MECC Secretary General Publications and Interventions
For the year 2023 - March 2024
Editorials:
Medical Ethics, the Physician and Society
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/1/medical-ethics-the-physician-and-society
Strengthening Social Peace through Strengthening Humans
Approaches, Tools and Cautions
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/8/strengthening-social-peace-through-strengthening-humans
The Antiochian Levant of Life
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/the-antiochian-levant-of-life
The Feast of the Annunciation and the Unity of Humankind in Mary
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/22/the-feast-of-the-annunciation-and-the-unity-of-humankind-in-mary
Religious Events and the Sharing in Common Life
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/29/religious-events-and-the-sharing-in-common-life
Dignity for the afflicted person
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/5/dignity-for-the-afflicted-person
Reflections in the time of the resurrection
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/12/reflections-in-the-time-of-the-resurrection
Antiochians despite the destructions!
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/19/antiochians-despite-the-destructions
Behind the Screen of Hate
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/behind-the-screen-of-hate
Freedom of the press and the martyrs of the word
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/3/freedom-of-the-press-and-the-martyrs-of-the-word
Between the chair of Mark and the chair of Peter
A promise of love for humanity
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/10/between-the-chair-of-mark-and-the-chair-of-peter
The Middle East Council of Churches Mourns Passing of His Eminence Bishop Anba Kyrillos William
The Challenges of Religion in Relation to Authority
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/17/the-challenges-of-religion-in-relation-to-authority
An Open Letter to the Incarnate Lord, Jesus Christ
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/24/an-open-letter-to-the-incarnate-lord-jesus-christ
Family planning, social planning, and human dignity
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/30/family-planning-social-planning-and-human-dignity
Authority, Leadership and Vision
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/7/authority-leadership-and-vision
Hate Speech and Social Development
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/14/hate-speech-and-social-development
Between the Alterations of Modernity and Family Disintegration
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/21/between-the-alterations-of-modernity-and-family-disintegration
Religion: Its Position and Role in Organizing Life and Society
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/28/religion-its-position-and-role-in-organizing-life-and-society
Media and Stereotyping in Modern Society: The Dangerous Game
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/5/media-and-stereotyping-in-modern-society-the-dangerous-game
The Broken Dialogue, the Lost Society, and Ecumenism
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/12/the-broken-dialogue-the-lost-society-and-ecumenism
The Church and Its Response to Harming Its Endowments
The Land Regain in Jerusalem as Model
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/19/the-church-and-its-response-to-harming-its-endowments
The Church in Defense of Creation
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/26/the-church-in-defense-of-creation
Three years elapsed
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/2/three-years-elapsed
Asylum and marginalization under the scrutiny of justice and faith
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/23/qqryrd9qpaj1ui23mhs6b3jp1flh72
Father Andraos Al Anthouny, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Community in Lebanon Ordained as Hegomen
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates Him
Season of Creation and the Human Recklessness
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/30/season-of-creation-and-the-human-recklessness
Pieces of us abandoned in the street
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/6/bx5d2pm218agauiha60d62cl0mx0qp
O Holy Cross!
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/13/o-holy-cross
Takla, the first among the female martyrs
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/20/takla-the-first-among-the-female-martyrs
School Dropouts: Booby-Trapping the Future of a Nation
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/29/school-dropouts-booby-trapping-the-future-of-a-nation
Two Editorials
1- Between the gift of the Creator and the futility of creature... the search for justice
2- Again, on the Path of Spiritual Renewal facing Challenges
The girl child between aspirations and bitter reality
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/11/the-girl-child-between-aspirations-and-bitter-reality
That Too Long Night
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/19/that-too-long-night
Land of Martyrs and Saints
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/25/land-of-martyrs-and-saints
Violence against children and crime against childhood are scourges that are out of control
Science between the greatness of the Creator and the sins of creation
Between tolerance and hatred lies this frantic race
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/15/between-tolerance-and-hatred-lies-this-frantic-race
Leadership decisions at a critical stage
The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/22/leadership-decisions-at-a-critical-stage
The Mirage of Peace in the Middle East
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/29/the-mirage-of-peace-in-the-middle-east
Christian Praxis in Creation Care
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/6/christian-praxis-in-creation-care
Between safe migration and despair suicidal migration...a homeland
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/13/between-safe-migration-and-despair-suicidal-migrationa-homeland
Two Editorials
1- Childhood, dignity and future challenges
2- Ecumenical immunization of vulnerable areas... and the homeland
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/3/two-editorials
The fiftieth year of the founding of the Middle East Council of Churches
Catholic Information Center
The One That Never Falls
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/17/the-one-that-never-falls
Talking to the Lord for the sake of humankind
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/24/talking-to-the-lord-for-the-sake-of-humankind
A prayer for unity, or a prayer in unity?
