Even if the Klekner’s name does not fall, at the opening of the opening on Wednesday evening in Hanover, almost every speaker and every president of the Cyrcentag Angia Sigesmund, as well as the Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD), nominates the message: of course, this is political.
Even at its foundation in 1949, the Kirschentag was intended for the catastrophic silence of the official church in the Nazi era, as the democratic departure of the laying movement in the institution that is threatened by Fret.
The 39th edition of the German Evangelical Church Day shows everything that you know from church days: tens of thousands of people flock to the city center for two entrance services, which then celebrate a huge street festival -with a large number of music and stands, which are not only intended for churches, clubs and institutions, but also dozens of NGOs, which in some way want to stand for the best and just world.
Biblical hour with a former chancellor
The main political issues of Times are then discussed throughout the city from Thursday to Sunday, especially in the exhibition center, as well as in parishes and other places (a total of 60). The biblical work with the former Chancellor Angela Merkel was also completely booked. About 5,000 people greeted her, especially when she again uttered the words that, according to her own, “so often wrapped around her ears”: “We can do it.” In a small review of radical experience in her term, Merkel also practiced self -criticism: the big problem of climate change does not make justice. It seems that this is a question that is especially concerned about Kirechentaguspharia: even before the hall 17 with the catwalk on the topic “after us the flood?” Formed long snakes.
Nevertheless, there are also topics in which even the willingness to discuss the day of the church seems to reach its limits. Unfortunately, it was impossible to get a podium in the Middle East with voices from the region, Elizabeth von Tadden explained, Time-Journalist and member of the Presidium of Kirechentag. A whole series of cancellation was captured, which made it clear how difficult it was to openly talk about this topic in Germany.
Finally, with the German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Sebert and the writer conducted by the battle of Eva Menaiss, who in the same way adhered to “double solidarity” with Israel and Palestine, were stored with the German ambassador to Israel. On another catwalk, historian Michael Wolfson criticized how the term genocide was processed due to the war in gas. In advance, representatives of the Church, such as the managing director of the Protestant education of adult Westphalia, Ande Rusener, criticized in an open letter that Palestinian voices were almost unlikely to appear in Kirechentag when the Christian and Jewish center were traditionally represented.
The situation is similar to parts of the church movement of the world and Kirechentag. Margo Kemann – the former star of the event – reappears this year with biblical work. Your three -day worldly synod works in the same way as on the street, or in parallel to the official program of the Church, like Palestine Day on Saturday.
By the way, Julia Klekner will also take a place on the red sofa of church day on this day. Then she can explain how she had in mind with daily political statements of churches.
