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The ecumenical chance of the year 2017 - review - proposals - perspectives, by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC General Secretary.

(Resources adapted from the Pentecost Prayer in Jerusalem): "Come, Spirit of Peace: A Global Day of Prayer for Just Peace in the Holy Land".
(Music included here reflects the original service in Jerusalem – other choices appropriate to the context could be made. The Pentecost theme need not be lost – we can call on the Spirit to come to our aid at any time, just as we call on the Spirit to bring peace and unity.)

Address of His-All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Al-Azhar and Muslim Council of Elders' Global Peace Conference, 28 April 2017.

Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power

(Exodus 15:6)

Aujourd'hui, les chrétiens de nombreuses traditions différentes voient dans la fin de l'esclavage l’action de la main de Dieu. Pour eux, il s’agit d’une expérience commune de l'action salvatrice de Dieu qui apporte la liberté. C'est pourquoi le choix du chant de Moïse et de Miryam (Ex 15,1-21) comme thème de la Semaine de prière pour l'unité des chrétiens 2018 a été considéré comme le plus approprié.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Reflection at the World Council of Churches Staff Planning Days 6-9 March by the WCC General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Foi no contexto do aniversário que o Conselho de Igrejas na Alemanha (ACK), a convite do Conselho Mundial de Igrejas, assumiu o trabalho de criar o material para a Semana de Oração pela Unidade dos Cristãos este ano. Rapidamente ficou claro que os materiais desta Semana de Oração pela Unidade dos Cristãos precisariam ter dois destaques. Por um lado, deveria haver uma celebração do amor e da graça de Deus, a “justificação da humanidade somente pela graça”, refletindo a idéia principal das Igrejas marcadas pela Reforma de Martinho Lutero. Por outro lado, deveria também ser reconhecida a dor das subseqüentes profundas divisões que afligiram a Igreja, com menção aberta de culpa e oferta de uma oportunidade para dar passos na direção da reconciliação. Recentemente, foi a Exortação Apostólica do papa Francisco em 2013 Evangelii Gaudium (A Alegria do Evangelho) que deu o tema para este ano, quando usou a citação “O amor de Cristo nos impele” (nº 9) Com essa frase da Escritura (2 Coríntios 5,14), tomada no contexto do capítulo 5 inteiro da segunda carta aos Coríntios, a comissão alemã formulou o tema da Semana de Oração pela Unidade dos Cristãos 2017.

Theme song for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017​.
Text: Thomas Stubenrauch 2016, English: Neville Williamson © the authors Tune: Peter Sohren 1668, Halle 1704 (GL 463 / EG 506: Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, deine Macht)

Ecumenical Dinner – Keynote Address by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary, World Council of Churches
This day, Sept 1, has become a new moment in our ecumenical calendars in recent years as The Day of Creation. This year we have as World Council of Churches, together with the Ecumenical Patriarch and other ecumenical leaders and partners,issued a unique common ecumenical call to celebrate, to pray, and to care for God’s wonderful creation. This is a meaningful sign of our Christian unity, and offers me an entry to what I want to say about being One. To be One is about life, to be together; it is about finding new ways forward together; and it is about contributing to real hope.

WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was one of the keynote speakers along with government representatives and church leaders at the commemoration of the Soweto Uprising.

Reconciliation – the love of Christ compels us

(cf. 2 Corinthians 5:14-20)

C’est dans la perspective de l’anniversaire de 2017 que le Conseil des Églises en Allemagne (ACK), à l’invitation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, a élaboré les textes pour la Semaine de prière pour l’unité des chrétiens de cette même année. Deux axes principaux se sont rapidement imposés aux rédacteurs du matériel: d’une part, il fallait qu’il soit une célébration de l’amour et de la grâce de Dieu, la « justification de l’humanité par la grâce seule », soulignant l’élément principal sur lequel se fondent les Églises issues de la Réforme de Martin Luther ; d’autre part, il devait également reconnaître la douleur causée par les profondes divisions qu’elle a générées et qui ont affecté l'Église, nommer ouvertement les fautes commises et offrir une opportunité de progresser vers la réconciliation. Enfin, c’est l’Exhortation apostolique du Pape François Evangelii Gaudium (« La joie de l’Évangile ») de 2013 qui a fourni le thème de cette année grâce à cette citation : « L’amour du Christ nous presse » (par. 9). Ce verset biblique (2 Co 5, 14), pris dans le cadre de l’ensemble du cinquième chapitre de la Deuxième épître aux Corinthiens, a permis au Comité allemand de formuler le thème de la Semaine de prière pour l’unité des chrétiens 2017.

Speech given by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology, Helsinki, on 9 January, 2016

Greetings by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the 50th anniversary of the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC.

O chamado a proclamar os altos feitos do Senhor, dirigidos a todos os batizados. Este chamado constitui o tema da Semana de oração para a unidade cristã de 2016. Foi inspirando-se em dois versículos da Primeira Carta de São Pedro que membros de diversas Igrejas da Letônia prepararam os textos propostos para esta semana.

The calling shared by all the baptized to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord forms the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity for 2016. Inspired by two verses from the First Letter of St Peter, members of different churches in Latvia prepared the resources for the week.

L’appel à proclamer les hauts faits du Seigneur, adressé à tous les baptisés, constitue le thème de la Semaine de prière pour l’unité chrétienne de 2016. C’est en s’inspirant de deux versets de la Première Lettre de saint Pierre que des membres de diverses Églises lettones ont préparé les éléments proposés pour cette semaine.