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On the 30th of January 2016, thousands of Nagpurians with black ribbons strapped around their mouths marched out on the street to protest against the death of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar from Hyderabad University. The ribbons were tied symbolically to indicate the voices of marginalised people like that of Rohit Vermula being suppressed […]
Theme: Receive Children, Receive Me Country Focus : Cuba World Day of Prayer (WDP) is a global, ecumenical movement of Christian women joined together to observe a common day of prayer each year on the first Friday of March. The Motto of WDP is “Informed Prayer & Prayerful Action” signifies that prayer and action are […]
A National Consultation on Ecumenical Advocacy to End Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery was organized by All India Council of Christian Women ( AICCW) in Partnership with Lutheran World Service India Trust on 10th January 2016 in Kolkata. 25 leaders from different faith based organizations and Churches working to end Human Trafficking or justice and peace issues participated in this […]
Dear Ecumenical Colleagues, New Year greetings from NCCI! I am happy to introduce to you Mr.Pradip Bansrior and Mr.Jianthaolung Gonmei who are recently appointed respectively as the Executive Secretary NCCI-Commissions on Dalits and Tribals/Adivasis, and Executive Secretary NCCI-Commission on Youth. Mr.Pradip has a Post Graduate degree in Economics. During the past 15 years he has served as […]
Rt. Rev. Dr. Zacharias Mar Theophilus, Suffragan Metropolitan of the Kerala-based Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away on 27th December 2015 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Born on August 29, 1938, as Oommen Koruthu, he was ordained as deacon on May 7, 1966; as a priest on July 9 that year, and consecrated as Bishop in […]
Rev. Dr. Bastiaan Wielenga, a German missionary who opted for Indian citizenship, and a globally renowned Indian Liberation theologian of our times passed away on 23rd Dec 2015. Among several commitments, he served the Ecumenical Christian Centre, the Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, and Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, where he played a […]
The celebration of ‘Christmas joy through carols’ was arranged by National Council of Churches in India and North West India Council of Churches (NWICC) on 5th December 2015 at Free Church (CNI), Sansad Marg . Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen, Supreme Court of India, was the Chief Guest of the event. He emphasized that as a […]
A delegation of National Council of Churches in India met Shri. M. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and greeted him with Christmas wishes on 22nd December, 2015 at his residence. He received the leaders warmly and conveyed his wishes to the Christian Community. The Vice President said that ‘more than tolerance, what is […]
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE What significance does the celebration of Christmas have for us in India this year? In a country where 25th December is being promoted by the Government as Good Governance Day, when in reality the large body of citizens is being adversely affected by the political manipulation of governance, the message of Christmas comes […]
ALARMING FACTS: * In India 65% of school children reported facing corporal punishment – beatings by teachers mostly in government schools. * Of children physically abused in families, in 88.6% of the cases, it was the parents who were the perpetrators. * India is the 4th most dangerous country in the world for girl child […]
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