Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches
In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, you can find the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, which title is “Reflections in the time of the resurrection”. Dr. Abs spoke about the sacrifices of Jesus Christ, His infinite love and forgiveness, and described His crucifixion as an extraterrestrial, non-human, non-earth event, a heavenly and divine event.
The issue also presents a news about the Easter visit of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches. In addition to a news about the Easter visit of Dr. Abs to Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian, President of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, President of Haigazian University in Lebanon, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches.
As well as, the issue includes an Easter Greetings letter from His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan Moussi, Greek Orthodox Bishop of Byblos, Batroun and Dependencies (Mount Lebanon), to the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs and to the members of the MECC family.
In addition, you can find an Easter letter from His Holiness Patriarch Mar Awa III Royel, Catholicos – Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, to the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs.
You can also find details about the MECC Rescue Syria Campaign that MECC is implementing in order to support the afflicted and affected people in Syria due to the earthquake that struck the North of the Antiochian Levant.
Moreover, the issue includes many reports issued by MECC under the name of "Rescue Syria Update" which will keep you informed about the developments of MECC action as well as the overall situation in a context analysis perspective. The MECC will be also publishing other periodical and updated reports.
As well as, the issue presents a photo album showing the difficult humanitarian situations in Syria, the Ecumenical Calendar for April 2023 issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, Ecumenical reports, the weekly Prayer, videos, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches.
Additionally, the issue presents a socio-economic overview of the Middle East during March 2023 and the latest updates of the Coronavirus in the region.