For the first time, a Bible app is making daily devotions during the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity available in an Arabic translation provided by the Middle East Council of Churches.

A Prayer Octave celebrated between the Chair of St. Peter and the Conversion of St. Paul!

This week, between January 18 and 25, Christians around the world participate in a historical stance. They unite together through common prayer deepening the spiritual communion between them and representing the spirit of unity in the diversity of all Churches.

Discourse on unity and solidarity

Discourse on unity and solidarity

Prayer is one of the most effective ways for the unity of the faith community.

But reaching the unity and the solidarity of the group requires other paths.

Unity is an end by itself, but cannot be reached without sacrifice and anguish.

Recientemente, la Interpol emitió tres circulares internacionales de detención o "Alertas Rojas" para el propietario y el capitán del barco que transportó al puerto los 2,750 toneladas de material explosivo.

Report: 1 to 15 January 2021

REPORT: 1 TO 15 January 2021

Revd. Dr. Habib Badr: Despite all obstacles, the pursuit of Unity is still relentless

Our main role is to be the witnesses of Christ

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrated by Christians all over the world between January 18 and 25 of every year is one of the primary pillars of the Middle East Council of Churches’ mission.

Coronavirus Threatens 2021 Celebration

Christians around the world and in the Middle East have scheduled a yearly “Prayer for Christian Unity”. It has become a yearly ritual we celebrate all around the world between January 18 and 25 hoping that this initiative would promote dialogues among local, regional and world churches deepening partnership and developing ecumenical awareness through building bridges connecting all Christians.

What is the scientific truth behind the studies and where does the credibility of international health organizations lie?

2020 was a year of fierce fighting against the Coronavirus rampant pandemic still killing humanity all over the world since the beginning of 2021.

After being barred from continuing the Beirut blast investigation, Judge Fadi Sawan was allowed to resume with questioning the country’s officials and civil servants as part of the probe into the Beirut Port explosion.

A glimpse of hope in the beginning of the year

Recently, the FBI released a report claiming that only 500 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had exploded, negating earlier claims that 2700 tons of the substance was responsible for all the damages in Beirut.

Report: 16 to 31 December 2020

As nations in the ME region still quarrel with the pandemic, other countries prepare to send vaccines to the region. Although some experts from the medical community detest using the vaccines due to unknown side effects that may befall a patient, there is no doubt that many people are willing to give it a try.

Report: 1 to 15 December 2020

En otra actualización reciente relativa a la explosión de Beirut, Fadi Sawan, el investigador judicial asignado al caso de Beirut, fue suspendido de las investigaciones ya que dos ex-ministros acusados de negligencia, presentaron una demanda solicitando que el caso fuera transferido a otro juez.

Los preparativos para la Navidad y el nacimiento de Jesucristo, nuestro Salvador, en la familia de la Secretaría General del MECC comenzaron con el retiro espiritual anual titulado “La Estrella de Navidad”, que ha tenido lugar en el Monasterio Saydet El Bir, Bkennaya – Jal El Dib, Líbano.

The preparations for Christmas and the Birth of Jesus Christ our Savior in the MECC General Secretariat’s family started in an annual spiritual retreat entitled “The Christmas star”, and took place in Saydet El Bir Monastery, Bkennaya - Jal El Dib, Lebanon.

In another recent update concerning the Beirut blast, Fadi Sawan, the judicial investigator assigned for the Beirut case, was suspended from the investigations as two former ministers, who were accused of negligence, submitted a demand requesting that the case should be transferred to another judge.

Report: 1 to 15 December 2020

Report: 1 to 15 December 2020

As Christians around the world brace themselves for Christmas and all the joy the holidays bring, the MECC would like to remind our readers that poverty has reached dangerously high levels in the Middle East. According to UNICEF, the Middle East is experiencing one of the most fraught situations in the world, with more than 32 million children in need of humanitarian assistance.

Nuevas ayudas para los indigentes y los afectados

En una última actualización del caso de la explosión de Beirut, el Primer Ministro provisional Hassan Diab, se negó a ser interrogado por un juez que lo acusó a él y a tres ex-ministros de negligencia en relación con la explosión.