A Youth Campaign to Clean-Up the Raouche Beach in Beirut

Saturday, September 18, 2021

As part of the “Season of Creation” 2021 activities, and under the patronage of the Middle East Council of Churches, a Raouche Beach clean-up campaign is being organized in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday, September 18, 2021, from 8 am till 11 am, Beirut time.

As part of the new television series about the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 launched by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department, the third episode will be broadcasted on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 8:30 PM Beirut time and 5:30 GMT on Télé Lumière and Noursat, and will be reran on Friday, September 17, 2021, late morning. The content is prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department and presented by Ralph Tawitian.

Report: 15 September 2021

Severe cases of the delta variant were reported at a higher rate during this reporting period. This came during a time where local health professionals deemed the situation as not dangerous and is under control.

With the launching of the “Season of Creation” celebrations in the world and the Middle East, it is worth mentioning the necessity to protect the environment and diversity, because the universe is going on through the bounties of nature and earth.

This video presents a report that sheds light on the importance of this Ecological and Christian season and the preservation of the common home and all its creatures.

September 19th: Proper 20 / 16th after Trinity

Peacemaking As Home-Building

At the invitation of the Middle East Council of Churches, the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 were inaugurated for the first time in the East, during an Ecumenical Prayer service. It was held under the patronage and presence of the President of the National Evangelical Union in Lebanon and President of the Council for the Evangelical Family HE Reverend Dr. Habib Badr, at the National Evangelical Church in Beirut. The following video presents a report about the opening Prayer.

The MECC Communication and Public Relations Department, and the Council’s Ecojustice Adhoc Committee continues its series of video about the “Season of Creation” project 2021. A new video is now released and presents this year’s logo for the “Season of Creation” which is “Abraham’s tent”, and the meanings behind it. The video is prepared and presented by the committee member Father Elias Marswanian, from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and edited by Ali Al Jarouch.

The second episode of the program of the "Days of the Season of Creation" 2021 was broadcasted on Thursday, September 9, at 8:30 pm Beirut time and 5:30 GMT. The program is prepared in cooperation between Télé Lumière and Noursat and the Middle East Council of Churches. It is launched in the context of the international celebrations of the “Season of Creation” and will be broadcasted throughout the month of September. The content is prepared by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department.

El nuevo número del boletín semanal Momentum, publicado por el Departamento de Comunicación y Relaciones Públicas del Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio, presenta una noticia sobre la inauguración por parte del MECC de los «Días del Tiempo de la Creación» 2021 con una Oración Ecuménica en la Iglesia Evangélica Nacional de Beirut. En cuanto al mensaje semanal del Secretario General, Dr. Michel Abs, se titula «Un destello de esperanza ecuménica desde el corazón de la destrucción».

The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents a news about the MECC inauguration of the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 in an Ecumenical Prayer from the National Evangelical Church in Beirut. As for the weekly message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled " A glimmer of ecumenical hope from the heart of destruction".

As part of the new television series about the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 launched by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department, the second episode will be broadcasted on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 8:30 PM Beirut time and 5:30 GMT on Télé Lumière and Noursat, and will be reran on Friday, September 10, 2021, late morning. The content is prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department and presented by Ralph Tawitian.

The Communication and Public Relations Department at the Middle East Council of Churches have now issued its Ecumenical calendar for the month of September 2021. It includes the Ecclesiastical and Liturgical feasts of the various families of Churches in the Middle East. In addition to international days identified by the United Nations, and which are related to the MECC identity and its spiritual and human mission. Noting that the remaining months of the year will be published consecutively.

Report: 8 September 2021

Despite the alarming spread of the COVID-19 virus in the ME, local medical professionals assured that the situation is not dangerous.

September 12th: Proper 19 / 15th after Trinity

Oikologie: Wisdom From Our Home Planet

Jordanian Churches Developing the Environmental Life

The “Common Home”, a Blessing from the Creator to Mankind

The “Season of Creation” 2021 brings a lot of hope for a better environment and a more sustainable future for next generations. For the first time, the Middle East began to participate in the celebrations of this Christian ecological season starting this year. May the prayers raised daily to our Creator, through the global booklet the Middle East Council of Churches translated to Arabic, to end the crises burdening our common home, the environment and all its creatures.

Télé Lumière and Noursat channel broadcasted the first episode of the "Days of the Season of Creation" 2021 on Thursday, September 2 at 8:30 pm Beirut time. The content was prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department and presented by Lawyer Roy Jreich. This was the first of many episodes of the new television series the department worked on on the occasion of the “Season of Creation 2021” launching for the first time in the Middle East.

Oración ecuménica de la Iglesia Evangélica Nacional de Beirut

Bajo el patrocinio y la presencia del presidente de la Unión Nacional Evangélica del Líbano y presidente del Consejo para la Familia Evangélica, Su Excelencia el Dr. Habib Badr, el Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio inauguró los «Días del Tiempo de la Creación 2021» por primera vez en el Medio Oriente.

El domingo 5 de septiembre de 2021, a las 5:00 p.m. (hora de Beirut), se celebró un servicio de oración ecuménica con la generosa hospitalidad de la Iglesia Evangélica Nacional de Beirut.

Ecumenical Prayer from the National Evangelical Church in Beirut

Under the patronage and presence of the President of the National Evangelical Union in Lebanon and President of the Council for the Evangelical Family HE Reverend Dr. Habib Badr, the Middle East Council of Churches inaugurated the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 for the first time in the Middle East. An Ecumenical Prayer service was held on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at 5 pm Beirut time, with the generous hospitality of the National Evangelical Church in Beirut.

El nuevo número del boletín semanal Momentum, publicado por el Departamento de Comunicación y Relaciones Públicas del Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio, presenta una noticia sobre la nueva serie de episodios televisivos lanzada por el MECC sobre los «Días del Tiempo de la Creación» 2021, además del tema del primer episodio. En cuanto al mensaje semanal del Secretario General, Dr. Michel Abs, se titula «¿Qué le has hecho a la Casa de Dios?».

«El Hogar de Ancianos Mar Elías» se sacude el polvo de la guerra

Jean, de 68 años, camina por la residencia de ancianos Mar Elías con la ayuda de su muleta. Está revisando el lugar que abandonó hace unos diez años escapando de los fuertes bombardeos durante la guerra en Alepo. Se sentó en una silla a la sombra de un gran árbol en el patio de la residencia y comenzó a contar sus recuerdos con otros ancianos que solían vivir aquí antes de abandonar el lugar en busca de seguridad.