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/31/a-prayer-for-unity-or-a-prayer-in-unity
Common life and human fraternity
The role of the Middle East Council of Churches as a model
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/7/common-life-and-human-fraternity
Adequate housing and human dignity
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/13/adequate-housing-and-human-dignity
Mother tongue, multilingualism, and knowledge acquisition
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/21/mother-tongue-multilingualism-and-knowledge-acquisition
Modern society in its socio-economic challenges and contradictions
Thoughts on the Case and Fate of Addicts and Addiction
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/3/6/thoughts-on-the-case-and-fate-of-addicts-and-addiction
Two Editorials:
1- Christians, Persecution and Freedom
2- Fifty
Webinars & Seminars :
"Dignity for the Afflicted Person" The New Webinar Organized by MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: We live daily the tragedy of the afflicted person until it has become a natural part of our daily scene
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/5/-1-4hs9s
On the Tenth Yearly Commemoration of the Abduction of the Archbishops of Aleppo
MECC in a Seminar and Commemoration
The issue of the Abducted and Forcibly Absented, a Violation of Human Dignity
His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian:
We Call on the Competent Local and International Parties to Search and Reveal the Unknown Fate of the Archbishops
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Declares
April 22 of Each Year as the Ecumenical Day of the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented
"Family Planning and Human Dignity"
The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: We hope that the economic, social and cultural transformations will accumulate in order to form, one day, enough pressure to create a society that follows new rules
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/26/-2-bjs33
"Challenges Facing Family Values"
A Seminar Organized by the Lebanese Council of Women and the Research Center - Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University, with the participation of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers
The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs:
The family is a red line, because the safety of society is a red line, and we consider whoever tries to harm this basic cell, guilty of social crime
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/21/-1-xtka5
"Media and Stereotyping the Other"
The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The danger lies not only in what is said, but also in what is not said, which may enter the collective unconscious and affect the public’s minds and souls
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/4/-2-4bkem
Human Dignity and Palestinian Refugees
A Round Table Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: in MECC, we dealt during wars with the displaced Palestinian, whom they were given the title of refugee, in various refugee camps, and our institution was the forerunner in serving these displaced persons
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/28/--98szl
Human Dignity for Newborns of Unknown Parents
The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Childhood is the basic red line in any society that wants to produce normal adults, and wants to secure a better future for its generations, born and yet to be born
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/5/1np3sqryfubgse1jtgljhrjp28ldw9
School Dropout and Human Dignity
The Monthly New Webinar Organized by MECC
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: School dropouts signify a society that has lost its ambition, sacrificing its aspirations at the altar of deprivation and hardship
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/29/-1-e8jpr
With Gaza: Rejecting Genocide
A Webinar Organized by MECC Following the Baptist Hospital Bombing
Testimonials and Experiences from Palestine and Regional Countries
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: with what is happening today in Gaza, people remember all the massacres committed by the occupation, which it made the basis of its entity, as well as the crime it practices on a daily basis, to the point that it has become inherent in the lives of the Palestinians
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/19/2tl98ljvsh8s6udqdfxxkco5vnk62d-ffprt
Violence Against Children and Human Dignity
The New Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Let everyone who practices violence against a child, be it physical or verbal, know that he/ she is violating the will of the Creator and sowing in society a brick of hatred and resentment
Street Children and Human Dignity
The New Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: child is the gift of the Creator and the continuation of life, and is a grace from God so that we must treat them well
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/4/street-children-and-human-dignity
Protective Policies for Childhood Dignity
A Round Table Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The panorama of childhood in our country does not lead to contentment or reassurance, neither to the present nor to the future
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/29/-1-j6pnr
“Adequate Housing and Human Dignity”
The Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: It is useful to provide decent housing from the inside and place it in a destroyed, polluted, and neglected environment, where public life is miserable
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/30/adequate-housing-and-human-dignity
“Human dignity of the Addicted Youth”
The Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Immunization must be achieved through constant awareness and education because treatment after a fall means losing half the battle - a battle for the future
