Based on its belief that Education is the basis of peace and security in the world, MECC organized a remedial course for 50 students of the Grade 12 certificate in the city of Arbin in rural Damascus.

Believing in the need to help displaced and affected persons to secure a decent life for their families; MECC provided 37 financial grants to restore small businesses in Damascus and its rural areas.

MECC Health Program team implemented health awareness raising courses for 150 women in Bloudan, Al-Tal and Maloola in Rural Damascus, in addition to Ghabagheb and Izraa in Da’raa.

“Lebanon would never survive with half a million Palestinian refugees and 1.6 million Syrian refugees because its demography will completely change”, said the Lebanese President General Michel Aoun during a meeting held on May 9-2019 at the presidential palace, with a large group of MECC Delegates and Partners

Dhour Chweir Evangelical Center was very active early in the morning. At 8:30, everything was set for the morning prayer. Taize hymns shed peace in the air, followed by a worship from one of the Partners.

The MECC Partners Meeting is an annual meeting for its funding partners over the world, where MECC plays its role as a common platform for dialogue, relief, and communication.

The MECC Health awareness Program continuing its courses for women in Al Noama village at Daraa governate. Topics covered the most common chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, breast cancer, osteoporosis and identified its causes and methods of treatment and prevention.

25 women attended the four-day course in which they were introduced to the healthy nutrition, first aid and pregnancy care basics, as well as the right methods to use blood pressure and diabetes measuring device. At the end of the course, every participant received a hygiene kit.

At the end of the International Ecumenical Youth Meeting held in Beirut on March 22-26, 2019, that hosted 1600 young people from 43 countries, the Middle East Council of Churches and the representatives of the Churches of Lebanon, together with the Taizé Ecumenical Community declare the following:

Brother Aloïs Löser, Prior of the Taizé Ecumenical Community in France visited the Middle East Council of Churches headquarters in Beirut and met its Secretary-General Dr. Souraya Bechealany and discussed together the preparations for the launch of the International Ecumenical Youth Meeting scheduled to be held in Beirut on March 22-26.

Once again, MECC Ecumenical and Relief Department’s team is offering his continuous assistance in supporting sheep breeding projects to secure a steady income for the people of Mseifra, south of Daraa.

A delegation from the Danish Diocese of Viborg visited Lebanon in collaboration with the Danmission organisation. The group of 20 priests and leaders of the Danish Church, met the MECC director of Theological and Ecumenical department, Father Gabi Hachem, on Thursday March 14, at the Council’s Head Office- Beirut.

Dr. Souraya Bechealany: The Youth Shall realize that the Christian element contributes to human dignity, to religious freedom and to the freedom of all religious, ethnic, and cultural identities.

Monsignor Toufic Bou Hadir: During this Meeting, the youth will experiment “the wealth of diversity” and will discover that what they have in common exceeds by far their differences.

Brother Emile: The founder of the Taizé Community visited Lebanon for the first time in 1982 to meet the family of Ghasssibé Keyrouz

Beirut will be hosting the “International Ecumenical Youth Meeting” at the invitation of the Churches of Lebanon and the Middle East Council of Churches along with the French Ecumenical Taizé Community, from 22 to 26 March 2019, under the title “The Righteous shall grow like a Cedar of Lebanon”.

“Since our Churches belong to the Antiochian heritage, they must imitate their Mother Church: Adopting the culture of Arab societies, to become a local Church missionary to the Arab people”

In the context of her visits to the Leaders of the Members Churches in The Middle East Council of Churches, MECC Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bechealany, together with Associate Secretary General Michael Spirou, MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department Fr. Gaby Hachem, and Policies and Communication Advisor Mr. Ziad El Sayegh, visited His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus. 

MECC distribution team helped 2823 families who returned to Dara’a Al Balad area in order to face one of the major challenges during the harsh winter season. The team distributed 5164 adult coats and 6400 winter clothing kits including shoes to children whose ages ranged between 5 to 18 years old.

MECC WASH team conducted rehabilitation activities of WASH facilities in Al Asieh and Al Hayat Schools in Damascus and Al Iman Private School in Aleppo aiming at securing a healthy and hygienic environment for students.

With the aim of supporting persons with disabilities to enter the labor market, the Middle East Council of Churches organized two vocational trainings in mobile maintenance and Cosmetology in Al Haffeh village in Rural Lattakia.

The Middle East Council of Churches congratulates the United Arab Emirates for its leading role in reinforcing the culture of tolerance and peace. The Human Fraternity’s Document, signed in Abu Dhabi by His Holiness Pope Francis, the Pope of Peace, and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Imam of Moderation, is a new Chart for humanity,