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  • 24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Copies of the Koran, the holy scripture of the religion of Islam, pictured sitting on a shelf inside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem old city.
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  • 24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Copies of the Koran, the holy scripture of the religion of Islam, pictured sitting on a shelf inside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem old city.
    Palestine-2022-Hillert-20221124_AH1_...jpg
  • 24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Copies of the Koran, the holy scripture of the religion of Islam, pictured sitting on a shelf inside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem old city.
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  • Erin Hawkins, top executive of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race, speaks on May 10 to the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Hawkins urged delegates to practice intercultural competency in their interactions. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • September 5 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Dr. Azza Karam, general secretary of Religions for Peace and a WCC Thursdays in Black Ambassador (right), talks with Sara Speicher in front of the Waterfall Tapestry--which includes a panel from the Global Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace. The Tapestry was hung in the plenary hall of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe Aug. 31 to Sept. 8. Speicher is the communications offer for the Thursdays in Black campaign.
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants give a standing ovation after Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants give a standing ovation after Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants listen as Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • September 5 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Dr. Azza Karam, general secretary of Religions for Peace and a WCC Thursdays in Black Ambassador, views the Waterfall Tapestry which includes a panel from the Global Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace. The Tapestry was hung in the plenary hall of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe Aug. 31 to Sept. 8.
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants give a standing ovation after Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Prof Azza Karam, General Secretary of Religions for Peace shares greetings to 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."
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Archbishop Benyamen Atas from the Syrian Orthodox Church in Sweden. Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Kikki Högdahl from the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden. Kikki is coordinator of the interreligious project "Goda Grannar" ('Good Neighbours'). Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Archbishop Benyamen Atas from the Syrian Orthodox Church in Sweden.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole., Here, Kikki Högdahl from the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden. Kikki is coordinator of the interreligious project "Goda Grannar" ('Good Neighbours').  Oral consent obtained from Kikki Högdahl and Imam Tajeddin Farfor for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Kikki Högdahl from the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden. Kikki is coordinator of the interreligious project "Goda Grannar" ('Good Neighbours'). Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Kikki Högdahl from the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden. Kikki is coordinator of the interreligious project "Goda Grannar" ('Good Neighbours'). Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • A K'iche' Maya woman priestess leads an indigenous spiritual ceremony near San Andres Xecul, Guatemala.
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  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, visits with a family inside the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.     <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
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  • A displaced young woman prays in the makeshift Catholic chapel in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies.
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  • A woman carries the Bible into a Catholic Mass in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan.
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  • Youth dance during an outdoor Mass in Christ the King Catholic parish in Malakal, Southern Sudan, on November 21, 2010. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Members of the Christ the King Catholic parish in Malakal, Southern Sudan, sing and dance during Mass on November 21, 2010. On the left is Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Malakal. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • A young woman leads a Roman Catholic catechism class in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies
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  • Women pray during Sunday Mass at the Catholic Church inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-malakal-219.jpg
  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, dances with members of a youth dance group of the Catholic Church inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.            <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
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  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, jumps over a ditch as he walks inside the Protection of Civilians area inside the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. <br />
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Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops. They were displaced from Malakal following the outbreak of a civil war in 2013. The armed conflict has a strong element of ethnic tension, and the mostly Shilluk and Nuer residents of the camp fear for their security from the largely Dinka population that has moved into their former town.            <br />
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Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics supporting the new country, lives in the camp.