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/3/6/human-dignity-of-the-addicted-youth
Lectures & Speeches :
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in a Lecture on the Apostolic Exhortation,
New Hope for Lebanon, organized by USJ in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/6/-2-mxne4
His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Prays for the Abducted Archbishops of Aleppo
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs:
During my reading of the book "A Citizen's Vision" by His Eminence Archbishop Mor Gregorius Youhanna Ibrahim, I was hearing the cry of a citizen leader, a visionary with an insightful view of things and an open mind
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/19/-2-6kk9x
MECC Participates in a Forum on Citizenship and NGO
Organized by Saint Joseph University in Beirut
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: MECC is a place of Christian togetherness, as it aims to build bridges between the various Church families and all components of the society
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/-2-hkkme
Rehearsals for the Ecumenical Musical Event “Beirut 2024” Are Ongoing
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Singing together constitutes a process of leaving the boundaries of the Ecclesiastical and Liturgical self that characterize every Church, to move towards other Churches and interact with them
A Dialogue Meeting with the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, at the Civilization Center for the Development of Islamic Thought - Lebanon
Dr. Abs: The Palestinian issue is an issue of right and justice above all else, and therefore it finds its support at the core of Christian belief
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/26/-nbsp-3
Human Fraternity Meeting: A Journey and Participation in Al-Zahraa Hall - Haret Hreik, Lebanon, at the Invitation of the Episcopal Committee for Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Words Stresses that the Human Fraternity Document Should be a Guide for Emerging Generations
Video - Speech of the MECC Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs at the “Human Fraternity: Journey and Participation” Meeting
The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs Delivers a Speech
Within the “Reflections Sessions” Series in “Ilmolmabdaa” Quarterly Journal
“The Values of the West in their Cognitive and Moral Integration” (Current Evidence)
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/26/-nbsp-2-xpz78
Trainings :
The Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Continues the Training Program on Basics of Organizational Behavior and Work Relations for the MECC team
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/14/-1-4z6xx
Visits of the MECC S.G :
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and His Eminence Bishop Munib Younan
Meet His Eminence Cardinal Kurt Koch and a Delegation from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-and-his-eminence-bishop-munib-younan
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation Meet His Holiness Pope Francis Following His General Audience
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/-3-l68h5
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on an Easter Visit to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Visits Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian on the Occasion of Easter
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Meets Mr. Rudelmar Bueno De Faria Secretary General of ACT Alliance, in Geneva
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation on a Visit to the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon His Excellency Monsignor Paolo Borgia
Towards Consolidating the Relations Between the Vatican, the Apostolic Nunciature and MECC
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/31/--2r2em
MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Attends an Honorary Reception for CEO of Armenian Missionary Association of America Mr. Zaven Khanjian
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Meets His Eminence Archbishop Christophoros and the Accompanying Delegation
The Arab Republic of Egypt Celebrates its National Day
At the Invitation of His Excellency Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Dr. Yasser Alawi
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Reception Held in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/25/-1-gyx98
His Grace Anba Antonios, Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East for the Coptic Orthodox Church
And MECC President for the Eastern Orthodox Family
Receives the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/26/-4-paesf
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs with an MECC Delegation on a Visit to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/20/-2-ag7fk
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation on a Visit to His Holiness Catholicos Aram I
Preparations for the MECC Fifty-Year Jubilee
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/23/r1zlvewifqllcxfpiwznnj3ebw1lau
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation On a visit to Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian
Towards the Fifty-Year Jubilee of the MECC Founding
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on a Visit to
His Beatitude Greek Orthodox Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus Georgios
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/28/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-on-a-visit-to
Visits to the MECC S.G :
A Delegation from ELCA Visits MECC in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/21/-1-gntpz
A Delegation of German Tourists Visits the MECC Headquarters in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/28/--pghwe
A Delegation from Church of Sweden Visiting MECC in Beirut
Towards Strengthening the Partnership Between Both Sides
