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The city of Arusha is at the foot of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Thats where the World Council of Churches World Mission Conference took place and a delegate from Jesus Celebration 2033 was able to participate.

In the last part of our Ukrainian journey, we participated in the tenth 2Ecumenical Social Week”. Organized by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Lviv, under the leadership of Professor Antoine Arjakovsky, it was held for the first time in Kiev. It was the latter who invited us there.

The peculiarity of the “Jesus Celebration 2033” movement (JC2033) is that it calls on all churches to walk together towards the two thousand years of the Resurrection of Christ. Thus, the tent of the ecumenical space widens to all the churches. One step of our trip to Ukraine was spent visiting the vibrant Evangelical and Pentecostal churches.

“Christ is risen, He is truly risen!” This is how the Orthodox greet each other during Easter time. The resurrection of Christ is at the center of their spiritual life: “Christ is among us. He is, He will be”, they say in the heart of the “orthodox divine liturgy”, both source and summit of the whole life of the Church.

Ukraine is the next stage of the pilgrimage towards Easter 2033. On the evening of June 4th, a first surprise awaits the Jesus Celebration 2033 team at the Lviv airport, in the west of Ukraine. The team is accompanied by Raphaël Lods, a young photographer and videographer to whom the important task to cover the visit is entrusted. They see a known face smile at them with a sign indicating their names!

Following Rome and Brussels, Vienna is the third European capital we visited to present the vision of Jesus Celebration 2033. Oliver Fleury, Barbara Allan and Martin Hoegger also attended the meeting “Together for Europe”.

It all started in Jerusalem, almost 2000 years ago, when one morning a woman returned from an empty tomb and announced to eleven stunned men: "He is risen"! We had to go to Jerusalem to share the vision of "Jesus Celebration 2033". We, Olivier Fleury, Shafique Keshavjee, and Martin Hoeggar. It was in September 2017: eight intense days with twenty visits!

Here are some Chronicles of our travels around the globe as we share the vision of Jesus Celebration 2033. It is important to note, we do not just present the vision. Our goal in these travels is to open our ears and listen to our hosts as they give valuable insight into this worldwide celebration of the 2000 years of Jesus-Christ’s resurrection. These are such joy filled experiences as the resurrected one unites us in depth of heart.

- by Martin Hoegger - In 2016, I met various leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to present them the vision of Jesus Celebration 2033 (JC2033) and to listen to their feedback. Together with Olivier Fleury the director of the association who has also spoken personally with Olav Fykse Tveit, the general secretary of the WCC.