As Christmas approaches in Nigeria, millions of Christians are preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, which is a season traditionally marked by joyful worship, family reunions, feasts, and community gatherings. Unfortunately, this year's celebration seems to carry a heavy weight of mourning, pain, fear, and anxiety because the country is no longer the same for Christians, as many are afraid of attacks during this Christmas season.

Nestled within the Anaphora Retreat Center, the Church of the Resurrection stands as a masterpiece of contemporary sacred art with ancient Coptic tradition. This sanctuary, with all its walls adorned with iconography, is the result of over a decade of dedicated labor by Helena Nikkanen, a renowned Finnish artist and art conservator, who worked alongside her Coptic sisters.

More than one thousand pastors and Christian influencers are in the Holy Land this week. Organizers call it the largest gathering of its kind since Israel's founding.

At the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, Bossey academic dean Rev. Fr. Dr. Lawrence Iwuamadi said the strong participation of young ecumenists at GETI 2025 offered renewed hope for the future of Christian unity.

As a third-generation Orthodox Christian from Kenya and a professor of practical and public theology, Father Evangelos Thiani offers a unique perspective on the intersection of ancient tradition and African identity. In this interview with China Christian Daily, he discusses the history of the Orthodox Church in Kenya, the complex relationship between church and nationalism, and the "Incarnational Model" of mission. He also shares a message of solidarity with the Church in China.

Recently, Bill Maher, an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host, in a viral video said, "I’m not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria. They’ve killed over 100,000 since 2009. They’ve burned 18,000 churches. These are the Islamists, Boko Haram," he said. "This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza. They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country."

Prof. Klaus Koschorke showed that Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity existed long before European colonialism, which proved that Christianity wasn't just a European religion brought to Africa. The Ethiopian church became an important example for African and African-American independence movements.

On October 28, the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order concluded in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, with the blessing from His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the call to take action and witness.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and WCC central committee moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; and H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee, on 28 October.

"Let us aspire to live the unity for which Christ prayed, that the world may believe and experience God's gifts of healing, justice and abundant life," the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order has said in a "Call to all Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, " agreed on the last day of the 24-28 October gathering.