Enthronement of His Holiness Bishop Tawadros II

Programme Review and Programme Direction

Two key deliberative sessions during the 15th CCA General Assembly are the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions.

The Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions will both be conducted in three groups relating to the CCA’s programme areas, namely, (i) General Secretariat (GS), (ii) Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF); and (iii) Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia (PD).

Assembly participants will have the option to join one of three groups for both the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions. For the sake of coherence, the assigned group will remain the same for both sessions.

General Secretariat

The General Secretariat oversees the coordination of programmatic, administrative, and financial activities of the organization. The GS comprises various departments such as church and ecumenical relations, relations with ecumenical partners, finance, administration, and communications, which provide crucial support and services for the implementation of programs and contribute to the overall functioning of the CCA.

Programmes: Relations with member churches and councils, ecumenical partners; advocacy at the United Nations; ecumenical responses to emerging issues in solidarity; income development and finance; and communications.

Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF)

Under the MU programme area, the CCA accompanies Asian churches to strengthen their mission and witness in multi-religious contexts, revitalise and nurture church unity and the Asian ecumenical movement, and develop contextual theological foundations.

Programmes: Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU); Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS); Asian women doing theology in the context of wider ecumenism; contextualisation of theology in Asia and ecumenical theological education.

The EF programme area focuses on nurturing and developing ecumenical leaders in Asia. The programme aims to enhance spiritual formation and theological understanding, enabling people to actively engage in ecumenical dialogue and collaboration.

Programmes: Ecumenical Enablers’ Training in Asia (EETA); Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI); Youth and Women Leadership Development; Ecumenical Spirituality and Nurturing of Contextual Liturgical Traditions; Asia Sunday

Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia and Advocacy (PD)

The BP programme area is dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and reconciliation in Asia’s diverse contexts. Through training, advocacy, and dialogue, the programme addresses the root causes of conflicts, empowers communities, and fosters sustainable peacebuilding initiatives.

Programmes: Pastoral Solidarity Visits; Churches in Action for Moving Beyond Conflict and Resolution; Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA); Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV); Eco-Justice for Sustainable Peace in the Oikos.

The PD programme area focuses on promoting justice, human rights, and social transformation in Asia. Through advocacy, capacity-building, and raising awareness, the programme addresses systemic injustice, empowers marginalised communities, and advocates for prophetic actions and meaningful change.

Programmes: Human Rights advocacy; Migration, Statelessness, and Trafficking in Persons; Asian Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network; Asian Advocacy Network on the Dignity and Rights of Children (AANDRoC); Ecumenical Solidarity Accompaniment and Diakonia in Asia (ESADA); Health and Healing; Good Governance; Action Together to Combat HIV and AIDS in Asia (ATCHAA).

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17 November 2012
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118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, on the Holy See of Saint Mark
The Enthronement of His Holiness Bishop Tawadros II as the 118th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa, on the Holy See of Saint Mark, is to take place on 18th November 2012, at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in a ceremony that was last carried out on 14 November 1971.
Bishop Tawadros will enter the cathedral using a large ceremonial key, symbolizing the Pope’s new responsibilities and leadership role, and enter with metropolitans, bishops, and all members of the Holy Synod behind him. He will also wear the papal crown for the first time and sit on the throne in the cathedral.
In a congratulatory letter addressed to the Pope elect, on the occasion of his Enthronement as the Pope of the largest Church in Egypt and Middle East, Rev. Dr. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang wrote:
"It is with great happiness and prayerful thanksgiving that the Christian Conference of Asia received the news of your enthronement.
We pray that you will continue to be endowed with the wisdom, courage and steadfast faith as you prepare to receive the mantle as the successor of St. Mark the Evangelist, Holy Apostle and Martyr, on the Holy Apostolic Throne of the Great City of Alexandria.
We will continue invoking God’s blessings on you, for guidance, strength and wisdom, in these challenging times, when you will be taking over the leadership of 18 million people, encouraging them to learn to ‘live consistently within the spiritual boundaries’ and at the same time  ‘live in harmony, integrating with society, as Egyptians.'
We pray at this juncture, that under your able leadership, the Coptic Church will continue to actively participate and uphold the ecumenical fellowship of Christians all over the world, in the best traditions of a Church that has played very important roles in the famous and ancient Ecumenical Councils of Nicea, Constantinople, Ephesus and Chalcedon."
She concluded with blessings and wishes for long life, spiritual strength and good health in the years to come.

posted by communications on Sunday, November 18, 2012