AS FIRES RAGE ACROSS THE WORLD, WCC EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH CHURCHES AND SURVIVORS

 

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As wildfires continue to rage in Greece, the USA, Albania, and Russia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reached out in solidarity to churches and communities that continue to be evacuated as well as those who have lost everything. 

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY REFLECTS ON BUILDING THE BRIDGES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE

                             

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World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offers reflections upon receiving the Bridge Builder Award for building bridges of understanding between people, nations, and communities at national and international levels. The award is presented by the Jury of the 14th August Committee Norway together with The Oslo Center.

Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΝΑ ΚΟΙΝΟ ΟΡΑΜΑ ΠΙΣΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΑΞΗ, ΕΓΓΡΑΦΟ ΑΡ. 214 -“THE CHURCH TOWARDS A COMMON VISION”

Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ Προς Ένα Κοινό Όραμα Πίστη και Τάξη, Έγγραφο αρ. 214

(THE CHURCH Towards a Common Vision Faith and Order Paper No. 214)

Απόδοση στα Ελληνικά: Βασιλική Η. Σταθοκώστα,

Επίκ. Καθηγήτριας του Τμ. Θεολογίας ΕΚΠΑ, Επιστημονικής Συμβούλου του Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας και πάσης Αφρικής επί θεμάτων Οικουμενικής Κινήσεως

WEEK OF PRAYER ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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The World Council of Churches will observe a week of prayer from 22-27 March, one year into COVID-19 pandemic. 

ANGLICAN-ORTHODOX DIALOGUE WILL BE FOCUS OF THIRD WCC WEBINAR ON BILATERAL DIALOGUES

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A 9 March webinar—the third in a series of seven on bilateral dialogues—will focus on “Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: History, Results, Reception” as well as the Canterbury Statement “Stewards of Creation: A Hope-Filled Ecology,” a statement on ecology jointly published by the Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Churches in October 2020. 

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WCC RECEIVES WITH JOY THE ELECTION OF HIS HOLINESS PORFIRIJE AS PATRIARCH OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

 

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His Holiness Porfirije speaks at the Conference of European Churches assembly in Novi Sad, Serbia, 2018.Photo: Albin Hillert

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca received with joy the election of His Holiness Porfirije as Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.  

 

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ASSEMBLY THEME URGES AN “ECUMENISM OF THE HEART”

 

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WCC LETTER OF CONDOLENCES TO THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE PASSING OF HIS HOLINESS, PATRIARCH IRINEJ

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WCC letter of condolences to the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the passing of His Holiness, Patriarch Irinej

TEACHING ECUMENISM – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 Students in conversation outside the chapel of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. Photo: Peter Kenny/WCC

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NEW BIOGRAPHY MARKS 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF ECUMENICAL PIONEER VISSER ’T HOOFT

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24 September 2020

By Stephen Brown*

WCC, PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE RELEASE ''SERVING A WOUNDED WORLD'' DOCUMENT

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 WCC, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue release “Serving a Wounded World” document

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SENDS CONDOLENCES IN WAKE OF EXPLOSION IN LEBANON

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Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC, 2019.

05 August 2020

In the wake of a tragic explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, the World Council of Churches (WCC) sent condolences and called for prayers for those who lost loves ones, for the injured, and for the ongoing work of the rescue teams.

METROPOLITAN VASILIOS REFLECTS ON PEACE PROCESS IN CYPRUS

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All photos: Marianne Ejdersten/WCC, 2019.

30 July 2020

It has been 46 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus led to the partitioning of the island, the northern third inhabited by Turkish Cypriots and the southern two-thirds by Greek Cypriots, whose government is internationally recognized. The August 1974 ceasefire line became a United Nations buffer zone, along which Cyprus remains divided.

WCC LETTER TO PRESIDENT ERDOGAN TO KEEP HAGIA SOPHIA AS THE SHARED HERITAGE OF HUMANITY

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WCC INTERIM GENERAL SECRETARY MEETS WITH PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I

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The Ecumenical Patriarch with the WCC interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, Chambesy, Geneva, June 2020, Photo: Xanthi Morfi/WCC

WCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RELEASES STATEMENT ON ROLE OF CHURCHES DURING COVID-19

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Street market in Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 2020. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC

03 June 2020

The World Council of Churches executive committee released a public statement on the role of churches in the context of COVID-19. Focused on love, steadfastness, hope and courage, the statement reflects on the damage COVID has wreaked over the last five months—and how churches can offer hope.

WCC INVITES ALL MEMBER CHURCHES TO OBSERVE A DAY OF PRAYER

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca invites all member Churches to observe a global prayer day on 14 May 2020. The joint initiative with the members of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, of which the WCC is part, is calling for “prayer and supplication” to God for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY REFLECTS ON OPEN LETTER FROM KAIROS EUROPA ABOUT WUPPERTAL DECLARATION ON SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION

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29 April 2020

Following is the response of World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to an open letter to the global ecumenical community on the Wuppertal Declaration, a conference message released in June 2019, when representatives from numerous countries and different denominational and faith traditions gathered in Wuppertal, Germany, to discuss the profound global ecological crisis.

WCC QUESTIONS POSED TO HIS MOST GODLY BEATITUDE PATRIARCH THEOPHILUS III OF JERUSALEM

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27 April 2020

National, religious and ethnic borders are of no relevance to the COVID-19 virus.  As we watch its effect on the entire world, we are reminded of the interconnectedness of the entire human family.  In the next few weeks, Christians, Jews and  Muslims will participate in central aspects of their ritual calendars; normally a time for festive gatherings, all are struggling to find a way to celebrate given the precautions we must take to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities.  Christians, Jewish, and Muslim communities are responding to all the challenges of this unprecedented time:  fighting hate and bigotry that has emerged because of the pandemic, providing frontline services to those in need, maintaining community, and seeking creative alternatives for observing and celebrating in a world of social distancing and quarantine.

WCC URGES EVERYONE TO PRAY AT HOME

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22 March 2020

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the moderator of the WCC Central Committee Dr Agnes Abuom urged people and churches to give highest priority to “doing whatever we can do to protect life” and ”ask churches not to have public services tomorrow as this can become hubs of transmission of the virus” and to follow strictly the rules and guidelines from authorities based on WHO guidelines.