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World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan with special greetings reflecting on the anniversary theme “Dwelling in God`s Abundance.” 

On Holy Fire Saturday, hundreds of Christian worshippers seeking to enter Jerusalem’s Old City for the celebration were prevented; others were met with heavily enforced checkpoints, physical and verbal harassment, and widespread restrictions by Israeli police and border forces.

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem proclaim to the world an Easter message of life and hope. “It is the same message first announced to the women who had come to mourn at Christ's tomb,” the text notes. “The Lord had risen indeed!”

Zu Beginn der Osterwoche verwandelte ein weiterer russischer Raketenangriff am 13. April die Feier des Palmsonntags in der ukrainischen Stadt Sumy in einen Tag des Jammers.

In a message for Easter 2025, and on the second anniversary away from Episcopal Anglican Cathedral Khartoum due to the war in Sudan, Most Rev. Ezekiel Kondo, archbishop and bishop of Khartoum, reflected that many are celebrating Easter away from their loved ones. 

At the beginning of the Holy Week of Easter, on 13 April, the celebration of Palm Sunday in the Ukrainian city of Sumy was transformed into a day of lamentation, by yet another Russian missile attack.

On 10 April, the John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with the Templeton World Charity Foundation and the Templeton Religion Trust, announced that the Templeton Prize Laureate for 2025 is His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

Finnish churches are commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in unique ways.