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Easter

The Easter Initiative is an annual activity of the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The materials — which include feature stories and prayers, as well as social media and advocacy resources — connect the stories of Easter with current realities in Palestine and Israel, and spotlight the challenges of a life marked by violence, war, and occupation
Resources & Research

WCC publishes new materials for “Out of the darkness” series in Palestine and Israel

The World Council of Churches has published online new materials related to the 2024 Easter Initiative: “Out of the darkness — Easter solidarity with the Holy Land”

Reflections

"The first Easter I remember"

“As a community, after the Easter Day service we celebrated the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with a big kai kai (feast). People from all over the Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea (which was then still administered by Australia) came via sailing canoes rather than by motor boats, bringing seafood, taro, sweet potato, casava, sago and other traditional foods. We then had traditional dancing with men wearing headdresses made of emu feathers and women wearing grass skirts,” says Uncle Milton Walit from NATSIAC and The Parish of Laidley