The videos of the event
- The final ceremony of the International Meeting of Prayer has taken place in Tirana. Hundreds of religious leaders, people of culture, gathered from all over the world together with a peopl.e of different generations, languages and different cultures have been sharing three days in Tirana to repeet that #peaceispossible
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- They did this addressing hard issues of our time, like migration, conflicts in Syria and Lebanon, the enviromental and social crisis, in a mood of growing fraternity and friendship.
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- Bujar Nishani
Presidente della Repubblica di Albania IT | EN | FR
Andrea Riccardi
Fondatore della Comunità di Sant'Egidio IT | EN | ES | FR
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17:00
Chairperson
Hilde Kieboom
Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium
Inaugural greetings
Blendi Klosi
Minister of Welfare and Youth, Albania
Filip Vujanovic
President of the Republic of Montenegro
Message from
Opening speech
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
INTERVALLO MUSICALE
Message from
Sergio Mattarella
President of the Republic, Italy
Contributions
Andrea Orlando
Minister of Justice, Italy
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon of Chaldeans, Iraq
Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana and Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Muhy Al-Din Afifi
Secretary General of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Academy, Egypt
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Hinduism, Founder of the Forum for a New South Asia, India
09:30
Chairperson
Ole Christian Maelen Kvarme
Lutheran Bishop, Norway
Contributions
Enthons
Archbishop, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Tamás Fabiny
Vice-President of the Lutheran World Federation
Ignatiy
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate
Seraphim Kykkotis
Orthodox Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
Anders Wejryd
Co-President of the World Council of Churches
Matteo Zuppi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference
09:30
Chairperson
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Contributions
Miriam Coronel Ferrer
Chairperson of the Goverment of the Philippines Panel at the Peace Talks on Mindanao
Mauro Garofalo
Community of Sant'Egidio
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Catholic Archbishop, Nigeria
Dionysius Jean Kawak
Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church
Aboud Sayeed Lingga
Senior Member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
lnstitut de recherche pour le développement, Centre Population Développement (CEPED), France
Din Syamsuddin
President, Center tor Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia
09:30
Chairperson
Michel Santier
Catholic Bishop, France
Contributions
Sayyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi
President, Institute for Interreligious Dialogue, Iran
Anouar Kbibech
President of the "Conseil Français du Culte Musulman" (CFCM), Morocco
Muhja Ghalib
Dean of the Female Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of al-Azhar, Egypt
Klaus Krämer
President of Missio Aachen, Germany
Siti Musdah Mulia
Representative of the “Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace”
Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh
Orthodox Coptic Intellectual, Egypt
Joseph Soueif
Catholic Archbishop of the Maronite Church, Cyprus
09:30
Chairperson
Vittorio Ianari
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon of Chaldeans, Iraq
Abdulrazzaq A. Alsadi
University for Sciences and World Education, Iraq
Jawad Al-Khoei
Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq
Pascal Gollnisch
Director General of the Ordinariat of Oriental Catholics in France
Kamal Muslim
Minister of Religious Affairs, Kurdistan
Domenico Quirico
Journalist and writer, Italy
09:30
Chairperson
Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contribution
Epiphanios
Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt
George Frendo
Catholic Bishop, Albania
Paulo Lockmann
World Methodist Council
Armash Nalbandian
Armenian Primate of Damascus, Syria
Thomas Schirrmacher
World Evangelical Alliance
Ernest Troshani
Franciscan, witness, Albania
Serafim
Vescovo ortodosso, Patriarcato di Mosca, Bielorussia
09:30
Chairperson
Maite Carpio Bulgari
Journalist and Film Director, Italy
Contributions
Athenagoras
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate
Eugenio Bernardini
Former Moderator of the Waldensian Table, Italy
Markus Dröge
Evangelical Bishop, Germany
Andrea Orlando
Minister of Justice, Italy
Leopoldo Sandona'
Responsible of the Biblical Festival, Italy
09:30
Chairperson
Maria De Giorgi
Shinmeizan Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, Japan
Contributions
Shoko Abe
Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan
Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan
Moriyasu Ito
Shintoism Meiji Jingu, Japan
Keiji Kunitomi
Religions for Peace Japan
Katherine Marshall
Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA
Andrea Masullo
Greenaccord, Italy
Noriaki Nagao
Representative of Tenrikyo Headquarters, Japan
09:30
Chairperson
Mario Marazziti
Journalist and Writer, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contribution
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Homayoun Hematidehbala
Forum mondiale per l'avvicinamento delle scuole di pensiero islamico, Iran
Philippe Herzog
Economist, Confrontations Europe, France
Ioan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
Thomas Silberhorn
Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany
Israel Singer
Rabbi, USA
Raj Kumar Srivastava
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
17:30
Chairperson
Antonio Ferrari
Journalist and writer, Italy
Dialogue between
Paolo Gentiloni
Politician and journalist, Italy
and
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
16:30
Chairperson
Domenico Sorrentino
Archbishop of Assisi
Contribution
Jean-Dominique Durand
Historian, President of the Judeo-Christian Friendship in France
Mauro Gambetti
Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy
Kristin Ladusau
Rissho Kosei-Kai, Japan
Heinrich Mussinghoff
Catholic Bishop, Germany
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Didi Talwalkar
Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India
16:30
Chairperson
Joseph Soueif
Catholic Archbishop of the Maronite Church, Cyprus
Contribution
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Alvaro Albacete
