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Media accreditation remains open for the WCC central committee meeting,

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee will convene at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, 21 – 27 June. Media accreditation is mandatory for access to open sessions, press conferences, briefings, and seminars – onsite, as well as online.

19 June 2023

Media accreditation is now open for the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, 21 – 27 June in Geneva

The upcoming central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 21 - 27 June will be the first meeting since this central committee was elected at the WCC assembly in Karlsruhe, last year.

22 May 2023

Invitation to media

With this media invitation, it is our joy to invite you to attend the installation of Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as the 9th general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during the afternoon of Friday, 17 February 2023.

14 February 2023

Invitation for media to the 11th Assembly press conference, 1 September

Invotation for media to the press conference of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly, 1 September at 11:15 am CEST.

01 September 2022

Media accreditation remains open for the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, 15 – 18 June, 2022

The upcoming central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 15 – 18 June will be the sixth meeting of this central committee since it was elected at the WCC 10^th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea, in 2013.

09 June 2022

Media accreditation opens for the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, 15 – 18 June 2022

20 May 2022

Orthodox Churches to hold pre-assembly in Cyprus on the way to WCC 11th Assembly

With the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly approaching in less than four months, Orthodox Churches will convene in Cyprus for a pre-assembly to prepare themselves for the larger event in Karlsruhe, Germany, 31 August – 8 September.

09 May 2022

Computer screen with Central committee moderator.

Media accreditation to WCC Central Committee meeting online press room, press conferences and media briefings, 9 – 15 February

Media accreditation is open for the World Council of Churches (WCC) online central committee meeting, scheduled for 9 – 15 February.

18 January 2022

Orthodox Christians gathered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark Palm Sunday, and the beginning of Holy Week.

Media advisory: International Symposium for Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age

On Monday, 13 September, the International Symposium for Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age will begin online at 10 am CET in Berlin, Germany and continue until 5 pm CET on Wednesday, 15 September.

08 September 2021

COVID-19 vaccination in Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2021.

Dialogue on COVID-19 and Consequences for Global Multilateral Cooperation

On Monday, 30 August, from 17:00 to 18:30 CEST, all media are invited to learn more about urgent efforts by leading NGOs and other organizations to sustain a global, multinational dialogue and cooperation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 August 2021

Welcome to the closing press conference for WCC central committee meeting

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites accredited media to the online closing press conference on 29 June, to be held directly after the closing session, which is expected to end at 515pm CET, at the earliest. The exact time for the press conference is dependent on the duration of the closing session and will be communicated 15 minutes in advance. Accredited media are welcome to join the WCC Communications team in the online WCC press room from 5 pm CET.

28 June 2021

WCC central committee press conferences: apply for media accreditation now

Media accreditation is mandatory to attend online press conferences on 24 and 29 June, to be held in conjunction with the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting.

14 June 2021

Media Advisory: WCC to observe World Immunization Week, encouraging vaccinations for global health

Invitation to the WCC Press Briefing 28 April at 3pm CET

22 April 2021

WCC to host online prayer for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

To observe the final day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host the global ecumenical family and friends for a livestreamed public prayer service.

21 January 2021

WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit, January 2020

WCC general secretary heads home and says thanks to media

After more than 30 years as a pastor, ecumenist and church leader, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit firmly believes that the church can change the world. As general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the past ten years, he has witnessed what Jesus Christ means to people of faith around the globe. By the end of this month he heads home to lead the Church of Norway as presiding bishop of its bishop’s conference.

30 March 2020

The World Conference on Dialogue: a reflexion

Rev. Dr Shanta Premawardhana, director of the WCC programme on Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation comments on the World Conference on Dialogue, which took place in Madrid, Spain, 16-18 July 2008.

29 July 2008

WCC Programmes

Commission on Faith and Order

Frequently asked questions about the date of Easter

In 2007 Christians from all traditions will celebrate Easter on the same day, April 8. But in many years major Christian traditions celebrate Easter on different dates, thus giving the impression of a divided witness to this fundamental aspect of the Christian faith. In recent years the desire to find a common date for the celebration of Easter, the Holy Pascha, the feast of Christ's resurrection, has become more and urgent. Initiatives by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches have urged churches to address this issue. This page seeks to provide some answers to frequent questions asked about the date of Easter.

01 February 2007

Punishing the victims of persecution: Churches speak out on detention

02 October 2005

WCC Programmes