A team from Taizé has just spent several weeks in Ukraine. From the west to the east of the country, two brothers and a couple of Hungarian origin who have lived in Taizé for more than twenty years were able to visit some fifteen cities. They share some of their impressions here. Zhytomyr became our home for two weeks. The warm welcome and the many people we met left a deep impression on us. It took only a few days for us to feel at home—not only at the parish, with the Pallottine Fathers who w

To mark the anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica and the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí, a prayer with Taizé chants will be held. It will be an opportunity to live a time of prayer, silence, welcome and encounter, especially for young people, but open to everyone. Saturday 7 November at 18h. You can follow the prayer live here It is a great joy for me to be with you all this evening, together with some of my brothers, in this most beautiful and highly significant Basilica of

In view of the worsening war against Ukraine and its consequences for the civilian population as winter approaches, Taizé is launching a new solidarity collection, in which the “Communauté de Communes du Clunisois” (the local authority of the area around Taizé) is also taking part. The aim is to deliver the donations collected by the end of the year, in cooperation with the association “Les Convois Solidaires” (“Solidarity Convoys”) of the city of Besançon. For practical reasons, the collection

Throughout October, a delegation from Taizé is staying in Ukraine as a sign of solidarity and friendship with this deeply afflicted country. It is a simple, concrete way of telling Ukrainians that they are not forgotten. Everywhere, the welcome has been very warm, involving many young people and leaders from the various Christian denominations present in Ukraine. Over the past two weeks, a brother of the community has travelled across Ukraine to meet the people who live there. He has visited a