Photo: Nikolaos Manginas/Ecumenical Patriarchate Press
LIVE FROM THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATION WITH UNICEF AND WCC
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS ALL HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW, ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ON INTER-GENERATIONAL CLIMATE JUSTICE AND SUPPORT TO CHILDREN ON THE MOVE AS A SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
First session, 9am:
The Churches’ Commitments to Children
with
- Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary, WCC
- Mr Philippe Cori, deputy regional director, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)
- Masimba Kuchera, WCC Commission of Churches on International Affairs
1:30 - 2:30pm CET: Keynote address by His All Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, on inter-generational climate justice and support to children on the move as a spiritual responsibility.
Please have a look at our other sessions for the day as well, including:
2:30 - 4 pm: 70 years of the WCC – “Children come on board, children come first!”
Première of special episode of performing arts piece for children and adults “Les Parlottes des Theopopettes” (in French; English interpretation available on site)
More information: https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-ce...