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Une vidéo du lancement du livre de l’évêque Olav Fykse Tveit, «Visions of Christian Unity», vient d’être publiée par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE).

A video session of the launch of Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit’s book, “Visions of Christian Unity,” has been newly released by the World Council of Churches (WCC).

À l’ouverture de la première plénière administrative de la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le 1^er septembre, la présidente du COE, Mme Agnes Abuom, a salué les contributions de trois anciens secrétaires généraux du COE, ainsi que du secrétaire général par intérim, le père Ioan Sauca, et du secrétaire général élu M. Jerry Pillay.

Opening the first business plenary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly on 1 September, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom acknowledged the contributions of three former WCC general secretaries, as well as acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, and general secretary-elect Dr Jerry Pillay.

Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Church of Norway, and former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has published "Visions of Christian Unity”, a volume that sketches an ecumenical movement that reveals a horizon of hope and illumines many of our most pressing global challenges.

The Church of Norway and Norwegian Church Aid will hold a memorial service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 9 January in Oslo Cathedral. Public broadcaster NRK1 will carry the service on live TV.

As the WCC central committee meeting opened on 23 June, Most Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Church of Norway and former general secretary of the WCC, offered an opening prayer and sermon at what Tveit described as a “profound moment.”

Lors de l’ouverture de la réunion du Comité central du COE le 23 juin, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, évêque président de l’Église de Norvège et ancien secrétaire général du COE, a prononcé une prière et un sermon d’ouverture. Il a qualifié ces circonstances de « moment intense ».

During the ecumenical prayer for the staff of the Ecumenical Centre on 15 March, Bishop Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, presiding bishop of the Bishops’ Conference of the Church of Norway, expressed his appreciation for the work of the ecumenical movement during the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 30 January, the Church Council of the Church of Norway appointed World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as the new presiding bishop for the Church of Norway.