Following the international symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age", which was organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and World Association for Christian Communication, along with a group of international organizations, the participants issued the draft of the symposium’s Manifesto. In an initiative to activate communication and build bridges, the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department translated the draft of the Manifesto into Arabic.

An International Symposium Organized by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication

The World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication organized an international online symposium entitled “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age”, between 13 and 15 September 2021, focusing on the impact of digital transformation on communities and societies.

The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents the news of the new training implemented as part of the “Trauma Healing and Spiritual Counseling” program by the Theological and Ecumenical Department for a group of youth. As for the weekly message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled " Human Dignity: Violations and Response!".

Organizaciones juveniles en cooperación con el MECC:
«Así es como empezamos el cambio hacia un medio ambiente mejor»

Desde el corazón herido de Beirut, y desde las orillas de Raouche, querían el cambio e insistían, aunque fuera con pequeñas iniciativas, en restaurar el bello rostro del Líbano. El corazón palpitante de la sociedad, hombres y mujeres jóvenes dispuestos, a pesar de las dificultades económicas y sociales, a trabajar por un país mejor. El tipo de cambio esta vez es diferente y se olvida en un país como el Líbano, al igual que en la mayor parte del Medio Oriente, donde las crisis cada vez más profundas hacen que sus habitantes se olviden de la necesidad de cuidar su «casa común», pero en un ambiente dolorido, ¿alguien escucha?

Youth Organizations in Cooperation with the MECC:

‘This is how we start the change towards a better environment’

From the wounded heart of Beirut, and from the shores of Raouche, they wanted change and insisted, even with small initiatives, to restore the beautiful face of Lebanon. The beating heart of society, young men and women keen, despite economic and social hardships, to work towards a better country. The type of change this time is different and forgotten in a country like Lebanon, just like in most of the Middle East, where deepening crises are raging and causing its residents to forget the need to care for their “common home,” but in a pained environment, is anyone listening?

October 3, 2021, at the Visitation Monastery, Aintoura – Lebanon

Under the patronage of the Syriac Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al Rai, the Middle East Council of Churches has the honor to invite you to participate in the closing Prayer of the "Season of Creation" which is being celebrated for the first time in the East. The Prayer will be held on Sunday October 3, 2021 at 5 pm Beirut Time, in the Monastery of the Visitation, Philokalia Institute and Organization, in Aintoura, Keserwan – Lebanon.

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 fourth episode will be broadcasted on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 8:30 PM Beirut time and 5:30 GMT on Télé Lumière and Noursat, and will be reran on Friday, September 24, 2021, late morning. The content is prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department and presented by Lea Maamary.

Report: 22 September 2021

With vaccine production becoming of outmost importance in the Middle East, Egypt took the torch by establishing the largest vaccine production facility in the Middle East. In this way, low and middle-income countries can afford purchasing quantities of the vaccine to speed up the inoculation process.

September 26th: Proper 21 / 17th after Trinity

Praying For Our Home Planet & Its People

Ahora que el Medio Oriente celebra por primera vez el «Tiempo de la Creación» internacional, merece la pena destacar el centro medioambiental Anáfora, de la Iglesia Copta, en Egipto.
El video (en árabe) presenta un reportaje introductorio sobre este centro de retiro y oración, sus principales objetivos y las secciones que lo forman.

As we celebrate from September 1 to October 4 of each year the “Season of Creation”, let us all praise and glorify the Lord our Creator and thank Him for all the gifts He has given us. Let us raise our Prayers to God, with one heart, so He may grant us the potential and determination to protect the environment and preserve our common home.

Together for a Safer Environment!

As part of the Eastern “Season of Creation” 2021 activities, and under the patronage of the Middle East Council of Churches, a campaign to clean up the Raouche Beach in Beirut, Lebanon, was implemented on Saturday, September 18, 2021, morning. It was entitled “Keep it Clean! Keep it Green!”. The campaign was organized by Youth and Students for Peace organization, Lebanese Scout Association, and Jerusalem See, Lebanon and the Near East, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady and Saint Mark the Apostle in Lebanon.

HE Bishop Charles Mrad on “Days of the Season of Creation” Program:

‘We are all the brothers and children of one Nature, and mankind is invited to sanctify Mother Earth’

“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.” (Genesis 1: 1-2). This is how God created Earth and everything on it, and gathered all of them in one environment, thus creating Man in His image, and after His likeness, making him guardian of the Earth.

The Middle East includes many of the most important places of worship and Prayer centers in the world, such as the Anaphora Center in Egypt, which is distinguished by its environmental location in the heart of nature. So, what are the meanings behind this place? What is its importance? And why was it created in a simple environmental way?

As the Middle East is celebrating for the first time the international "Season of Creation", it worth highlighting the Anaphora environmental center, home of the Coptic Church, in Egypt.

The video presents an introductory report about this center for retreat and Prayer, its main objectives and the sections it is formed with.

The importance of serving the weak and poor by sharing the Gifts of God, and the necessity of living together with love and equality.

A video prepared and presented by the committee member Father Elias Marswanian, from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and edited by Ali Al Jarouch.

The third episode of the program "Days of the Season of Creation" 2021 was broadcasted on Thursday, September 16, at 8:30 pm Beirut time and 5:30 GMT, and reran on Friday, September 17, 2021. 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.

The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents the full video of the second episode of the “Days of the Season of Creation” on Télé Lumière and Noursat prepared by the Department; as well as the promotion video of the third episode’s topics and guests. As for the weekly message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled "Bkerke was the destination".