“This is not an ordinary conference. One hundred years have elapsed since the Paris Peace Conference (1919), and yet we are in the midst of international crises that are not unlikely to lead to war-style conflicts. It is useful to recall the facts and decisions of the Paris Peace Conference (1919), which did not last more than twenty years before the outbreak of the Second World War (1939)”

The Synodality is the basis of the ecumenical path, “Kairos ME Towards Churches Global Compact” project have my blessing and support

His Holiness Pope Francis received in his office at the Vatican City the MECC Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bechealany, at head of a delegation that included the MECC director of theological and Ecumenical Department Rev. Fr Gaby Hachem, the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Lebanon Rev. Fr. Rouphael Zougheib and the MECC Policies and Communication Advisor Ziad El Sayegh.

The MECC Presidents Meeting, called for by the Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bechealany was held at the Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Elias Shwayya on the 29th of August 2019, graciously received by his Beatitude Patriarch John X.

Under the slogan “I am making everything new,” the Middle East Council of churches launched on Tuesday, August 28, its website with a new look that reflects the ecumenical mission of the Council, which is based on unity in diversity and partnership in the service of human dignity and openness to the other.

The MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department (TED) organized a spiritual meeting for the Council’s team in Syria on Friday, August 2, 2019. Father Gabi Hachem, the director of the TED, and Mr. Samer Laham the director of the Diakonia Department participated in this meeting which was entitled “Tabitha, Arise”.

The MECC, represented by Egypt's Immigration and Expatriates' Affairs minister, Dr. Nabila Makram, is participating at the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. 

His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City and all other Palestine and Jordan received the MECC Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bechealany at the Patriarchate headquarter in Jordan. The Secretary General of the Patriarchate His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos and the director of the MECC’s Office in Amman, Mrs. Wafaa Goussous, was present at the meeting.

A delegation of professors and students from the Priority Institute, TCD and DCIF met on Thursday August 1, the MECC Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bechealany and the MECC Director of the Theology and Ecumenical Department Rev. Fr Gaby Hachem at the Council's Headquarter in Beirut.

Rev. Badr: “Persecutions against all religions, especially Christians, have reached an unacceptable level”

For the second year in a row, the MECC, represented by Rev. Dr. Habib Badr, President of the National Evangelical Union in Lebanon and of the MECC Evangelical Family, participated in the “Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom” conference

A delegation of 16 students from the Catholic Institute of the University Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany accompanied by three of their professors, visited the MECC Headquarters in Beirut on Wednesday June 12, 2019.

Middle East Council of Churches Evangelical Family President, Rev. Dr. Habib Badr, attended on behalf of the Council the first ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. 23-26 July, 2018.

On Saturday, 7 July, 2018 the Middle East Council of Churches and Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant heads of Eastern Churches gathered in Bari, Italy at the invitation of His Holiness Pope Francis for a special ecumenical prayer service for peace in the Middle East and closed round-table discussion among the church leaders.