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.
Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay condemned an attack that took place in the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem and expressed solidarity with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in calling for international protection of holy sites.
The new St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City hosted a special Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service in a church that was previously destroyed by terrorist attacks on 11 Sept. 2001.
Preceding the first session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (Permanent Forum), the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted, on 29 November, a webinar entitled “The New UN Forum on People of African descent: realising the promises of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?”
"Was zum Frieden dient: die Welt zu Versöhnung und Einheit bewegen", Erklärung der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria travelled from the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Karlsruhe, Germany, to join a 5 September ceremony marking 50 years since 11 Israeli athletes died in a terrorist attack at the Olympic Games in Munich.
World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca voiced solidarity with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem as it condemned an attack on the St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Ramallah on 18 August.
After an armed gang in northern Nigeria killed eight people, injured two dozen more, and abducted some of the 400 passengers on a train, the Christian Association of Nigeria repeated demands for greater government security.
In the wake of a series of violent attacks in Israel, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca condemned the attacks and extended condolences to those who lost loved ones.
La nueva publicación del CMI, “Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)” (Coexistencia: paz, naturaleza, pobreza, terrorismo, valores [perspectivas religiosas]), del arzobispo Anastasios de Tirana, Durrës y toda Albania, está ahora disponible en versión impresa y como libro electrónico.
Une nouvelle publication du COE, « Coexistence : Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives) » par Anastasios, archevêque de Tirana, Durrës et de toute l’Albanie, est désormais disponible en version papier et en eBook.
Ab heute ist eine neue englischsprachige Publikation des ÖRK mit dem Titel „Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)“ von Anastasios, dem Erzbischof von Tirana, Durrës und ganz Albanien, in Papierform sowie als eBook verfügbar.
A new publication from WCC, “Coexistence: Peace, Nature, Poverty, Terrorism, Values (Religious Perspectives)” by Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, is now available in hard copy and as an eBook.
World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, and the impact on the people and churches of the country.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, and the impact on the people and churches of the country.