A Global Celebration of Peace
When: 2:00 PM EDT / 6:00 AM JST (August 10 in Japan)
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As we conclude Nuclear Prayer Day we gather in prayer, remembrance, and hope. Together we will share the Nuclear
Prayer, spoken in many languages but united by one vision: a world where humanity chooses peace over violence and life over nuclear war.
Following the prayer, we will rebroadcast the inspiring Hiroshima Peace Day Concert, first presented on the United Nations International Day of Peace in 2024. Broadcast worldwide from Hiroshima through UETV (UNITY EARTH Television), this moving celebration brought together musicians, artists, faith leaders, and peacebuilders from around the world in a powerful expression of remembrance, healing, and reconciliation.
More than a concert, it is a global call to action. As the voices of the Hibakusha grow fewer, the responsibility to carry their message belongs to all of us. Through music, prayer, and shared reflection, we renew our commitment to ensure that the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is never forgotten—and never repeated.
Join us as we remember, reflect, pray, and recommit ourselves to building a world free of nuclear weapons. Together, let the bell of peace continue to ring until every generation can live without the shadow of nuclear war.
August 9
Prayer Day and Interfaith Actions
When: 6:00—7:30 pm EDT; 7:00 am-8:30pm JST (August 10 in Japan)
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On August 9, 1945, three days after the devastating bombing of Hiroshima, the second atomic bomb was detonated on Nagasaki. In remembrance of the tens of thousands who lost their lives, and the hibakusha, the survivors of the bombing, a new 30-minute film entitled, “The Nagasaki Bells: Ringing Out Peace for a Nuclear Weapons Free World,” will open this program. Aug 9 is also the opening day of World Interfaith Awareness Week, a Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative (URI).
The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, founding President of URI, will share the Nuclear Prayer that he wrote and that inspired Nuclear Prayer Day and Global Days of Actions, Aug 6-9. Our closing speakers will share Interfaith actions and prayers to continue the call for peace and justice. May this 81st anniversary of Nagasaki remind us that it is within our individual and collective agency to sustain hope and inspiration that the abolition of nuclear weapons is possible.
