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Orthodox primates stress need for peace and stability in Middle East

A Synaxis of the Primates of Eastern Orthodox Churches in the Middle East met in Cyprus on 27 March to discuss the situation of Christians in the region and to agree on common approaches to solidarity, strengthening and support of Christian communities struggling to maintain their presence in their historic homes.

28 March 2012

Message to the Syrian churches

Members of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches send a message to the Syrian churches expressing solidarity and concern over the violence and political turmoil in Syria from their meeting in Bossey, Switzerland from 14 to 17 February 2012

17 February 2012

Executive committee

“Only the excluded have the stamina to destabilize oppressive structures”

“Dalit studies are driven not by a sense of fascination with the phenomenon of caste but by social responsibility and moral commitment for social transformation. This will elevate the empirical to the universal”, said Prof. Gopal Guru from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in his keynote address at an international colloquium on “Caste, Religion and Culture” in Kochi, Kerala, India.

03 May 2011

During the opening prayer of the Central Committee meeting, the Rev. Dr Ofelia Ortega spoke on the issues of justice and peace, later chosen for the Assembly theme.

2013 Assembly theme: “God of life, lead us to justice and peace”

“God of life, lead us to justice and peace” will provide the theme for the 10th Assembly of the WCC.

21 February 2011

Inter-Orthodox consultation on the ecumenical movement in theological education and Orthodox church life

International Inter-Orthodox Consultation
on "The Ecumenical Movement in Theological Education and in the Life of Orthodox Churches" held in Sibiu Romania from the 9-12 November 2010.

12 November 2010

WCC Programmes

Communiqué of the JWG Plenary Meeting 2010 in Saidnaya, Syria

The Joint Working Group (JWG) is the instrument that monitors and promotes collaboration between the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The group, hosted by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, met in the St. Christophoros Patriarchal Monastery in Saidnaya, Syria, from 26 September to 20 October 2010.

07 October 2010

Joint Working Group

Taking the pulse of the ecumenical movement

Church ecumenical officers play a key role in the advancement of ecumenism at a time when resources are scarce and inward-looking tendencies thrive.

11 May 2010

Message

Easter message of the Heads of Churches of Jerusalem

01 April 2010

Ecumenical movement

Commission on Faith and Order

Liturgical text

Subsídios para a Semana de Oração pela Unidade dos Cristãos 2011

O trabalho inicial que levou à publicação deste livreto foi feito por um grupo de líderes cristãos de Jerusalém. Eles se reuniram a convite do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas. Seu trabalho foi facilitado pelo Centro Inter- Eclesial de Jerusalém.

17 March 2010

Commission on Faith and Order

Background document

Worship and background material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2011

One in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.

Acts 2 : 42 - 47

17 March 2010

Council of Christian Leaders in Iraq founded

18 February 2010

General Secretary

Plenary session of the Faith and Order Commission

Text and Context: The Nature and Mission of the Church

by Theodore Gill (*)

13 October 2009

Iraqi church representatives statement

In a meeting organized by the World Council of Churches in Dar Sayedat Al Jabal, Fatka, Lebanon, between 10 and 11 February 2009, twelve church leaders from all over Iraq discussed the current situation of its Christians community. Representatives from different Iraqi churches participated in the meeting together with bishops from the Syrian and Armenian Orthodox Churches and the Chaldean Church in Lebanon, and the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches.

11 February 2009

Ecumenical movement

"All Iraqis are trying to leave," Clara - a young woman working for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus and a refugee herself - told the WCC delegation. "Since one year the United Nations tell us that they will find a solution [for Iraqi refugees in the region], but nothing happens."

Iraqi refugees cry out to Christians around the world for solidarity

By Annegret Kapp (*)

05 May 2008

Archbishop Mor Eustathius Matta Roham with the governor of Urfa. The archbishop shows a Bible in Aramaic to the visitors.

Visit by Turkish authorities to Syrian monastery

A recent sign of the presence and witness of Syrian Orthodox faithful in Turkey was a formal visit on 28 February by a delegation from the city of Urfa (historically, Edessa), led by the wali (governor) of the Turkish city, to the monastery of St Mary at Tel-Wardiat, Hassake, Syria.

07 March 2007

Commission on International Affairs

Letter

Fr Boulos Iskander

17 October 2006

Commission on International Affairs

Tribute

Condolences on death of Fr Boulos Iskander

17 October 2006

Tragic death of Father Boulos Iskander

The 11 October killing in Mousel, Iraq, of a Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch priest, Father Boulos Iskander, was a "senseless crime that... neither benefits anyone nor promotes the cause of any religion".

17 October 2006