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/10/sd-zs59z
A Delegation from “Attalaki” Organization Visits MECC in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/17/-e-2x56t
The ACT Alliance Regional Representative – MENA, Mrs. Rachel Luce
On a visit to MECC in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/14/the-act-alliance-regional-representative-mena-mrs-rachel-luce
A New Partnership Contract Between "Danmission" Organization and the Middle East Council of Churches
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/13/wc07ktmk5ispbckzk904n27b8dhd4l
A Delegation from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
On a Visit to the MECC Headquarters in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/--mzlh4
Mr. Adib Assaad, Member of the Executive Board of the International Commission of Human Rights, visited Dr. Michel Abs, the MECC Secretary General
In the presence of His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
A delegation from Churches for Middle East Peace Visits the MECC General Secretariat in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/22/--ezwwy
Father Rifaat Bader Visits the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs in Beirut
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Meets with the Secretary General of the Bible Society in the Gulf Mr. Hrayr Jebejian
A Delegation from "Danmission" Organization Visits the Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/2/26/-nbsp-jxkz5
A Delegation from the ACT Church of Sweden Visits the Middle East Council of Churches
Spiritual Retreats :
Spiritual Retreat for the MECC Team Hosted by Saint Paul Convent in Harissa, Lebanon Together Towards Easter
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/28/spiritual-retreat-for-the-mecc-team
The Middle East Council of Churches’ Team Celebrates the “Season of Creation” 2023
A Spiritual Retreat Hosted by Bishop Constantine Kayyal
Head of the Greek Orthodox Saint Elie Chouaya Patriarchal Monastery in Lebanon
Together We Glorify God the Creator!
A Christmas Spiritual Retreat for the Team of the MECC General Secretariat at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/30/--t3r8e
Mourning News:
The Middle East Council of Churches Mourns Passing of Dr. Agnes Abuom,
Former Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/dr-agnes-abuom/en
Felicitations news:
His Holiness Catholicos Patriarch Mar Awa III Royel Sends an Easter Letter to the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
On the occasion of the 50-Year Golden Jubilee of His Priesthood
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Youssef Al-Absi
On the occasion of the 50-Year Golden Jubilee of His Priesthood
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa on His Elevation to the Rank of Cardinal at the Catholic Church
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/10/-2-864wm
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Holiness Catholicos Aram I
On the occasion of the 28th Anniversary of His Election and Consecration as Catholicos
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/12/--wea79
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Pope Theodoros II
On the occasion of the Fifty Years of His Monasticism
His Holiness Pope Francis Appoints Father Michel Jalakh as Advisor to the Council for Promoting Christian Unity
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates Him
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/26/-nbsp-nbsp-wew9t
Father Michel Jalkh the Antonine Promoted to the Episcopal Rank
The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates Him
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/3/13/father-michel-jalkh-the-antonine-promoted-to-the-episcopal-rank
TV Interviews:
The Abducted and Forcibly Absented
The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs
In A Special Interview on Télé Lumière - Noursat
Wednesday 19 April 2023, at 11 am Beirut time
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/18/the-abducted-and-forcibly-absented
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks About the Issue of the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented
On Charity Radio TV
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/--29l8d
One Holy Universal Church
Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks About Christian unity and the MECC Mission on Télé Lumière and Noursat
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/16/-1-fe5w2
Video - The Meeting of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and His Holiness Pope Francis in an Interview with the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on Al Keraza TV
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/23/-1-2man3
Middle East Council of Churches approaches 50 years: what will be the profile?
An Interview with the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs by the World Council of Churches’ Website
Video - The MECC Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs, Guest in a Special Episode on the 33rd Anniversary of the Founding of Télé Lumière and Noursat
Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Sheds Lights Via Al Jazeera on the Situations
In Gaza and the Repercussions of the Bombing that Occurred on the Church of Saint Porphyrios
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/20/-3-8cmyd
Video – The Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the MECC Statement
Following the Events in Gaza and the Difficult Circumstances Taking Place in the Holy Land, Via Télé Lumière and Noursat
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/23/-1-sa9bh
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/30/violence-against-children-and-human-dignity
Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the MECC Statement Regarding the Painful Events in Gaza, Stressing the Concept of Human Justice, Via Voice of Van Radio
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Asks: Are We Going to Announce an Environmental Emergency Plan?
Video - The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks about the Environmental Crisis and the Church’s Role Towards It
In a Media Interview Before the Beginning of the COP28 Conference of the Parties on Climate Change
A Video Message from the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on the Occasion of New Year and the International Day of Peace, on Voice of Van Radio
Télé Lumière Prays for the South of Lebanon and Offers Meditations Rejecting War and Calling for Love and Peace
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/30/-1-r9dr8
The Catholic Information Center in Lebanon and the Middle East Council of Churches
Launch in a Press Conference the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” 2024
And Announce the Fiftieth Year of the MECC Founding and the Ecumenical Musical Event that Will Be Held in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/9/--54kg5
Video - The MECC Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs Talks about the Fiftieth Year of the MECC Founding and the Ecumenical musical event Beirut 2024
On Suboro TV
Video - The MECC Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs, in a
Special Episode About the Fiftieth Year of the MECC Founding and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
On of Télé Lumière and Noursat
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/22/-2-48ggs
Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the Fiftieth Year of the MECC Founding
On Charity Radio TV
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/26/-nbsp-nxhl7
Video - Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs Talks About the MECC Mission, Its Programs and the Fiftieth Year of Its Founding, on Télé Lumière and Noursat
ZOOM Meetings:
MECC and KAICIID in a Coordination Meeting: Towards a More Developed Cooperation
Strengthening Environmental Cooperation
Between the Middle East Council of Churches and SAT 7
Together We Celebrate the “Season of Creation”!
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/11/strengthening-environmental-cooperation
MECC Statements:
MECC Statement on the Declaration of the Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/25/-2-rt3ak
The Middle East Council of Churches Expresses Its Solidarity
With His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Louis Raphaël Sako
And Calls for Resolving Issues with Love
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/19/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-expresses-its-solidarity
Statement issued by the Middle East Council of Churches
About the war of extermination against the Palestinian people in Gaza
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/statement-issued-by-the-middle-east-council-of-churches
REOS Meeting:
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates
In the WCC Annual Meeting with the General Secretaries of the Regional Ecumenical Organizations
Towards Justice, Peace and Reconciliation
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/zcpmkbj72p8nwhkzxtg9ec3xsa8p6p-znrs5
Prayer Service Participation:
His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian Presides Over the Divine Liturgy
On commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Service
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/25/-3-f9f9w
The National Evangelical Church in Beirut Celebrates its 175th Jubilee
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Celebration
His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai Launches the Founding Document of the Synodal Path
“Women’s Vocation and Mission in God’s Plan and the Life of the Church and Society”
The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs Receives this Document from His Beatitude in Bkerke
Haigazian University in Lebanon Celebrates the 68th Anniversary of Its Founding in the Presence of Its President Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian
MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Celebration
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/-68--elgaj
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Holds a Prayer On the Occasion of the Canonization of Martyred Fathers and Priests Nicolas and His Son Habib Khasha of Damascus
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Prayer
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/23/-3-r57py
The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE) Prays on the Intention of Armenia, Palestine and Lebanon, in the Presence of Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Prayer
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/8/--xjz95
Other:
The Middle East Council of Churches Bids Farewell to the Financial Director Mrs. Manal Bechara Bou Habib After Eight Years of Service
The Middle East Council of Churches Joins His Holiness Pope Francis in Prayer
On the Intention of the Synod’s 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Catholic Church
And celebrates the Feast of Saint Thecla
MECC Concludes the “Season of Creation” in the East
With an Ecumenical Prayer Service at USEK - Lebanon
The Council Inaugurates in Cooperation with ATIME
The Symposium “Ecumenical Perspectives on Climate Change”
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/4/--ks83j
The Second day of “Ecumenical Perspectives on Climate Change” Symposium at USJ - Beirut
Organized by MECC in Cooperation with ATIME
