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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: January 18-25, 2013

At least once a year, many Christians become aware of the great diversity of ways of adoring God. Hearts are touched, and people realize that their neighbours' ways are not so strange.  
The event that touches off this special experience is something called the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Traditionally celebrated between 18-25 January (in the northern hemisphere) or at Pentecost (in the southern hemisphere), the Week of Prayer enters into congregations and parishes all over the world. Pulpits are exchanged, and special ecumenical celebrations and prayer services are arranged. 
Ecumenical partners in a particular region are asked to prepare a basic text on a biblical theme. Then an international group with WCC-sponsored (Protestant and Orthodox) and Roman Catholic participants edits this text and ensures that it is linked with the search for the unity of the church.  
The text is jointly published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and WCC, through the WCC's Commission on Faith and Order, which also accompanies the entire production process of the text. The final material is sent to member churches and Roman Catholic dioceses, and they are invited to translate the text and contextualize it for their own use.
Theme for 2013: What does God require Of Us?
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In God's Hands: The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

At the very heart of the ecumenical movement is the reality of prayer. Jesus prayed that we may all be one, united in God in the mystery of the Trinity. That is the basis and the goal of our search for unity.
The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle enables us to journey in prayer through every region of the world and through every week of the year affirming our solidarity with Christians all over the world, brothers and sisters living in diverse situations, experiencing diverse problems and sharing diverse gifts. Lord, hear our prayer ...
These pages are based on the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle "In God's Hands - Common Prayer for the World" (ISBN 978-2825414880). The book and the website offer valuable aids for intercessory prayers, prayer on behalf of and in solidarity with others.
Dates
Week #
Countries *
Dates in 2013
Week 1
Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  
30 December 2012 - 5 January
Week 2
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq
6-12 January
Week 3
Cyprus, Greece, Turkey
13-19 January
Week 4
Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
20-26 January
Week 5
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
27 January - 2 February
Week 6
Ireland, United Kingdom
3-9 February
Week 7
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
10-16 February
Week 8
Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta
17-23 February
Week 9
Germany, France
24 February - 2 March
Week 10
Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino
3-9 March
Week 11
Myanmar, Thailand
10-16 March
Week 12
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
17-23 March
Week 13
China, Hong Kong, Macao
24-30 March
Week 14
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
31 March - 6 April
Week 15
East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines
7-13 April
Week 16
Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan
14-20 April
Week 17
Djibouti, Somalia
21-27 April
Week 18
Eritrea, Ethiopia
28 April - 4 May
Week 19
Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda
5-11 May
Week 20
Kenya, Tanzania
12-18 May
Week 21
Malawi, Zambia
19-25 May
Week 22
Botswana, Zimbabwe
26 May - 1 June
Week 23
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
2-8 June
Week 24
Angola, Mozambique
9-15 June
Week 25
Brazil
16-22 June
Week 26
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
23-29 June
Week 27
Bolivia, Chile, Peru
30 June - 6 July
Week 28
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
7-13 July
Week 29
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
14-20 July
Week 30
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
21- 27 July
Week 31
The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
28 July - 3 August
Week 32
Canada, USA
4-10 August
Week 33
Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia
11-17 August
Week 34
The Pacific islands: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the French Overseas Territories of New Caledonia (Kanaky) and French Polynesia (Tahiti)
18-24 August
Week 35
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
25-31 August
Week 36
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia
1-7 September
Week 37
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
8-14 September
Week 38
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
15-21 September
Week 39
Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
22-28 September
Week 40
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
29 September - 5 October
Week 41
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
6-12 October
Week 42
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
13-19 October
Week 43
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
20-26 October
Week 44
The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives
27 October - 2 November
Week 45
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda
3-9 November
Week 46
Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe
10-16 November
Week 47
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea
17-23 November
Week 48
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
24-30 November
Week 49
Liberia, Sierra Leone
1-7 December
Week 50
Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
8-14 December
Week 51
Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo
15-21 December
Week 52
Ghana, Nigeria
22-28 December

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