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  • Members of the Christ the King Catholic parish in Malakal, Southern Sudan, sing and dance during Mass on November 21, 2010. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Members of the Christ the King Catholic parish in Malakal, Southern Sudan, sing and dance during Mass on November 21, 2010. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: People sit in the pews, hymn books in hand, as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 17 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: Rev. Dr Mikie Roberts leads the choir in song during the installation service for Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary at the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
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  • 17 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches Central Committee members join via online conferencing tool Zoom, during the installation service for Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary at the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
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  • 17 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland: People rejoice through song and dance during the installation service for Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary at the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
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  • 22 January 2023, Jerusalem, Palestine: Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt shares a blessing during the ordination service for Sally Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Held at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, the service sees the ordination of Sally Azar as the first Palestinian woman to become ordained for service in Palestine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 22 January 2023, Jerusalem, Palestine: Church leaders from around the world place their hands on the head of Sally Azar as she is ordained pastor as the first Palestinian woman ordained for service in Palestine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 22 January 2023, Jerusalem, Palestine: Bishop Sani Ibrahim "Barhoum" Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land places his hand on the head of Sally Azar as she is ordained pastor as the first Palestinian woman ordained for service in Palestine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 22 January 2023, Jerusalem, Palestine: Church leaders gather at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem to celebrate the ordination of Sally Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, as the first Palestinian woman to become ordained for service in Palestine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 23 November 2022, Bethlehem, Palestine: The Church of the Nativity in central Bethlehem, with Christmas decorations in the shape of a large star mounted at its roof.
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  • 24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: The Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem old city.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: View of the Jerusalem old city and east Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa mosque.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem), pictured here reading scripture.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem), pictured here.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem), pictured here.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: Altar table set and people gathered for a doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem).
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A man lights a candle in preparation for a doxology held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Jerusalem Old City, to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem).
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  • 21 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A Jewish man wearing a kippah walks on one of the streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 24 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A bird sits on a large arch marking the entryway towards the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque in the Jerusalem old city.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: View of the Jerusalem old city and east Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa mosque.
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  • 8 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee.
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  • 7 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Brother Alois Loeser, Prior of the Taizé Community shares greetings to 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."
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  • 7 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants view a video showing the history of the ecumenical movement during a thematic plenary focused on ’Christian Unity and the Churches’ Common Witness’ at 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."
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  • 6 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Fadi El Halabi (in wheelchair) and Karen Abou Nader perform a dance of joy during a thematic plenary focused on ’Affirming Justice and Human Dignity’, at 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." Fadi El Halabi is a psychotherapist and the regional coordinator for the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon. Karen Abou Nader is an international dancer and choreographer, and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon.
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  • 6 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Fadi El Halabi (in wheelchair) and Karen Abou Nader perform a dance of joy during a thematic plenary focused on ’Affirming Justice and Human Dignity’, at 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." Fadi El Halabi is a psychotherapist and the regional coordinator for the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon. Karen Abou Nader is an international dancer and choreographer, and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon.
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  • 6 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Fadi El Halabi (in wheelchair) and Karen Abou Nader perform a dance of joy during a thematic plenary focused on ’Affirming Justice and Human Dignity’, at 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." Fadi El Halabi is a psychotherapist and the regional coordinator for the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon. Karen Abou Nader is an international dancer and choreographer, and an ambassador of joy and hope from Lebanon.
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  • 5 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Oikoumene Pasifika, a group composed of young singers and musicians from the Pacific, employs song and dance inspired by Pacific traditions to celebrate creation and relationships during a thematic plenary focused on ’Affirming the Wholeness of Life’, at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches. The assembly is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 4 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Candles lit around a monument marking the word 'Oikoymenh' -- or Oikoumene ('the known world') -- in the  Christi-Auferstehungskirche (Christ's Resurrection Church) in Karlsruhe. Held in connection with the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly, a Taizé prayer brings together hundreds of people in the Christi-Auferstehungskirche (Christ's Resurrection Church) in Karlsruhe. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 4 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Celebrating the occasion of the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly, Sunday service is held at the Friedenskirche in Karlsruhe. The service, attended by a range of ecumenical guests, is televised live by German broadcaster ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), and attended by a 94-year-old woman who was present when the church was originally built -- then raised as a temporary structure (a so-called 'Notkirche') using bricks from the then bombed city hall in Karlsruhe. The church was inaugurated in 1949. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity." Here, local pastor Catharina Covolo (right) (Friedensgemeinde) and 94-year-old Renate Wanner (left), who was present when the church was built, in dialogue.
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  • 3 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Participants of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly join the Mayor of Karlsruhe Frank Mentrup and the public to view a lightshow at the Karlsruhe Castle, upon official invitation from the city of Karlsruhe. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca speaks in the introduction to a thematic plenary focused on Europe, at 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."
