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?
Brochures
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 #
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Countries *
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Dates in 2013
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Week 1
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Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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30 December 2012 - 5 January
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Week 2
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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq
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6-12 January
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Week 3
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Cyprus, Greece, Turkey
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13-19 January
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Week 4
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Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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20-26 January
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Week 5
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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
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27 January - 2 February
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Week 6
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Ireland, United Kingdom
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3-9 February
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Week 7
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Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
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10-16 February
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Week 8
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Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta
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17-23 February
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Week 9
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Germany, France
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24 February - 2 March
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Week 10
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Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino
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3-9 March
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Week 11
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Myanmar, Thailand
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10-16 March
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Week 12
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Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
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17-23 March
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Week 13
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China, Hong Kong, Macao
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24-30 March
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Week 14
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Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
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31 March - 6 April
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Week 15
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East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines
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7-13 April
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Week 16
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Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan
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14-20 April
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Week 17
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Djibouti, Somalia
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21-27 April
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Week 18
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Eritrea, Ethiopia
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28 April - 4 May
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Week 19
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Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda
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5-11 May
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Week 20
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Kenya, Tanzania
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12-18 May
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Week 21
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Malawi, Zambia
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19-25 May
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Week 22
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Botswana, Zimbabwe
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26 May - 1 June
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Week 23
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Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
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2-8 June
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Week 24
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Angola, Mozambique
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9-15 June
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Week 25
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Brazil
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16-22 June
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Week 26
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Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
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23-29 June
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Week 27
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Bolivia, Chile, Peru
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30 June - 6 July
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Week 28
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Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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7-13 July
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Week 29
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Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
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14-20 July
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Week 30
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Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
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21- 27 July
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Week 31
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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
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28 July - 3 August
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Week 32
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Canada, USA
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4-10 August
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Week 33
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Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia
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11-17 August
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Week 34
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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)
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18-24 August
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Week 35
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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25-31 August
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Week 36
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Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia
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1-7 September
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Week 37
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Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
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8-14 September
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Week 38
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Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
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15-21 September
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Week 39
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Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
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22-28 September
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Week 40
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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29 September - 5 October
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Week 41
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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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6-12 October
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Week 42
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Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
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13-19 October
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Week 43
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India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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20-26 October
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Week 44
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The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives
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27 October - 2 November
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Week 45
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Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda
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3-9 November
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Week 46
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Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe
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10-16 November
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Week 47
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Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea
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17-23 November
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Week 48
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Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
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24-30 November
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Week 49
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Liberia, Sierra Leone
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1-7 December
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Week 50
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Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
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8-14 December
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Week 51
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Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo
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15-21 December
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Week 52
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Ghana, Nigeria
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22-28 December
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