Environmental Lectures Combining Theology and Science
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/-2-ks6fr
Under the Patronage and in the Presence of His Beatitude Patriarch John X
Convening of the International Scientific Conference
“The Orthodox Church of Antioch from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Towards a Proper Understanding of History”
The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs Participates in the Opening Ceremony
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/-1-w2a4n
The Middle East Council of Churches Prays for Peace in Gaza
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/20/-1-7yphl
Beirut 2024 Is Held at the Lebanese Capital in the Presence of the Middle East Council of Churches’ President,
Heads of Churches of the Region and About 10,000 Believers
An Ecumenical Musical Event on the Occasion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the Fiftieth Year of the MECC Founding
Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: We declare that we are one... Our chanting tonight is risen to heaven, with the power of the Spirit that unites us, and is, in this afflicted region, stronger than the shouts of haters and human killers, and louder than the blast of their bombs
Closing of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024
An Ecumenical Prayer Service in the Presence of the Heads of Churches in the Middle East
In the Evangelical Episcopal Anglican Church of All Saints in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/1/31/-2024nbsp-cyxee
MECC S.G Meeting with ATIME:
The Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East
(ATIME)
Holds Its General Assembly Meeting Hosted by the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology - Balamand, Lebanon
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/the-association-of-theological-institutes-in-the-middle-east
Executive Committee Meeting:
The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches Starts Its Meeting With A Minute of Silence In Memory of Gaza Martyrs
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/17/--lf7az
Participants in the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches
“Our presence in this region is strong and rooted. We reject the language of war and always strive to be advocates of peace”
The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches Holds Its Regular Meeting On Its First Day
On the Agenda Are the Latest Harsh Developments Happening in the Region
Final Statement
Middle East Council of Churches Executive Committee Meeting
Beirut, 17-18 November 2023
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/20/final-statement
COP28:
An Ecumenical Prayer Service at the Church of Christ - Jebel Ali, Beside the COP28 Activities in Dubai
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The environmental burden has become immense!
The Church of Christ must intervene to curb the deterioration, deter the saboteurs from continuing in their wrongdoing, preserve and protect what remains of creation for us
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/5/-cop28--wf6e5
The MECC Secretary General Prof. Dr. Michel Abs and the Director of the Theological and Ecumenical Department Father Dr. Antoine Al Ahmar
Participate in Seminars During the COP28 Conference in Dubai
Christmas Message:
From the children of Bethlehem to the children of Gaza...
The crime is the same and the victim is the same
Christmas Message 2023 from the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Dr. Michel Abs
Egypt WOP 2024:
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Arrives in Cairo
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/3/13/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-arrives-in-cairo
His Beatitude Patriarch Anba Ibrahim Isaac Receives the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs
With a Delegation from the Council, Emphasizing the Role of Media in Building Humanity
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel visited His Eminence Bishop Sami Fawzi Shehata, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa
Words Stressing the Need to Strengthen Relations Between the Churches
The MECC Team in a Training on the Council's New Policies and Procedures
Together Towards Enhancing the Work Mechanisms!
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2024/3/13/-2-56hja
الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط الدكتور ميشال عبس ينضم الى اجتماع اللجنة التنفيذية التابعة لسينودوس النيل الإنجيلي-القاهرة
https://www.mecc.org/meccnewsar/2024/3/14/-
لقاء المحبة في مصر وقداسة البابا تواضروس الثاني يفتتح اسبوع الصلاة من أجل وحدة المسيحيين في مصر يهنئ مجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط بالسنة الخمسين ويثني على دوره
https://www.mecc.org/meccnewsar/2024/3/14/-nbsp-
قداسة البابا تواضروس الثاني يستقبل الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط د ميشال عبس مع وفد من المجلس، وكلمات أكدت على ضرورة تثبيت الحضور المسيحي في المنطقة
https://www.mecc.org/meccnewsar/2024/3/14/-1
نيافة الأنبا أرميا يستقبل الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط د. ميشال عبس ووفد من المجلس
وتشديد على أهمية الحوار وتنقية القلوب والعقول
https://www.mecc.org/meccnewsar/2024/3/14/-2
الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط الدكتور ميشال عبس يزور مع وفد من المجلس المركز الاعلامي القبطي الأرثوذكسي في القاهرة وتطلعات إلى التعاون الإعلامي