Vicesegretario generale per le Relazioni Esterne del “KAICIID”
Khadija Benguenna
Journalist of Al Jazeera, Algeria
Jaume Castro
Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
Nedim Gürsel
Writer, Turkey
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
Isak Haleve
Chief Rabbi of Turkey
16:30
Chairperson
Jerzy Norel
General Vicar of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual
Contribution
Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy
Antoine Guggenheim
Director of the “Collèges des Bernardins”, France
Jürgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Katherine Marshall
Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA
Romano Prodi
Former President of the European Commission
Ambrogio Spreafico
Catholic Bishop, Italy
16:30
Chairperson
Athanasios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece
Contribution
Paul Bhatti
President of the Alliance of All Minorities in Pakistan
Alison L. Boden
Dean, University of Princeton, USA
Oded Wiener
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
Matthew Hassan Kukah
Catholic Bishop, Nigeria
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Hinduism, Founder of the Forum for a New South Asia, India
Muhammad Khalid Masud
Member of the Supreme Court, Pakistan
16:30
Chairperson
Leon Lemmens
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contribution
Amfilohije
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Serbian Patriarchate
Virgil Bercea
Greek Catholic Bishop, Romania
Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad
Grand Imam of Lahore Mosque, Pakistan
Joseph Levi
Rabbi of Florence, Italy
Brian C. Stiller
Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance
Gijun Sugitani
Chief Priest of the Myoho-in Temple, Tendai Buddhism, Japan
16:30
Chairperson
Cornelio Sommaruga
Former President of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland
Contribution
Giulio Albanese
Director of Missionary Cooperation Diocese of Rome, Italy
Ditmir Bushati
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
M'hamed Krichen
Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera, Tunisia
Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
16:30
Chairperson
Erion Veliaj
Mayor of Tirana
Contributions
Lucjan Avgustini
Catholic Bishop, Albania
Ali Kurti
President of the Evangelical Fraternity, Albania
Andon Merdani
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Albania
Roberto Morozzo della Rocca
Historian, Community of Sant'Egidio
Tritan Shehu
Member of the Albanian Parliament
Ali Zaimi
Vice President of the Islamic Community of Albania
09:30
Chairperson
Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See
Dialogue between
Romano Prodi
Former President of the European Commission
and
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
Pastor of the Reformed Church, France
Albert Guigui
Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium
Robert Innes
Anglican Bishop for Europe
Vassilis Vassilikos
Writer and historian, Greece
09:30
Chairperson
Marco Impagliazzo
Historian, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio
Contribution
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
09:30
Chairperson
Angelo Massafra
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Episcopal Conference of Albania
Contribution
Rashid al-Husseini
Al-Mustafa Foundation, Iraq
Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy
Voitto Huotari
Lutheran Bishop, Finland
Joan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Albania
Armand Puig I Tàrrech
Theologian, Spain
09:30
Chairperson
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Contribution
Slaheddine Jourchi
Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia
Hugo Martinez
Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
Mario Morcone
Prefect, Councilor for Legality, Security, Immigration of the Campania Region, Italy
Armash Nalbandian
Armenian Primate of Damascus, Syria
Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Altin Prenga
Witness, Albania
Carolyn Y. Woo
President and CEO of “Catholic Relief Service”, USA
Markus Dröge
Evangelical Bishop, Germany
09:30
Chairperson
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
Contribution
Giulio Albanese
Director of Missionary Cooperation Diocese of Rome, Italy
Elard Alumando
Community of Sant’Egidio, Malawi
Jesus Delgado
General Vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador
Venance Konan
Writer, Director of "Fraternité Matin", Côte-d'Ivoire
Jean Paul Messina
Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon
Abdelfattah Mourou
First Vice-President of the Parliament, Tunisia
09:30
Chairperson
Indunil J. Kodithuwakku
Secretary, Dicastery for lnterreligious Dialogue, Holy See
Contributions
Roberto Catalano
Focolari Movement, Italy
Ruth Dureghello
President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Italy
Mohamad Hassan El-Amine
Islamic theologian, Lebanon
Franco Sottocornola
Interreligious Dialogue Center Shinmeizan, Japan
Vasileios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Cyprus
Tep Vong
Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Buddhism
09:30
Chairperson
Abraham Skorka
Rabbi, Argentina
Contributions
Antonij
Orthodox Metropolitan, Ukrainian Church
Gwenolé Jeusset
Franciscan friar, Turkey
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Catholic Archbishop, Nigeria
Seyed Abolhassan Navab
President of the University of Religions, Iran
Valérie Régnier
Community of Sant’Egidio, France
Lucjan Avgustini
Catholic Bishop, Albania
09:30
Chairperson
Angelo Romano
Rector, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola Rome, Sanctuary of the New Martyrs
Contributions
Awad Ibrahim Al-Baraasi
Former Vice-Prime Minister, Libya
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
Mohamed Sidi Ibrahim
Former Vice-Minister, Political Leader of “Tebu”, Libya
17:00
Chairperson
Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana and Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania
Message from
Bartholomew I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Meditation
Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II
Patriarca siro ortodosso di Antiochia e di Tutto l’Oriente
Gerhard Ulrich
Bishop, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Germany
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
19:00
Final Ceremony
Final speeches - Testimonies - Proclamation, delivery and signature of the Appeal for Peace 2015
Contributions
Erion Veliaj
Mayor of Tirana
Bujar Nishani
Presidente della Repubblica di Albania
Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana and Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio