An International Ecumenical Prayer Service for the Opening of the 2025 Season of Creation
His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai Delivers the Closing Blessing from the Middle East to the Entire World
Media of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
The 2025 “Season of Creation” is launched in the Middle East and around the world under the theme "Peace with Creation" and the symbol "Garden of Peace." For the occasion, an international Ecumenical celebration was held online on Monday, September 1, 2025, at the invitation of many Church and Ecumenical Leaders from around the world, as well as the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), and concerned organizations and institutions.
The celebration, which you can watch on the official “Season of Creation” channel on YouTube, by clicking here, included an Ecumenical Prayer Service and various reflections about the “Season of Creation,” the theme of this year and the meanings it carries.
The Middle East was present and participating in the celebration, where His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, delivered a concluding blessing, praying to God, the God of justice and peace, and calling on the faithful to work to protect God's creation and all that is in it.
Participants were international Christian Leaders and faithful from various Church Families, raising their praises and supplications to the Lord Jesus Christ, united in faith and hope, asking God to grant them the determination to fulfill their environmental mission and work together to achieve peace and justice.
It is worth noting that the Middle East Council of Churches is a member of the Ecumenical Steering Committee charged with preparing the "Season of Creation" guide. This Season extends annually from September 1, the Feast of Creation, to October 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of Ecology.
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