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Video - His Beatitude Patriarch John X: At the Honoring of Metropolitan Antonios Bashir
Douma, 5-10-2025
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Issues Its Weekly Newsletter
“Momentum”
10-3-2025
This issue includes reports, videos, news, articles, and a full coverage of the latest developments of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), as well as the Church, Ecumenical, and social events…
This is in addition to the weekly word of the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs which is entitled in this issue “Reverend Hovhannes Aharonian, a Radiant Ecumenical Figure”. It is the word he delivered at the inauguration of the "Aharonian Hall", in the Haigazian University - Lebanon, on Sunday, September 27, 2025.
You can check the issue via the following link: https://mailchi.mp/da5bbf249299/momentum-mecc-weekly-newsletter.
You can also subscribe to the Momentum Newsletter via the following link: https://mecc.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?id=fd3381352a&u=1db32cafe9ea32b38eb90480a.
The Middle East Council of Churches Concludes the Graphic Design Training for Its Team by Distributing Certificates of Participation
Secretary General Professor Michel Abs: New talents will be developed by the colleagues
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) team concluded its graphic design training, organized by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department under the supervision of the Secretary General Professor Michel Abs, with the trainer with Father Spyridon Tannous, Parish Priest of Sharbila in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Akkar and its Dependencies, at the MECC headquarters in Beirut.
The final part of the training, which extended over several weeks with the support of the Media and Church Relations Coordinator at MECC the Journalist Lea Adel Maamary, was held on Friday, September 3, 2025, with the participation of the media team and colleagues from various departments in Lebanon and Syria, in person and online.
For the occasion, the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs delivered a speech in which he praised Father Spyridon's experience and efforts, commending the colleagues' seriousness and dedication to the training, from which they gained new skills that they will work to develop.
His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai:
The South is not just a region of Lebanon, but rather its beating heart... The steadfastness of the people of the South is the steadfastness of all of Lebanon
Communion and Love on a Pastoral Visit to the South of Lebanon and a Paternal Tour that Sows Hope Despite All the Pain
Media of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
Here is the South of Lebanon, resilient despite all the wars and tragedies... Today, it rejoices with the good news revealed by the visit of the Maronite Patriarch, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, who toured its land and sowed hope among its people, emphasizing the importance of "communion and love," the slogan he has carried in word and deed since assuming his Patriarchal service.
The Maronite Patriarch returned to the South of Lebanon for a full-day Pastoral visit on Sunday, September 28, 2025, which included several villages and towns within the Maronite Archdiocese of Tyre. His Beatitude was accompanied by Their Eminences Bishop Hanna Alwan, Bishop Elias Nassar, and the Pastor of the Diocese of Tyre Bishop Charbel Abdallah.
Patriarch Al-Rai's visit stressed the importance of perseverance, steadfastness, and facing all difficult circumstances with great faith and hope. This visit affirmed that the South needs the solidarity of all its people, regardless of their Sect, especially after the wave of displacement that has affected its towns.
The Invasion of Gaza
Middle East Socioeconomic Overview
Report: September 2025
The Occupier is currently creeping into Gaza destroying anything that it deems a threat. Breakdown in communications is being observed as the truth of what is really happening is being muted. The humanitarian situation is worsening for the Palestinians living in Gaza to the point that some walk barefoot trying to escape the massacre. All this happens under the watchful eyes of the international community who till now is unable to prevent what is happening.
Video - Important Files Program with the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs
Tenth Episode Entitled: "The Education Sector and Current Challenges"
Prepared and Presented by the Journalist Lea Adel Maamary
Produced by MECC
Leaders and Positions
Video - His Holiness Pope Tawadros II: "The path to heaven is the path of love"
22-9-2025
Leaders and Positions
Video - His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan: “Pastors of service, righteousness, piety and integrity”
29-9-2025
Discover the House and Museum of Metropolitan Antonios Bashir - Douma
Exclusive: Media of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
By the Journalist Lea Adel Maamary
Douma is preparing to welcome His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the Blessed Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, at the invitation of Metropolitan Silouan Moussi, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Byblos and Batroun and Dependencies. His Beatitude carried his pastoral slogan since his enthronement as Patriarch of the See of Antioch: "With grace we grow, with service we rise, and with love we build in harmony."
Yes, His Beatitude visited Saint John Monastery in Douma in the Easter Season of 2012, during the ministry of the Highly Respected Metropolitan George Khodr.
Today, Douma, with all its Congregations, is preparing to welcome him as the 158th Patriarch of the See of Peter and Paul. He is the Father of Fathers and the Shepherd of Shepherds, who preserved the deposit of faith despite crises.
