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Olivier Fleury, president of "Jesus Celebration 2033", and his wife Sylviane were invited to participate in the Easter celebrations in the Orthodox Church in Constantinople / Istanbul. On Good Friday, following the morning liturgy (over three hours long), a private audience with Patriarch Bartholomew was scheduled. Here is the story of this meeting.

Invited to speak at a video conference at the Mennonite World Conference (Costa Rica, April 11, 2019), Olivier Fleury and Martin Hoegger presented the JC2033 vision.

Following his stay in Florida, Olivier Fleury was invited to Colombia in early February 2019, where he met several Church and Movement leaders. The foundation stone for a JC2033 office in Latin America was also laid.

Olivier Fleury, founder of JC2033, participated, on February 23rd, in a big gathering in Orlando (Florida), called "The Send". He is struck by the importance of unity in mission and evangelization.

Olivier Fleury and Martin Hoegger were received on March 25, 2019, by Pope Tawadros to present to him the vision of a decade of the resurrection to prepare the jubilee of 2033: the 2000 years of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They were accompanied by the leaders of the Focolare Movement in Egypt.

Olivier Fleury spent a week in Quebec, in January 2019, visiting differing peoples groups covering several differing languages. The reception of the vision of JC2033 was very positive.

During our stay in Moscow we visited officials of the various churches. After the two articles devoted to the Catholic and the Orthodox Church, we met also with members of Protestant and Evangelical Churches that highlight the importance of evangelization.

The resurrection is at the heart of orthodox spirituality and worship. The JC2033 delegation continued to meet important leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church during their stay in Moscow.

Larissa and Yevgeni Musina, a couple belonging to the Brotherhood of Transfiguration, a great movement in the Russian Orthodox Church, are waiting for us on our arrival and are driving us to our accommodation. “We”, namely Olivier Fleury, director of the project “Jesus Celebration 2033” (JC2033), Gérald Bailat, our videographer-photographer and Martin Hoegger. It is this fraternity, which unites more than 2000 people each year during the Transfiguration they invited us to participate in its celebration and to present the Jesus Celebration 2033 project.