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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.

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The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Issues Its Weekly Newsletter

“Momentum”

26-9-2025

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 “It Happened in Kazakhstan”.

You can check the issue via the following link: https://mailchi.mp/da24c0dafa97/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.

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It Happened in Kazakhstan

Professor Michel Abs

The Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

It happened in Kazakhstan that a people decided to establish a state that respects beliefs, laws, and human rights, and thus the State of Kazakhstan was born.

It happened in Kazakhstan that a nation made up of one hundred and twenty religious and ethnic groups chose to become one people, embracing the social contract and entrusting its destiny and future to institutions, the only guarantee for peoples in the modern age.

It happened in Kazakhstan that a nation became aware of its past, understood it, reconciled with it, learned from its lessons, and made it a foundation for its future, drawing from it values and incentives for a better life.

It happened in Kazakhstan that a people wanted to share their experience with the world, driven by a concern for bringing people, beliefs, identities, and affiliations closer together, for the sake of a future for humanity not threatened by destructive and futile conflicts.

It happened in Kazakhstan that the desire to share the results of social and cultural experiences with humanity was so strong that it went beyond the borders of the country, reaching a global dimension.

It happened in Kazakhstan that a state with active institutions sought to institutionalize its experience in order to make it universal, thus came the Eighth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held this year. Institutionalization is the guarantee of continuity and sustainability, based on the experience of a state with successful institutions…

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Season of Creation: Towards Peace in the World

Practical Steps and Diverse Activities Contribute to Consolidating the Environmental Issue

Media of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

Prayer, Faith, Praise, and Hope... This is the "Season of Creation," which brings with it much joy, awareness, and determination to work together for a cause considered one of the most important in the Ecumenical world: the environmental issue, which has become an urgent priority today.

The "Season of Creation" began on September 1 and continues until October 4, with international Prayers, celebrations, and events that emphasize the need to protect and preserve God's creation, based on our shared Christian responsibility toward it, and the importance of the commitment to the environmental issue and its follow-up for a more peaceful future.

Peace is the focus of this year' “Season of Creation”, which takes the theme “Peace with Creation” and the symbol of “Garden of Peace”, inspired by Isaiah 32: 14-18. How can Christians around the world instill Christian environmental values ​​through their celebrations?

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The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch John X

On the commemoration of the Assumption of His Patron Saint the Apostle John the Evangelist and Theologian

On the commemoration of the Assumption of the Apostle John the Evangelist and Theologian, Patron saint of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, the thirteenth of the Holy Pure Apostles, and the President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) for the Orthodox family, the Secretary General Professor Michel Abs, extends, in the name of the MECC family, his warmest congratulations to His Beatitude, asking the Lord to grant him more graces and bless his service and contributions in the field of the Lord.

The Middle East Council of Churches also wishes His Beatitude many years with the power of the Holy Spirit, and continued health and holiness in his Pastoral mission so that he may remain a faithful Leader of the Holy Church and a model in his love for Christ.

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