Prayer Reconciliation Unity Peace

دعوة مقدّسة توجّهها مجدّدًا كنيسة القدس إلى المسيحيين الأجلاء للمشاركة
في الصلاة العظيمة وطلب الشفاعة من الله في زمننا الحاضر
" صلاة الكنيسة الجامعة من أجل التسامح و الوحدة و السلام "
في العشرين من الجاري، يُعقَدُ عند الساعة السادسة مساءً بتوقيت الأراضي المقدّسة، اللقاء الثاني الإستثنائي للصلاة، برئاسة أسقف الكنيسة اللوثرية في الأردن والأراضي المقدّسة ، د.منيب يونان، في كنيسة المخلّص الإنجيلية اللوثرية في القدس. فإنّ كنيسة القدس بصفتها الكنيسة الأمّ تدعو جميع المسيحيين لمشاركتها الصلاة كي يفيض الآب عليها نعم المصالحة، والوحدة، والسلام، انطلاقًا من الكنيسة في القدس. ويحثّ هذا اللقاء جميع المسيحيين أن يستمرّوا في الصلاة معًا من أجل هذه النوايا، كلّ يوم سبت عند الساعة السادسة في التوقيت المحلّي. إنّ جميع مسيحيي القدس مدعوين لتلبية هذه الدعوة المقدّسة والمشاركة في هذا الحدث الكبير. ترقبوا إذًا نقلاً مباشرًا لهذا اللقاء عبر المحطات التلفزيونية في الشرق الأوسط، وأوروبا، والبرازيل، وأميركا الشمالية.
وبما أنّ هذه المبادرة تهدف أيضًا إلى تطوير التفاهم المتبادل بين الكنائس، يتمّ عرض وثائقي في ختام الصلاة حول الكنيسة اللوثرية أي الكنيسة المضيفة.

Jerusalem - First session of the extraordinary prayer initiative of all Churches

Syrian Orthodox Church of St Mark, 6 pm Holy Land time

The first extraordinary prayer of all Churches for Reconciliation, Unity and Peace beginning in and proceeding from Jerusalem will take place in Jerusalem on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at 6. p.m. local time, at the Syrian Orthodox Church of St Mark. It will be entirely held in Aramaic and presided by His Eminence Archbishop Mar Swerios Malki Mourad, Syrian Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem.
It will be broadcast live or on 6 pm local time by several Christian channels:
- Telepace, Telechiara (5 pm Italian time)
- Telelumiere, Copt TV (6 pm Holy Land time)
- Cancao Nova, 6 pm Brasilian time)
All Christian communities of Jerusalem and all Christians everywhere in the world are invited to take part in this great intercessory prayer to the Father for our time. The Christians of Jerusalem that participate to it shall call Christians in the whole world to join them spiritually, in a communion of prayer of the whole Church.
With the help of the Lord, these prayer meetings will be organised by the different Churches of Jerusalem and broadcast once a month as from 2010. Each prayer meeting will be held, as far as possible, in the organising Church’s liturgical language. Made accessible by adequate translation and transliteration, these meetings in fact also seek to express the richness to be found in the various traditions of the Church.

Join the Church of Jerusalem and participate to the prayer !

Telepace : webtv.php
Telechiara: live.php
Telelumiere: eng/tvsub.html
Copt TV: index.aspx
Cancao Nova: portal/canais/tvcn/tv/sintonizar.php

The first session of the Extraordinary prayer of all Churches was held in the Syrian Orthodox Church of Saint Mark's Convent on May 30, 2009

The Church of Jerusalem, during a very intense and moving hour of prayer with the Syriac melodies going back to the origins of Christianity, has solemnly called all Christians to join her spiritually, so that the prayer of the whole Church may be realised. The graces of Peace, Unity and Reconciliaiton asked from God are in fact so great that the strength of the whole Church must be engaged, in a prayer extraordinary in intensity and constancy.
All Christians are called to continue to pray each Saturday at 6 pm local time, individually or in community, for the intentions of the prayer.
At the end of the prayer, which attempted to evidence the rich tradition of the organising Church, a short presentation of the Syrian Orthodox Church was proposed to the viewers. The scope of the initiative is in fact, as it is known, also to valorise the different traditions of the Church and to develop a greater reciprocal awareness and knowledge among the Christian communities. If, as Christ tells us, “it is by the love you have for each other that you will be recognised as my disciples”, in order to love each other, it is important to have a good awareness and knowledge of our borthers and sisters, To discover the other Christian traditions, while remaining strongly anchored into one’s own identity, is also to rediscover and reinforce one’s faith. The time indeed has come for the reciprocal fecundation among the Churches; it has just started, in and from Jerusalem.

View the prayer of May 30, 2009, in the section "Participate to the prayer".

In the picture: At the end of the prayer, Saydna Mar Swerios Malki Murad frees two doves as messengers of the Peace of Christ - Peace in the hearts.