa Béatitude le Patriarche Théophile III de Jérusalem et de Toute la Palestine, qui s’exprimait lors d’un rassemblement au Conseil œcuménique des Églises à Genève, Bethléem et sa basilique sont des signes d’espérance, non pas uniquement pour une seule communauté ou Église, mais pour toute la famille humaine.

Bethlehem and its basilica are signs of hope, not just to one community or church, but to the whole human family, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem and All Palestine told a gathering at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

As the “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity” exhibit was carefully installed at the Ecumenical Centre over the weekend, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is anticipating the official opening ceremony on 12 September.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and Rev. Rita Famos, president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland, and member of the WCC central committee, met with Ambassador Simon Geissbühler, head of the Peace and Human Rights Department at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, on 7 September in Bern.