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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Women congregants bow under a large icon carried in procession around the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George after Sunday service. In the period between Easter and Pentecost, each Sunday service at Saint George concludes with a procession around the cathedral.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Women congregants bow under a large icon carried in procession around the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George after Sunday service. In the period between Easter and Pentecost, each Sunday service at Saint George concludes with a procession around the cathedral.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Women congregants bow under a large icon carried in procession around the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George after Sunday service. In the period between Easter and Pentecost, each Sunday service at Saint George concludes with a procession around the cathedral.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: Sunday service in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. On 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia, the Serbian Orthodox Church stood as one of the host churches of the Conference of European Churches General Assembly. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests took part in the Assembly and related events, gathered under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses".
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: Sunday service in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. On 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia, the Serbian Orthodox Church stood as one of the host churches of the Conference of European Churches General Assembly. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests took part in the Assembly and related events, gathered under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses".
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  • 3 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Soko Mjanakheti is on his way to the clinic, in the village of Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho. Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone plateau some 24 kilometers east of Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The name means Night Mountain, and surrounding the plateau is a small village and open plains. Thaba Bosiu was once the capital of Lesotho, and the mountain was the stronghold of the Basotho king when the kingdom of Lesotho was formed.
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  • 6 December 2018, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: Biweekly “chairobics” session, aerobics for people with limited mobility, in the Rockwell African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: An elderly woman holds a dog in her arms at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: An elderly woman rests on her cane in a courtyard at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese smiles as he greets a woman and child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: Father Vladislav Kasyanov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Shakhty diocese, comforts an elderly woman upon her arrival at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
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The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
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Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news. Bishop Mary Ann Swenson from the United Methodist Church, vice-moderator of the WCC Central Committee, preached during the service, reflecting on what it means to have faith in the face of hardship, based on readings from Mark 4: 35-41.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A girl plays in an open courtyard at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natalya, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, meets a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yury, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_851...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natalya, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_851...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Lucy, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_850...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yury, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_850...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, holds her daughter in her arms. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, kisses her daughter on the cheek. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_848...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman refugee pushes a pram through a pathway at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri (left) receives and answers questions from a curious refugee girl named Alisa (Alice) (right) at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A pregnant woman holds the hand of her child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (right) meets Lucy (left), a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese hands a bar of chocolate to a child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A child holds her mother's hand at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yulia Alexeivna Zhuravlova (centre) serves as director at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A group of refugees walk on a path enshrouded in trees at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks a members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visiting the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (right) offers a bar of chocolate to Nik (left), a disabled refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: Father Vladislav Kasyanov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Shakhty diocese, comforts an elderly woman upon her arrival at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: Father Vladislav Kasyanov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Shakhty diocese, comforts an elderly woman upon her arrival at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: Father Vladislav Kasyanov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Shakhty diocese, comforts an elderly woman upon her arrival at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220524_AH2_870...jpg
  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: Father Vladislav Kasyanov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Shakhty diocese, comforts an elderly woman upon her arrival at the Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: An elderly Kajo-Keji congregant receives bread and wine at Macedonia church. Following the eruption of war in South Sudan, the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in the country’s Central Equatoria State, decided to move with some 350 congregants to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. The diocese is since hosted under the auspices of the Diocesan office of the Anglican Church in Moyo, Uganda, and is able to continue to gather and worship as a congregation in the Palorinya settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A Ukrainian refugee woman helps feed an elderly lady in a wheelchair after they arrived together at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
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  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_194...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_193...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_192...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_187...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_185...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_179...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH1_087...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH1_085...jpg
  • 13 April 2016: The Greek Island of Samos, where all refugees have been moved to a closed camp, so-called hotspot, where they are kept awaiting registration, identification, and transfer for resettlement in a European country. Many refugees stay for weeks or even several months awaiting resettlement. Refugees and volunteer workers report lack of information, long lines for food, and poor nutrition. On the shore of the town, life is now in many ways back to normal. Here, an elderly man fishing on the shore by the dock.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (left) greets Yulia Alexeivna Zhuravlova (right), who serves as director at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Nik, a disabled man from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia:  A young girl pats a dog at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria and other members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visit the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_849...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman refugee pushes a pram through a pathway at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_847...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia:  A child holds their mother's hand while walking through a pathway at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_846...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese smiles as he greets a woman and child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_844...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman carries a young child in her arms at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_844...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_844...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yulia Alexeivna Zhuravlova serves as director at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_842...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese, speaks to a group of children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Stephan Igumnov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) speaks to a group of refugees visited by members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH1_945...jpg
  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: An elderly woman rests on her cane as she waits to receive Holy Communion during Sunday service celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A Ukrainian refugee woman helps feed an elderly lady in a wheelchair after they arrived together at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_207...jpg
  • 11 March 2018, Arusha, Tanzania: Young and old, women and men, children and elderly — bringing together a congregation of over 1,000 people, the Arusha Mjini Kati Lutheran Church gathered to celebrate Sunday service on 11 March, together with international visitors participating in the WCC Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.<br />
<br />
The church, which bears its name from its central location in Arusha, Tanzania, has a history of more than 100 years, and is an active body in Evangelical outreach, spreading the Gospel throughout Tanzania. <br />
<br />
Through “creative ministry”, including drama, music and artistic expression, the church explores new ways of engaging young people in the church, and in proclaiming the good news.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180311_AH2_197...jpg
  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Yeanie Margaret Foray cuts a large loaf of traditional Ethiopian bread, baked in banana leaves. By tradition, the bread is cut by an elder and a young person, to then be shared with the whole community. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities.
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  • 1 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: H.E. Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon 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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  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Bishop David Tswaedi cuts a large loaf of traditional Ethiopian bread, baked in banana leaves. By tradition, the bread is cut by an elder and a young person, to then be shared with the whole community. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20191023_AH2_473...jpg
  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A large loaf of traditional Ethiopian bread, baked in banana leaves. By tradition, the bread is cut by an elder and a young person, to then be shared with the whole community. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20191023_AH1_348...jpg
  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A large loaf of traditional Ethiopian bread, baked in banana leaves. By tradition, the bread is cut by an elder and a young person, to then be shared with the whole community. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20191023_AH1_347...jpg
  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A large loaf of traditional Ethiopian bread, baked in banana leaves. By tradition, the bread is cut by an elder and a young person, to then be shared with the whole community. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region,  demonstrates how the Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. Ibrahim lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region,  demonstrates how the Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. Ibrahim lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim (centre), an internally displaced person from the Somali region, lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH1_184...jpg
  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region, lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH1_180...jpg