Bishop Georges Saliba:

The Council has made very bold and wonderful steps based on love and understanding

It is part of my life!

It is interesting to dig in the history of the Middle East Council of Churches and the astonishing number of important names accompanying it since the first founding meeting in May 1974 in Cyprus. People who walked alongside and through the council on the path of Christian unity, in a procession started by Eastern Church families who believed in richness in diversity towards full communion with God and each other.

Según los fiscales, el Líbano recibió el 5 de mayo un informe preliminar de Francia sobre la gran explosión ocurrida en agosto del año pasado. Los funcionarios dijeron que el informe francés beneficiará a la investigación en curso en Beirut, pero no darán detalles del mismo, en cumplimiento de la normativa.

De la Iglesia Ortodoxa Copta al mundo entero

¿Sabes qué camino siguió la familia?

«He aquí que el ángel del Señor se le apareció a José en sueños y le dijo: "Levántate, toma al niño y a su madre, huye a Egipto y quédate allí hasta que yo te diga"…» (Mt 2,13).

Con este versículo, el evangelista Mateo reveló en el segundo capítulo la huída de la Sagrada Familia a la tierra de Egipto, una huída a este país oriental de importancia histórica, geográfica y cultural, según el Papa de Alejandría y Patriarca de la Sede de san Marcos Su Santidad Tawadros II.

According to Judicial officials, Lebanon received on the 5th of May, a preliminary report from France about the massive explosion that occurred last year in August. The officials said that the French report will benefit the ongoing investigation in Beirut but will not give out details of the report, in compliance with regulations.

From the Coptic Orthodox Church to the whole world

Do you know what path the family took?

"Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you..." (Matthew 2:13). With this verse, Matthew the Evangelist revealed in the second Chapter the Holy Family’s refuge to the land of Egypt, an escape to this eastern country holding a historic, geographic and cultural importance, according to His Holiness Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Mark Tawadros II. But why fleeing? What is the path the family has taken?

Syria and Lebanon

Humanitarian Update

Reporting period: from 24 to 31 May 2021

El 29 de mayo se cumplirán 568 años de la caída de Constantinopla, la nueva Roma, que sucumbió en 1453 como consecuencia de las guerras anteriores que la consumieron, así como de un severo asedio que ha sido descrito como el más duro de la historia, ya que destruyó su capacidad de resistencia y supervivencia.

La ciudad mártir, Constantinopla, había liderado al mundo cristiano durante más de mil años, albergó a Concilios Ecuménicos y fue descrita como el «faro del mundo«, «la capital de la fe» y «el centro de la civilización y la cultura».

El Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio: Una historia ecuménica y una plataforma para la unidad, el testimonio y el servicio

¿Qué ocurrió durante la primera reunión fundacional entre el 28 y el 30 de mayo de 1974? (1)

En medio de tremendas fluctuaciones y crisis de muchos niveles, el Oriente Medio fue testigo del comienzo de una nueva fase cristiana en 1974, vibrante con los esfuerzos y las negociaciones para unificar la voz de la Iglesia bajo una sola bandera que une a todas las Iglesias de Oriente en el marco de un amplio mensaje ecuménico que llama a la aceptación de los demás y a la preservación de la diversidad que caracteriza a toda familia eclesiástica.

El Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio está aquí para ayudar a las pequeñas empresas afectadas a recuperarse

Diez meses después de la explosión del puerto de Beirut, los libaneses siguen sufriendo sus catastróficas repercusiones, que pusieron su vida patas p’arriba en una mezcla de crisis, especialmente la económica, que los agobia. Sus heridas aún no han cicatrizado y sus necesidades siguen siendo acuciantes a muchos niveles.

Those who walk in the streets of Aleppo can notice the impact of war on the City. Amidst all this destruction and amidst the war that has not ended yet, one can notice the strong determination of the population to restore their country and life with the help of GOD believing that His strength will support them to rebuild all that was destroyed by the hand of evil and war.

On the 29th of May, 568 years will have passed since the fall of Constantinople, the new Rome, which succumbed in 1453 as a result of previous wars that consumed it as well as to a severe siege that has been described as the harshest siege in history as it destroyed its ability to withstand and to survive.

The martyr city, Constantinople, had led the Christian world for more than a thousand years, it has housed Ecumenical Councils and has been described as the beacon of the world, the capital of faith and the center of civilization and culture.

The Middle East Council of Churches: An Ecumenical History and a Platform for Unity, Witness and Service

What happened during the first founding meeting between 28 and 30 May, 1974? (1)

Amidst tremendous fluctuations and crises of many levels, the Middle East witnessed the beginning of a new Christian phase in 1974 vibrant with efforts and negotiations to unify the voice of the Church under one banner that unites all the Churches of the East within the framework of a comprehensive ecumenical message calling for the acceptance of others and the preservation of the diversity that characterizes every ecclesiastical family.

Behind the Middle East Council of Churches logo lies an Ecumenical Humanitarian and Historical organization seeking, since its foundation in 1974, to work for Christian unity, the testimony of the Bible and serving humanity in different fields. But do you know the exact meanings that this oval logo symbolizes and what its connotations are?

The Middle East Council of Churches is here to help affected small businesses get back on their feet

Ten months after the Beirut port explosion, Lebanese people are still suffering from its catastrophic repercussions that turned their lives upside down during a mixture of crises, especially the economic crisis burdening them. Their wounds have not healed yet and their needs are still dire at many levels.

The August 4 disaster did not leave one sector untouched, destruction affected small companies in Beirut whose owners are barely making ends meet.