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  • 2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: His Grace Most Rev. Dr Theodosius, Mar Thoma Metropolitan amd Årimate of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar shares greetings to 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."
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  • 1 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: H.E. Archbishop Angaelos, delegate of the Coptic Orthodox Church, speaks during the first thematic plenary of the WCC 11th Assembly, focused on Care for Creation. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 31 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Mayor Frank Mentrup of Karlsruhe listens as Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany speaks with a group of Ukrainian church leaders during a visit to the opening day of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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  • 31 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) greets Mayor Frank Mentrup of Karlsruhe (left) as he visits the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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  • 30 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Conversation among the male participants of a Just Community of Women and Men pre-assembly to the WCC 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: A cross of reconciliation sits at the front of the room during a joint opening prayer for pre-assemblies to the WCC 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel holds up a token reminding people to 'break the silence' --as she reports on a series of Pilgrim Team Visits undetaken by the World Council of Churches om the journey from its 10th assembly to the 11th-- during the opening session of the Women and Men’s pre-assembly to the WCC 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants pose for a photo of themselves by the WCC 11th Assembly's theme exhibition. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Sign language interpretation of the WCC 11th Assembly theme song - Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity - takes place during a joint opening prayer for pre-assemblies to the WCC 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Assembly participants wait in line for lunch at the WCC 11th assembly venue. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 28 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: A woman leads the session in song during an opening gathering for the Indigenous peoples’ pre-assembly to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 28 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Rev. Mari Valjakka, an indigenous Sami and reverend in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland speaks during an opening gathering for the Indigenous peoples’ pre-assembly to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 28 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Photographer Sean Hawkey takes photos of a group from Fiji, in the lead-up to 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."
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  • 27 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Participants in an Ecumenical Youth Gathering that brings together hundreds of youth from all over the world in the lead-up to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany walk through town towards the assembly venue. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 27 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Young people gather around the altar of Saint Stephen Church in Karlsruhe to put together a tapestry of fabric onto which they have each made note of one gift that they have and which they wish to celebrate. The fabric is pieced together as a way of celebrating diversity among people around the world during the opening prayer of an Ecumenical Youth Gathering that brings together hundreds of youth from all over the world in the lead-up to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 27 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: A group of Pacific Performers dance in the Saint Stephen Church in Karlsruhe during the opening prayer of an Ecumenical Youth Gathering that brings together hundreds of youth from all over the world in the lead-up to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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  • 26 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Prayer service held in the Saint Stephen Church in Karlsruhe, with songs from Taizé, observed by a group of young people gathered for 'the Ecumenical Youth Gathering', one of the pre-assemblies taking place to mobilize different groups of participants in the lead-up to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity.
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Church of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Crucifix and prayer candles lit in memory of those departed, in the Danilov monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Crucifix and prayer candles lit in memory of those departed, in the Danilov monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Cross and tower of the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Church of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Danilov monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Church building near the Danilov monastery compound in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: 'Pass is closed' reads a sign at the gate to the residence of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: Residence of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Patriarch Kirill, in Moscow. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 22 May 2022, Moscow, Russia: People come and go at the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Sunday. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants sing as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Led by Bishop’s assistant Adam Bujok, Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants – among them Ukrainian refugee Nataliia Bakumenko from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine – sing as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Cross pictured at the pulpit as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Ukrainian refugee Nataliia Bakumenko from Pryluky (Chernihiv), Ukraine, attends as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants sing as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Flowers decorate the altar, as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants sing as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants stand for a moment of prayer, hymn book in hand, as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Congregants sing as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 5 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: The altar is set, as Sunday service is celebrated at the chapel of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, in the House of Betania. The House of Betania is not only used for Sunday worship, but has become the home of a number of refugee families from Ukraine, following the Russian invasion in February 2022. The church has renovated the buildings in order to accommodate families in a dormitory style, with private rooms for each family and a shared kitchen, dining room, playing room and hygiene facilities. The house currently hosts 7 families making up a total of some 20 people, most of them women and children. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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