The ecumenical prayer cycle, developed by the World Council of Churches, provides a way for your congregation, your small group, or yourself in your own daily devotions to pray for every nation on earth during the course of a calendar year.
The ecumenical prayer cycle website lists the prayer focus for each week with a link to specific prayer resources appropriate to the situations of those countries. For example, this article was written during the week of October 27, 2025. The prayer focus this week is the countries of the Caribbean-- especially apt this week because of Hurricane Melissa. Each week the website provides a page of information and prayer resources developed by people who live in one or more of the nations covered that week. There are also links to additional information about each country and the churches in those countries.
The main website for the ecumenical prayer cycle includes the prayer focus for the present week and the upcoming week, links to resources for the following eight weeks, and the whole prayer calendar as a downloadable PDF file.
Consider how you might make praying for the all the world a part of the practice of your congregation, small group, or devotional life. The ecumenical cycle of prayer provides one way for you to do so in concert with millions of Christians around the world who have already taken up this practice.
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