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Young people praying on August 6, 2015, at a memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, that commemorates the victims of the atomic bombing of the city by the United States in 1945, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/WCC

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WCC welcomes Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo

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24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: East Jerusalem at night, including the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa mosque.

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One year after Hamas attacks, WCC urges "pray and act for peace in the Holy Land”

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Beirut bombed

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Church leaders ask for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

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The national congress of Brazil — The 34th General Council of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil will be held in the nation's capital Brasilia.

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In Brazil, WCC general secretary will celebrate churches, strengthen collaboration

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The leadership of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy visiting the World Council of Churches headquarters, meeting with the WCC general secretary, 14 October, Geneva, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC — The leadership of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy visiting the World Council of Churches headquarters, 14 October, Geneva, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

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Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy visits WCC

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WCC welcomes Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo

11 October 2024
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One year after Hamas attacks, WCC urges "pray and act for peace in the Holy Land”

07 October 2024
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Church leaders ask for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

06 October 2024

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Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

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Women’s human rights advocacy training will help hone strategies

15 - 18 October 2024
Geneva, Switzerland
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Africa-Europe Ecumenical Roundtable, 24-25 October, Berlin.

24 - 25 October 2024

Berlin

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International conference “Towards Nicaea 2025: Exploring the Council’s Ecumenical Significance Today”

05 - 07 November 2024

The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey

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Young People in the Ecumenical Movement Commission first in-person meeting

13 - 19 November 2024

Manila, Philippines

Oil painting - The First Ecumenical Council — The First Ecumenical Council - oil painting (XVIII сentury) in the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Nicaea 2025

Commemorating 1700th anniversary of the first Ecumenical Council at Nicaea

The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

Prayer is at the very heart of the ecumenical movement. Jesus prayed that we – his followers – may all be one. When we pray with and for one another, we can feel God’s gift of unity.

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Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

12 - 18 October 2024

25 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: Birthday cake pictured as the World Council of Churches central committee – gathered in Geneva on 21-27 June 2023 for its first full meeting following the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022 – celebrates 75 years since the founding of the Council in 1948.

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