Ever since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic and its rapid spread in the world, an ongoing process of change of the face of humanity was triggered off.

This microscopic creature turned human existence upside down and imposed new patterns of interaction between people, be it at the level of business or at the level of family and social relations.

In the Rosary Marathon: 3 Shrines from the Middle East

The world prays with one heart during the month of May 2021 in the "Rosary Marathon" launched by His Holiness Pope Francis on behalf of the wounded world. Since the beginning of the month, prayers were risen daily, pleading with Virgin Mary to intercede with us before her son to end the danger of Coronavirus and with it, the biggest wound of the world since generations.

Amid the deteriorating living conditions and outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in Lebanon, the citizens’ needs are daily increasing. Therefore, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) continues its humanitarian relief role by supporting the most vulnerable and needy groups through distributing a new batch of aid.

In light of the 4th of August incedent last year, the removal of hazardous material from the port of beirut has become one of the top priorities of the teams on the ground. The ongoing work of such teams allowed the removal of forsaken dangerous materials and transporting them elsewhere to be disposed of.

Report: 5 May 2021

Although the various vaccination campaigns are still underway and economies started to untangle, the virus is spreading in neighboring countries at alarming rates as a ‘new deadly strain’ worries scientists.

Syria and Lebanon

Humanitarian Update

Reporting period: from 26 April to 4 May 2021

MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs was the guest of journalist Angelique Mouwanes during a live interview on Radio Liban's program “Aal Hawa Sawa” where he shed the light on the Council’s identity, mission, goals and future projects.

Holy Week, the week of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, is a unique event and a distinguished time of unparalleled significance in the history of humanity.

Holy Week summarizes human suffering with betrayal, tyranny, persecution, injustice and hatred.

During the current present week, full of events and teachings, the Lord summarizes for us the history of humankind soaked with hypocrisy, rooted in hatred and stained with blood, the blood of the innocent who are used as fuel in a hell made by tyrants they legitimize in order to heal their thirst for hatred.

On the occasion of the April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Biden administration officially recognized the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Prompting the anger of Turkey, President Biden is the first US president to declare so. During the early part of the 20th century, one and the half million people were murdered as part of an ethnic cleansing scheme orchestrated by top Turkish decision makers.

The Light of Christ Overflows on this Divine and Historical Date

What Happens in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?

“Light up, O New Jerusalem! the glory of the Lord has shone upon you...” are phrases believers recite and sing with great joy on Holy Saturday, an annual date for a divine phenomenon. A miracle that consolidates and revives Christian faith, glorious light shines from the cradle of Christianity, Jerusalem, specifically from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.