A WCC staff planning group has worked since 2023 to collate internal programmes and to identify churches, ecumenical partners, and academic institutions that will commemorate Nicaea 2025 to secure WCC participation. “In addition, the WCC has developed resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2025 that includes a children’s version,” Nalwamba said. Dr Sara Gehlin, senior lecturer, shared the news that, in 2025, University College Stockholm will hold an Ecumenical Summer Academy, which she described as “a summer course which entails the opportunity to participate in and contribute to the 100-year anniversary in Stockholm.” Gehlin added: “In the same year, the Stockholm Theological Seminary launches its Ecumenical Academy: a forum for theological reflection on ecumenism, which is to continue also beyond year 2025.” Rev. Dr Benjamin Simon, WCC director for the Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation and dean of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, said: “In this special time of centenary commemoration, students from Scandinavia and other countries will come together to reflect on what this legacy means to them in their current circumstances and conditions. They will have the opportunity to get to know different contexts and thereby broaden their theological reflection.” Simon added: “It remains important that they learn and reflect that Nathan Söderblom's legacy is not only to be found in history books, but that his positions on social change are anchored in the theology of the churches. During the week of celebration, they will contribute in different ways and thus also make the voice of the younger generation heard.” Rev. Jonas Thorängen, coordinator of the Ecumenical Year 2025 in Stockholm, expressed appreciation of the anticipation and engagement from many people as we draw closer to Ecumenical Year 2025. “We are looking forward to celebrating fellowship and peace work as well as commemorating the important historical events in Stockholm 1925 and Nicaea year 325, and remembering the people who took initiatives to make them happen,” he said. “For the Ecumenical Week 19-23 of August, we prepare for and look forward to meetings in Stockholm for joyful meetings and worship, sincere discussions on tasks that we need to deal with for the sake of our common humanity and all creation. Together, with all people of good will, we need to take bold steps to make the world a better place.” Dr Stephen Brown, editor of the WCC journal The Ecumenical Review described how, in 2025, the World Council of Churches will commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325, and the 100th anniversary of the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work in Stockholm in 1925. “Nicaea was the first gathering of the whole of Christendom and has inspired the work on issues of Faith and Order for the unity of the church and humankind,” he said. “The Stockholm conference gathered Anglicans, Protestants, and Orthodox leaders and was a decisive impetus for churches to work together for a more just and peaceful world. In commemorating these two anniversaries, we will recall how the “Faith and Order” and “Life and Work” movements joined to form the WCC in 1948 and the inspiration for our work today.”
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