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Panorthodox Synod, An International Forum for Theological Reflection and Discussion on the Holy and Great Council and Ecumenical Dialogue
Dr Vassilios Meichanetsidis, representing Apostoli, the nongovernmental arm of the Church of Greece, H.E. Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, Prof. Marina Kolovopoulou, a member of the WCC executive committee and Bishop Ignatios of Salona, offered presentation on the Church of Greece at the CCIA Life and Work consultation in Athens, Greece, on 21 May 2025.
Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC
Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca addresses the participants of a special event at the University of Fribourg honoring his work as former acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Traditional Ethiopian Orthodox icon from Lalibela. Photo: Philippe Lissac/Godong
WCC Executive committee meeting at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, 8 November 2022.Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC
Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
World Council of Churches acting general secretary
Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will deliver a lecture during the first edition
of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” to be held 3-4 November.
Patriarch Kirill and World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Fr Ioan Sauca met on 17 October 2022 in Moscow.
By Marianne Ejdersten, Marianne Ejdersten, WCC director of communication, based in Geneva, Switzerland
World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca and patriarch Kirill.
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WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca speaks in the introduction to a thematic plenary focused on Europe, at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity", Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
8 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Outgoing WCC central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom speaks at the closing press conference at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
War in Ukraine, church dialogue, and humanitarian response were in sharp focus on third day of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. Church leaders from Ukraine together with heads of ecumenical organisations emphasised the need for reconciliation, unity, and peacebuilding.
