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Special service to celebrate Church of Ireland–Moravian relationship

Ballymena & Gracehill ∙ Monday, 18th March 2024

In recent years, the Church of Ireland and the Moravian Church in Britain and Ireland have been developing a closer formal relationship which will allow for clergy from both denominations to serve in either.

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Christian Unity and Dialogue

New version of inter–church and inter–faith directory now available

A fresh edition of the Directory of Anglican, Porvoo, Ecumenical and Inter–faith links has been published by the Church of Ireland’s Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, as guide which seeks to summarise the scale of work carried out in this area of the Church’s ministry.

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Dialogue of Friendship – Event Explores how diverse communities can live together

‘Hate can unite bad forces – it is important to be anti–hate.’ This was one of the many messages to emerge during the discussion at an interfaith gathering in the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College Dublin on Saturday, May 20.

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Bossey Online Course in Ecumenical Studies

Closing date: 7th March 2023

The faculty from the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey is inviting expressions of interest in the Bossey Online Course in Ecumenical Studies. The target audience is young theologians and laypersons with a suitable level of ecumenical literacy and/or experience in the field of ecumenical dialogue and engagement.

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023

Be–Longing: Praying for Unity amidst Injustice

For this January’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland is guided by the churches of Minneapolis as we seek to explore how the work of Christian Unity can contribute to the promotion of racial justice across all levels of society.

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Porvoo Prayer Diary for 2023 now available

The 2023 Prayer Diary for the Porvoo Communion, which brings together Anglican and Lutheran Churches in Europe, is now available.

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The 25th Anniversary of the Porvoo Communion: Portrait, Unity and Vulnerability

The Primates and Presiding Bishops of the Porvoo Communion, which unites the Anglican Churches in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Iberian Peninsula and Lutheran Churches in Nordic countries, the Baltic, and Great Britain, met in Tampere, Finland, to mark the 25th anniversary of the communion.

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Porvoo Communion celebrates 25th anniversary

After a number of years meeting on–line exclusively, the Porvoo Contact Group met in person on its first of three days in Tampere, Finland on Tuesday (October 11 2022). Later it was joined by the Primates of the Porvoo Communion and will continue meeting until October 13.

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Pauline Webb Ecumenical Fund open for applications

Closing date: Friday, 1st July 2022

Through the Pauline Webb Fund, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) awards grants to support women’s participation in ecumenical work.

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Resources for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022

‘We Saw His Star in the East’

The Christians of the Middle East are offering the resources for the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, traditionally observed from 18th to 25th January. In doing so, these fellow followers of Jesus are conscious that the world shares many of the travails and much of the difficulties experienced by the region, and yearns for a light to lead the way to the Saviour who is the light that overcomes darkness.

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