Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began in 1908, and
focused on prayer for church unity. The dates of the week were
proposed by Paul Wattson: beginning on the feast of the
Confession (or Chair) of Saint Peter on 18 January, and
concluding with the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on 25
January. In the southern hemisphere, where January is a vacation
time, churches often find other days to celebrate the week of
prayer, for example around Pentecost (which was suggested by the
Faith and Order movement in 1926), which is also a symbolic date
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