Lebanon is witnessing a wave of suffocating crises that are negatively affecting the lives of the Lebanese people and those residing in the country. Therefore, the Middle East Council of Churches exerts its efforts to help the most vulnerable and needy groups at various levels. In the health sector, Our Lady Dispensary team, affiliated to the Council and located in Sabtiyeh - Lebanon, continues providing medication especially to elderly with chronic illnesses who rely on this aid at the end of every month.

In a Lecture Prepared By Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs

"The Middle East in Transition, and the Future and Role of its Christians" is a topic that preoccupies the Eastern citizens and their counterparts in the West, especially international humanitarian organizations, such as the “United Church of Christ” (UCC) in the United States of America which organizes many webinars in this framework.

The Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR)

The Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR) issued its annual report for the year 2020, a year which saw many difficulties and challenges that cast a shadow over the Middle East, and plunged its population into many crises with no end. Unfortunately, Palestinian refugees, just like everyone, also have to face it.

Report: 2 June 2021

Vaccination is still underway as different versions of the vaccine have made it to the region. What’s more important is that governments are ramping up their attempts to coerce their citizens to get inoculated, in response to the high rate of refusal to take the vaccine within the Middle East.

The Beginning of An Ecumenical Era in the Eastern Church

“Building Bridges, Standing Together” Since 1974

Since 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches has been working on spreading its Ecumenical message in the East, the birthplace of Christianity and where Christ was born, died and resurrected. Its primary goal lies in deepening spirituality and communion service among the member churches and unifying their voice and efforts.

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.