Nuclear Prayer Day Line-Up Set!
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2026 Nuclear Prayer Day Line-Up
Explore the events on www.voices-uri.org/nuclear-prayer-day or click the links below to join us!
Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons presents Nuclear Prayer Day, an urgent, unwavering clarion call to the conscience of humanity.
Join these online events between August 5th and 9th
August 5
Charter for Compassion's Global Read
No to Nuclear
- by Linda Pentz Gunter
Wednesday August 5th
6:00 PM ET
3:00 PM PT
August 6
Live from Hiroshima
World Peace Prayer Ceremony and
Global Silent Minute
Live broadcast from Hiroshima Peace Park joins citizens of Japan who stop for one minute of silence to offer prayers for peace.
USA ET: August 5th: 7pm-9:30pm
USA PT: August 5th: 4pm- 6:30pm
Japan: August 6th @8:00am-10:30am
August 6
Voices of the Next Generation
Inspiring stories of hope from youth across the globe. Joel Naoki Christoph accepts the 2026 Gorbachev-Shultz Youth Award.
When: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT / 2:00 AM JST
August 6
Catholic Sisters Unite in Prayer
36 women's religious organizations across the US remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki Victims and call for nuclear abolition.
5:00 pm ET
6:00 pm CDT
2:00 pm PT
August 7 Remembering and Reflecting on History
The Missing Pages of History uncovers stories of silence, resilience, courage, and hope. The film invites us to remember not only the devastation of nuclear war but also the enduring strength of the human spirit.
When: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT / 1:00 AM JST (August 8)
August 8
Nagasaki Peace Ceremony -
33rd Annual
From Honolulu Hawaii, the 81st Commemoration of the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
3:30 - 5:30pm ET
12:30 - 2:30pm PT
9:30 - 11:30 am HST
Creating a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Looking toward the future with hope and determination. How do we create a world free of nuclear weapons? Lasting security is build not through fear, but through wisdom, cooperation, justice, and compassion.
When: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT / 1:00 AM JST (August 8)
August 8 (USA)
Nagasaki -
A Call to Peace and
Global Silent Minute
Join us in a global circle that unites us in the prayer, "May Peace Prevail on Earth." Hosted by members of the Byakko Shinko Kai peace movement of Japan.
August 8th - USA
9:00 pm ET | 6:00 pm PT
August 9th - Japan - 10:00 am
August 9
A Global Celebration of Peace
Hiroshima Peace Day Concert first broadcast worldwide from Hiroshima on the United Nations International Day of Peace in 2024.
When: 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
3:00 AM JST (August 10)
August 9
Nagasaki, Nuclear Prayer Day and Interfaith Actions
Opens with a new 30-minute film entitled, "The Nagasaki Bells: Ringing Out Peace for a Nuclear Weapons Free World." The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, founding President of URI, will share the Nuclear Prayer that he wrote and that inspired Nuclear Prayer Day
August 9
6:00pm - 7:30pm ET
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
August 10 - 7am-8:30pm - Japan
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