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“Momentum”

5-6-2026

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 “A Spiritual Summit at the Homeland-Message”.

You can check the issue via the following link: https://mailchi.mp/92d3d1e02469/momentum-mecc-weekly-newsletter.

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“Ecumenical Horizons” is a weekly program that features spiritual, cultural, intellectual, educational, youth and environmental topics.

The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) have now issued its online Ecumenical calendar for the month of June 2026. 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.

مرصد فلسطين – تقرير الجمعة 5 حزيران/ يونيو 2026

In light of the worsening humanitarian and social conditions in the region due to the escalation of security operations, the Middle East Council of Churches presents a weekly report entitled "Palestine Monitor," which includes the latest developments in Palestine, especially amid the deteriorating living, social, and security conditions in the country. Some texts will be in Arabic, and some others in English, depending on the source.

في ظلّ تفاقم الظروف الإنسانيّة والاجتماعيّة في المنطقة جرّاء تصاعد العمليّات الأمنيّة فيها، يقدّم مجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط تقريرًا أسبوعيًّا بعنوان "مرصد فلسطين" حيث يتضمّن آخر المستجدّات الّتي تشهدها فلسطين خصوصًا وسط تدهور الظروف المعيشيّة والاجتماعيّة والأمنيّة في البلاد. ستكون بعض النصوص باللغة العربية، وبعضها الآخر باللّغة الإنكليزيّة، وذلك حسب المصدر.

Middle East Socioeconomic Overview

Report: May 2026

While the United States and Iran are still in a ceasefire, negotiations are underway to settle the conflict once and for all. Talks oscillate between news of tension and exaggerations of profound breakthrough. As such, it is still impossible to predict the likely outcome as there are too many factors at play. One thing is for certain: major differences are still unresolved and armed conflict will resume if no compromise is reached. Moreover, the Occupier, which is watching the negotiations intently, is not in favor of peace and might do something that will jeopardize the talks.

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The Near East School of Theology (NEST) in Beirut held a graduation ceremony for its students on Saturday, May 30, in the School’s Church, in the presence of Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian, President of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE), President of Haigazian University in Lebanon, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) for the Evangelical Family, and His Eminence Archbishop Hosam Naoum , Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem and Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and Member of the MECC Executive Committee.

Attendees were also the NEST President Dr. Martin Akkad, NEST Dean Reverend Dr. Rima Nasrallah, MECC Associate Secretary General Mrs. Seta Hadeshian, Director of the MECC Theological and Ecumencial Department Father Dr. Antoine Al Ahmar, and Coordinator of the MECC Eco Justice Unit Environmental Justice Unit Father Movses-Garen Yosolkanian, NEST Teachers and team, parents and guests.