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The environment doesn't give to us; we provide to the environment, said Rev. Dr Stavros Kofinas, coordinator of the Network of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Pastoral Health Care. Kofinas, the new moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Health and Healing, spoke on 5 March, during a discussion by three WCC commissions.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which issued a statement on 31 October condemning the Israeli military’s bombardment of the Orthodox Cultural Center in the Tel Al Hawa neighborhood of Gaza.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) stands in solidarity with the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem as they condemn Israeli airstrikes that exploded at the Orthodox Church compound of Saint Porphyrios in Gaza on 19 October. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is condemning an attack on one of the buildings within the compound of the St Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza. The building—affiliated with the church, which is one the oldest churches in Gaza—has collapsed in the explosion, caused by Israeli missile strikes, according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.

Church leaders from Canada, the Holy Land, and South Africa have addressed the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on reconciliation, explaining that the process involving communities is not easy and needs hard work and responsibility.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Custody of the Holy Land, and Armenian Patriarchate in expressing serious concern about the restrictions imposed by the Israel Police on the celebration of the ceremony of Holy Fire, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the forthcoming Holy Saturday.

In a statement released 27 December, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned the storming of its land by an Israeli radical group in Wadi Hilweh in Silwan, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.

טקס חג הודיה לכבוד עבודתו וחייו של תיאופילוס השלישי מירושלים נערך בתאריך 22 בנובמבר בכנסיית הקבר, להנצחת הכתרתו של הפטריארך לפני 17 שנה.

أقيم في 22 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني في كنيسة القيامة المقدسة قداس عيد الشكر لأعمال وحياة ثيوفيلوس الثالث في القدس، احتفالا بالذكرى الـ 17 لتتويج البطريرك بعد انتخابه.

Un servicio de acción de gracias por la labor y la vida de Teófilo III de Jerusalén tuvo lugar el 22 de noviembre en la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro con motivo del decimoséptimo aniversario de la entronización del patriarca.

Un service d’action de grâce pour l’œuvre et la vie de Théophile III de Jérusalem a eu lieu le 22 novembre en l’église du Saint-Sépulcre pour commémorer le 17^e anniversaire de l’intronisation du patriarche.

Am 22. November wurde in der Grabeskirche ein Dankgottesdienst für die Arbeit und das Leben von Theophilos III. von Jerusalem gefeiert und seine Inthronisierung vor 17 Jahren gewürdigt.

A thanksgiving service for the work and the life of Theophilos III of Jerusalem was held on 22 November in the Holy Sepulchre Church, commemorating the patriarch’s 17th election enthronement.