The Anglican Episcopal Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Revd Hosam Naoum, elected as Vice Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council.
17 February 2023
Speaking on behalf of churches across the world, WCC General Secretary has called for an end to the violence in north-east Syria.
17 October 2019
The WCC’s Central Committee has expressed its concern at the “alarming and rapidly deteriorating situation of Christians in the Middle East.”
06 July 2018
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a statement urging the international community to end the cycle of violence in Syria.
17 April 2018
Former Bishop of Exeter amongst a group of British Christian leaders to visit to officials in Damascus hours after Western airstrikes.
16 April 2018
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales has called for “concerted diplomatic action” following the chemical attack in Douma.
13 April 2018
Senior members of the Church of England joined the Patriarch of Antioch yesterday (Thursday) for the consecration of Britain’s first Syriac Orthodox Cathedral.
25 November 2016
One third of the population of Lebanon are refugees from other countries, an Anglican delegation heard this week as they met with the Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut.
27 October 2016
A simple act of solidarity with the people of Aleppo by a parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland has turned into a global initiative supported by several Anglican churches.
24 October 2016
The Church in Wales has joined five other UK Christian churches in calling for an end to the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
20 October 2016