WCC news: WCC general secretary to visit member churches in Serbia

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will visit WCC member churches in Serbia from 2-4 September.  The Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George in Novi Sad, Serbia. Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth 2 September 2024 First on his agenda is a visit to the St Michael’s Cathedral and the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He will then meet with His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije, and the bishops of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church.  After visiting St Sava Church, he will meet with the Serbian Orthodox Church members of the WCC governing and consultative bodies and with Serbian Orthodox theology students and faculty.  A highlight of his visit will be attending the opening of the "World Council of Churches and the Serbian Orthodox Church (1948-1991): Exhibition of Archival Materials” at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Zemun), where he will deliver an opening address.  He will also meet with other WCC member churches, including the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia and the Reformed Christian Church in Serbia. Dr Andrej Jeftic, director of the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, will accompany the general secretary Pillay to Serbia. See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay from the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland