{"id":2036,"date":"2025-09-20T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:40:57","slug":"the-international-day-of-peace-september-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2036","title":{"rendered":"The International Day of Peace: September 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9807.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The International&nbsp;Day&nbsp;of&nbsp;Peace&nbsp;is a is a global effort that seeks: &#8220;To encourage the observation of a worldwide cease-fire, 24-hour vigil for&nbsp;peace&nbsp;and nonviolence on the&nbsp;21st September&nbsp;in every house of worship and place of spiritual practice, by all religious and spiritually based groups and individuals, and by all men, women and children who seek&nbsp;peace&nbsp;in the world.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colombian-peace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colombian-peace-1024x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colombian-peace-1024x377.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colombian-peace-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/colombian-peace.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We celebrate&nbsp;Peace&nbsp;Day&nbsp;as a global cease fire and a&nbsp;day&nbsp;of&nbsp;faith, love and hope for a more peaceful world! We hope all will take&nbsp;this opportunity to make&nbsp;peace&nbsp;in your own relationships as well as&nbsp;impact the larger conflicts of our time.&nbsp; The International&nbsp;Day&nbsp;of Peace&nbsp;is not only about creating&nbsp;peace&nbsp;between nations, it\u2019s about non-violence in our homes, communities and schools.&nbsp;Members of WVCBL are dedicated to abolishing landmines and cluster munitions as a part of their work for peace.<\/strong> <strong>What will YOU do for PEACE TODAY?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_1026-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WE CAN STOP LANDMINES AND CLUSTER BOMBS! PSALM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International&nbsp;Day&nbsp;of&nbsp;Peace&nbsp;is a is a global effort that seeks: &#8220;To encourage the observation of a worldwide cease-fire, 24-hour vigil for&nbsp;peace&nbsp;and nonviolence on the&nbsp;21st September&nbsp;in every house of worship and place of spiritual practice, by all religious and spiritually based groups and individuals, and by all men, women and children who seek&nbsp;peace&nbsp;in the world.&#8221;&nbsp; We celebrate&nbsp;Peace&nbsp;Day&nbsp;as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2039,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}