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WCC Delegates visits the regional Headquaters of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India

February 2, 2013 News

2/2/13 PATRIARCHAL CENTRE, PUTHENCURIZ: Delegates from World Council of Churches visited Patriarchal Centre, the regional Head Quarters of Syriac Orthodox Church in India on Jan 30, Wednesday. Hon. Moderator of Commission for World Mission & Evangelism of WCC, Dr. Mor Coorilos Geevarghese, Metropolitan Mor Aphrem Mathews of Ankamali, UK Dioceses & Metropolitan Dr. Mor Antheemos [...]

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Orthodox Churches reflect on WCC Assembly theme

October 20, 2012 Featured News

20/1/0/2012 Orthodox churches have reaffirmed their commitment to “unity, justice and peace” saying that the “supreme act of God’s love is the economy of salvation”. This and other theological reflections were shared in an inter-Orthodox consultation in Kos, Greece, this week. The consultation took place from 11 to 17 October 2012. It brought together representatives [...]

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WCC tribute to Pope Shenouda III and condolence message to the Coptic Orthodox Church

March 24, 2012 News

To the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church Geneva, 18 March 2011 Your Eminences and Graces, Respected members of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with great sadness and compassion for the Coptic Church and the people of Egypt that the World Council of Churches [...]

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“Kairos Palestine”: From Mendacity to Megalomania

December 23, 2011 News

Malcolm Lowe 23/12/2011 Late in 2009, a small group of Palestinian Christian clergy and laity banded together to produce a document entitled “Kairos Palestine.” Basically, it promoted familiar Palestinian aspirations, dressed up with some theological flourishes. Even by current Palestinian standards, it was an extreme statement. For instance, it avoided endorsement of the two-state solution [...]

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Ecumenical Patriarch calls for freedom of religion and minority rights

December 3, 2011 Featured News

2/12/2011 In a presentation to a gathering of experts on religious freedom and religious rights of minorities, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said there must be respect for the “inherent rights of all human beings and their aspiration and rights of religious freedom should be important components to sustain tolerance among all God’s creation.” Bartholomew [...]

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Christian leaders plot ecumenical future in Indonesia

October 4, 2011 News

By Paul R. Kopenkoskey 4/10/2011 An estimated 275 Christian leaders are meeting in Indonesia this week (Oct. 4-7) to plot an ecumenical future in what one veteran of the ecumenical movement called a watershed gathering. Leaders of the fledgling Global Christian Forum will gather evangelical, Pentecostal, mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Manado, [...]

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Inter-Orthodox consultation begins discussion on the nature of the Church

March 5, 2011 Featured News

04.03.11 A week-long inter-Orthodox consultation with the aim of studying the Faith and Order document “The Nature and Mission of the Church” began its work on Thursday 3 March in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The aim of the consultation is to offer distinctly Orthodox insights as part of a world-wide discussion of the doctrine of the [...]

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WCC general secretary honoured in JerusalemWCC general secretary honoured in Jerusalem

September 7, 2010 News

A high distinction has been bestowed on the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. On Thursday 2 September, the Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre was presented to Tveit by Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. Tveit was visiting Jerusalem as part of a WCC [...]

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Mor Gabriel Church in Mount Lebanon consecrated by Holy Father

August 15, 2010 News

Syrian Orthodox Church Mor Gabriel Church in Mount Lebanon consecrated by Holy Father on August 08, 2010 08 August 2010, Kesrwan, Mount Lebanon:His Holiness the Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas celebrated the consecration of the Mor Gabriel Church and the Syriac Center in Ajaltoun – Kesrwan – Mount Lebanon on August 8, 2010. [...]

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with the WCC General Secretary

July 1, 2010 News

On 28 June 2010, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, received the Rev. Dr. Olaf Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, currently on an official visit to Moscow. The meeting took place after the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin. Dr. [...]

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Armenian Pontiff Receives World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On June 21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians received 31 members of the Standing Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. His Grace Bishop Hovakim Manukian, Director of the Inter Church [...]

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Faith and Order Standing Commission Convenes in Holy Etchmiadzin

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 On June 21, the five day meeting of the Faith and Order Standing Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The meeting is being held in the Mother See upon the invitation His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. 31 representatives [...]

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