HIS EMINENCE ELDER METROPOLITAN EMMANUEL OF CHALCEDON OPENING REMARKS – CONFESSIONAL MEETING – ORTHODOX FAMILY (SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022)

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 His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon Opening Remarks – Confessional Meeting – Orthodox Family (September 1st, 2022)

DELEGATION OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE TO THE 11TH ASSEMBLY OF THE WCC IN KARLSRUHE

 

Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY: ''WE CAN ADVANCE ONLY IF WE WALK TOGETHER''

 

World Council of Churches

WCC Acting General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shares his report with 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."

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ-ΚΟΛΑΦΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΟΥ ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΠΣΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΗΓΕΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΣΙΑΣ

 

Αποστολή του orthodoxtimes.gr στην Καρλσρούη

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OPENING PRESS CONFERENCE OUTLINES HIGH HOPES FOR WCC 11th ASSEMBLY

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The opening press conference for the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, 31 August 2022.

RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN UKRAINE MEET WITH WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, CALL TO STOP THE WAR

 

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WCC delegation led by the acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with the the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) on August 3 during its visit to Ukraine, ensuring the participation of the Ukraine’s churches at the upcoming WCC assembly in Karlsruhe.

WCC DELEGATION VISITS UKRAINE AMIDST THE ONGOING WAR

WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca meets with Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphaniy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (left) and Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onuphry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (right).

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Митрополит Епіфаній зустрівся з делегацією Всесвітньої Ради Церков

 

Предстоятель Православної Церкви України 3 серпня 2022 року прийняв у своїй резиденції виконувача обов’язків Генерального секретаря Всесвітньої Ради Церков протоієрея Іоана Савку (Ioan Sauca), якого супроводжували заступник Генерального секретаря професор Одаір Педросо Матеус (Odair Pedroso Mateus) та представник відділу комунікації ВРЦ Івар Купцис (Ivars Kupcis).

WCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE

 

                         

Statement on the War in Ukraine by the WCC Central Committee meeting, 15 - 18 June 2022.

  WCC Central Committee

WCC DEEPLY MOURNS LOSS OF LEADER METROPOLITAN GENNADIOS OF SASSIMA

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H.E. Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima during a plenary session of the WCC Central Committee, June 2018.

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Albin Hillert/WCC

REFLECTIONS ON “WHAT ARE THE CHURCHES SAYING ABOUT THE CHURCH” SHARE FRUITS OF WCC COMMISSION ON FAITH AND ORDER

 

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Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

Below, Rev. Dr Susan Durber, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order and His Eminence Bishop Maxim, from the Serbian Orthodox Church and a WCC Faith and Order commissioner, reflect on the publication “What Are the Churches Saying About the Church?”

The publication, which presents key findings and proposals from responses to “The Church: Towards a Common Vision,” is among the many fruits being harvested by the study groups of the WCC Faith and Order Commission for the WCC 11th Assembly.

 

COMMUNIQUE INTER-ORTHODOX PRE-ASSEMBLY CONSULTATION FOR THE 11 TH ASSEMBLY IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, 2022

 

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15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.Photo:Albin Hillert/WCC

FR IOAN SAUCA: “GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING”

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Ivars Kupcis/WCC

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has, since the first day of the war in Ukraine and even in the months before, been working and praying earnestly for peace in this conflict and throughout the world. From the beginning, the WCC has called for an immediate end to armed hostilities, to stop the war and has appealed also for an immediate end to indiscriminate attacks with an escalating impact on civilians in Ukraine. WCC News met online with the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to get the latest update on the work of the WCC.

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY RESPONDS TO FIRST LADY OF UKRAINE: “I PRAY THAT PEACE MAY PREVAIL AND THE WAR WILL STOP”

 

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Albin Hillert/WCC

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY TO PATRIARCH KIRILL OF MOSCOW: ''RAISE UP YOUR VOICE SO THAT THE WAR CAN BE STOPPED''

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Photo:Ivars Kupcis/WCC

In a letter to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on 2 March, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca asked the patriarch to mediate so that the war between Russian and Ukraine can be stopped. 

WCC CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE CURRENT ARMED HOSTILITIES

                               

Photo: Albin Hillert

24 February 2022

 World Council of Churches

WCC PARTICIPATES IN ISTANBUL AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE 1920 ENCYCLICAL OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE ''UNTO THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST EVERYWHERE''

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Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate press

A few years before his death, Dr Willem Visser ‘t Hooft, the first general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), had dedicated the first chapter of his book “The Genesis and Formation of the World Council of Churches” to this historical document, recognizing its foundational character in the history of the WCC.

WCC ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY VISITS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, CONCELEBRATES ON THE OCCASION OF FEAST OF ST ANDREW IN ISTANBUL

 

 World Council of Churches

The feast of St Andrew, the first-called apostle, founder of the Church of Constantinople according to the tradition, is honored as the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. At this occasion, a solemn celebration took place at the Patriarchal Church of St George at Phanar, Istanbul, on 30 November.

WCC SOLIDARITY LETTER TO H.A.H. ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTOLOMEW

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WCC solidarity letter to H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch BARTOLOMEW

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch BARTOLOMEWon the impact of wildfires.

 

WCC SOLIDARITY LETTER TO ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE HIERONYMOS

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Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, WCC acting general secretary, sent a message of solidarity to H.B. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos II on the heavy impact of wildfires that are affecting Greece.