On the go

 
Chancellor Merkel speaking on religious freedom (my head from the back) 2017
Chancellor Merkel speaking on religious freedom (my head from the back) 2017
Not really allowed: Photo in the British House of Commons
Not really allowed: Photo in the British House of Commons
Together with Presidents of sections of the ISHR in several GUS states
Together with Presidents of sections of the ISHR in several GUS states

UNHCHR press conference in Beirut
UNHCHR press conference in Beirut
Speaking at a youth rally of 7000 people at ICF Zurich (2015)
Speaking at a youth rally of 7000 people at ICF Zurich (2015)
Congratulating the late President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker (2012)
Congratulating the late President of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker (2012)

In the garden of the Vatican (2013)
In the garden of the Vatican (2013)
Plenary speech at the Vatican Synod (2015)
Plenary speech at the Vatican Synod (2015)
Welcome by Lebanese scouts with Olav Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
Welcome by Lebanese scouts with Olav Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Commemorating the martyrs of 1915 together with the Syrian-Orthodox Patriarch at the memorial in Cloister Warburg (2015)
Commemorating the martyrs of 1915 together with the Syrian-Orthodox Patriarch at the memorial in Cloister Warburg (2015)
Summit between WCC and WEA in Seoul, Korea (2012)
Summit between WCC and WEA in Seoul, Korea (2012)
This organ in Seoul, Korea, has been built by the Klais-company from my home town Bonn, here after a lecture to Korean professors of theology (2012)
This organ in Seoul, Korea, has been built by the Klais-company from my home town Bonn, here after a lecture to Korean professors of theology (2012)

The Code of Hammurabi, 18th century BC, in the Louvre, Paris (2009)
The Code of Hammurabi, 18th century BC, in the Louvre, Paris (2009)
With the Minister of Religions of Indonesia (right) visiting the Governor of Manado
With the Minister of Religions of Indonesia (right) visiting the Governor of Manado
Remembering the holocaust in Jad Vashem in Jerusalem (2012)
Remembering the holocaust in Jad Vashem in Jerusalem (2012)

The WEA is greeting the First Lady of Honduras
The WEA is greeting the First Lady of Honduras
Launch of the ‘Global Charter of Conscience’ in Dublin, Ireland, far right on the table: Os Guiness (2013)
Launch of the ‘Global Charter of Conscience’ in Dublin, Ireland, far right on the table: Os Guiness (2013)
Tel-Dan-Stele of the 8th/9th century with inscription “House of David” discovered 1993 in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2012)
Tel-Dan-Stele of the 8th/9th century with inscription “House of David” discovered 1993 in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2012)

Speech given at the Religious Freedom Concert by the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest’s Opera House, here shaking hands with the President (2013)
Speech given at the Religious Freedom Concert by the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest’s Opera House, here shaking hands with the President (2013)
With oriental bishops on the VIP tribune of the German Federal Parliament during the debate on remembering of the Armenian genocide 100 years ago (2015)
With oriental bishops on the VIP tribune of the German Federal Parliament during the debate on remembering of the Armenian genocide 100 years ago (2015)
Panel discussion in Berlin celebrating 25 years of the Alevite-Muslim association
Panel discussion in Berlin celebrating 25 years of the Alevite-Muslim association

With several Patriarchs of the Middle East, Orthodox, Oriental, Catholic, in Byblos (2015)
With several Patriarchs of the Middle East, Orthodox, Oriental, Catholic, in Byblos (2015)
Talking to Christian refugees in the Middle East (2013)
Talking to Christian refugees in the Middle East (2013)
Talking to Christian refugees in the Middle East (2013)
Talking to Christian refugees in the Middle East (2013)

In the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with official permission of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
In the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with official permission of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
The German State TV filming me in Lebanon in 2013
The German State TV filming me in Lebanon in 2013
Panel discussion on religious freedom, CDU/CSU-fraction in the German Parliament, from left to right: Tanja Samrotzki, Archbishop Bashar Warda, Iraq, Archbishop Ludwig Schick, Bishop Ulrich Fischer, Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher, source: https://www.cducsu.de/veranstaltungen/menschenrecht-religionsfreiheit-wie-schuetzen-wir-verfolgte-christen-teil-1/galerie/bildergalerie-zum-c-kongress
Panel discussion on religious freedom, CDU/CSU-fraction in the German Parliament, from left to right: Tanja Samrotzki, Archbishop Bashar Warda, Iraq, Archbishop Ludwig Schick, Bishop Ulrich Fischer, Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher, source: https://www.cducsu.de/veranstaltungen/menschenrecht-religionsfreiheit-wie-schuetzen-wir-verfolgte-christen-teil-1/galerie/bildergalerie-zum-c-kongress

Opening the World Mission Conference in Tokio 2010 with 3000 delegates attending
Opening the World Mission Conference in Tokio 2010 with 3000 delegates attending
With delegates of the Copts of six European countries in the EU parliament - right of the flag the chair of the human rights committee
With delegates of the Copts of six European countries in the EU parliament – right of the flag the chair of the human rights committee
Without words
Without words

Thomas Schirrmacher in conversation with Monsignor Michael W. Banach, Permanent Vatican Representative at The Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe; photo taken at an OSCE conference in Vienna in March 2009
Thomas Schirrmacher in conversation with Monsignor Michael W. Banach, Permanent Vatican Representative at The Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe; photo taken at an OSCE conference in Vienna in March 2009
A break in the negotiations in the OSCE council chambers at the Hofburg in Vienna on March 4, 2009
A break in the negotiations in the OSCE council chambers at the Hofburg in Vienna on March 4, 2009
True life stories from Uganda: Visiting grand parents in Uganda, whose grandchildren are orphans because of AIDS (2006)
True life stories from Uganda: Visiting grand parents in Uganda, whose grandchildren are orphans because of AIDS (2006)