Tag: Bartholomäus

WEA Secretary General Expresses Solidarity with Eastern Orthodox Church, Laments Reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

For 175 years, standing in solidarity with Christians who are facing discrimination and persecution has been at the heart of the mission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). In continuation of this tradition, WEA Secretary General Bishop Dr Thomas Schirrmacher joined Orthodox and other church leaders lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul into a mosque, when he visited Washington, DC earlier this year.

Saturday November 27th, 2021 / Evangelicals, Ecumenism, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog
Is the Orthodox Church splitting?

Bartholomew, the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, has initiated the recognition of another independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In an interview with pro, Thomas Schirrmacher, Chairman of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, explains the process in Ukraine.

Monday October 22nd, 2018 / Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog
70 years WCC: “Something is starting to move”

70 years ago, on August 23, 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded. The theologian Thomas Schirrmacher talks about the history of the “World Council of Churches”, why Catholics are not members – and why he sees a missionary departure also in Germany.

Friday August 31st, 2018 / Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog
WEA welcomes Book “Christianity” by All Churches in Turkey

Schirrmacher speaks at book launch to the Ecumenical Patriarch and other heads of churches in Turkey

Friday March 23rd, 2018 / Oriental Churches, Evangelicals, Catholic Church, Ecumenism, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog, Protestant Churches
WEA introduces new ambassador to the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Orthodox Church community

On the occasion of a meeting of the heads of all major churches and confessions of Turkey at the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul, the Associate Secretary General Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher introduced Dr Nikolay (Nik) Nedelchev personally to Bartholomew I, who as Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.

Tuesday March 20th, 2018 / Special topics ecumenical relations, Evangelicals, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog
“Turkey should be proud of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”

Our IGFM letter on the 25th anniversary of the Patriarch's office

Monday April 3rd, 2017 / Special topics human rights, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog
Thomas Schirrmacher receives the Order of Merit from the Royal House of Ghassan for his Activities relating to Human Rights in the Middle East

The – no longer governing – oldest royal house in the world, the Christian and Arab ruling house of The Sovereign Imperial and Royal House of Ghassan, has honored Thomas Schirrmacher with the “Magister Praetor” Order of Merit for achievements relating to the planning of a civic central council of Christians in the Near East and Middle East (Oriental Christian Council) and for promoting the House of Ghassan, specifically noting “that he [enabled] the House’s personal contact to Pope Francis and to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.”

Friday February 24th, 2017 / ProMundis Blog

Tag: Bartholomäus

WEA Secretary General Expresses Solidarity with Eastern Orthodox Church, Laments Reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

Is the Orthodox Church splitting?

70 years WCC: “Something is starting to move”

WEA welcomes Book “Christianity” by All Churches in Turkey

WEA introduces new ambassador to the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Orthodox Church community

“Turkey should be proud of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”

Thomas Schirrmacher receives the Order of Merit from the Royal House of Ghassan for his Activities relating to Human Rights in the Middle East