As part of the new television series about the “Days of the Season of Creation” 2021 launched by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department, the fourth episode will be broadcasted on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 8:30 PM Beirut time and 5:30 GMT on Télé Lumière and Noursat, and will be reran on Friday, September 24, 2021, late morning. The content is prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department and presented by Lea Maamary.

Report: 22 September 2021

With vaccine production becoming of outmost importance in the Middle East, Egypt took the torch by establishing the largest vaccine production facility in the Middle East. In this way, low and middle-income countries can afford purchasing quantities of the vaccine to speed up the inoculation process.

September 26th: Proper 21 / 17th after Trinity

Praying For Our Home Planet & Its People

Sesiones de acompañamiento psicológico y espiritual en el corazón de la naturaleza libanesa

El Departamento Teológico y Ecuménico del MECC implementó un nuevo curso de formación como parte del programa «Sanación de traumas y orientación espiritual» para un grupo de jóvenes en el monasterio de la Congregación de las Hermanas Maronitas de la Sagrada Familia en Akoura, Líbano, del jueves 16 al domingo 19 de septiembre de 2021. El curso de formación fue organizado por la coordinadora del programa, la hermana Emilie Tannous, en colaboración con el coordinador de los programas del departamento, Jean-Pierre Eid.

Dentro de las actividades del Programa de Formación Profesional, el MECC impartió formación profesional en Damasco a 32 personas de entre 18 y 33 años.

La formación, de tres meses de duración, incluyó los fundamentos de la peluquería y la cosmetología masculinas, a los que siguieron unos cursos de cinco días para la creación de empresas, en los que se abordaron los métodos para poner en marcha un pequeño negocio.

Ahora que el Medio Oriente celebra por primera vez el «Tiempo de la Creación» internacional, merece la pena destacar el centro medioambiental Anáfora, de la Iglesia Copta, en Egipto.
El video (en árabe) presenta un reportaje introductorio sobre este centro de retiro y oración, sus principales objetivos y las secciones que lo forman.

As we celebrate from September 1 to October 4 of each year the “Season of Creation”, let us all praise and glorify the Lord our Creator and thank Him for all the gifts He has given us. Let us raise our Prayers to God, with one heart, so He may grant us the potential and determination to protect the environment and preserve our common home.

Together for a Safer Environment!

As part of the Eastern “Season of Creation” 2021 activities, and under the patronage of the Middle East Council of Churches, a campaign to clean up the Raouche Beach in Beirut, Lebanon, was implemented on Saturday, September 18, 2021, morning. It was entitled “Keep it Clean! Keep it Green!”. The campaign was organized by Youth and Students for Peace organization, Lebanese Scout Association, and Jerusalem See, Lebanon and the Near East, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Our Lady and Saint Mark the Apostle in Lebanon.

HE Bishop Charles Mrad on “Days of the Season of Creation” Program:

‘We are all the brothers and children of one Nature, and mankind is invited to sanctify Mother Earth’

“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.” (Genesis 1: 1-2). This is how God created Earth and everything on it, and gathered all of them in one environment, thus creating Man in His image, and after His likeness, making him guardian of the Earth.

The Middle East includes many of the most important places of worship and Prayer centers in the world, such as the Anaphora Center in Egypt, which is distinguished by its environmental location in the heart of nature. So, what are the meanings behind this place? What is its importance? And why was it created in a simple environmental way?

Psychological and Spiritual Support Sessions in the Heart of the Lebanese Nature

The MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department implemented a new training as part of the “Trauma Healing and Spiritual Counseling” program for a group of youth at the Convent of the Congregation of Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family in Akoura, Lebanon, from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 September 2021. The training was organized by the program coordinator Sister Emilie Tannous in cooperation with the coordinator of the department's programs Jean-Pierre Eid.

As the Middle East is celebrating for the first time the international "Season of Creation", it worth highlighting the Anaphora environmental center, home of the Coptic Church, in Egypt.

The video presents an introductory report about this center for retreat and Prayer, its main objectives and the sections it is formed with.

Within the activities of the Vocational Program, MECC implemented vocational training in Damascus for 32 persons between the ages of 18 and 33.

The three-month training included the basics of men’s hairdressing and cosmetology, which were followed by a five-day business start-up courses that addressed the methods of starting – up a small business. At the end of the courses, every participant received a tool kit including all the necessary items to start working.

The importance of serving the weak and poor by sharing the Gifts of God, and the necessity of living together with love and equality.

A video prepared and presented by the committee member Father Elias Marswanian, from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and edited by Ali Al Jarouch.

The third episode of the program "Days of the Season of Creation" 2021 was broadcasted on Thursday, September 16, at 8:30 pm Beirut time and 5:30 GMT, and reran on Friday, September 17, 2021. The program is prepared in cooperation between Télé Lumière and Noursat and the Middle East Council of Churches. It is launched in the context of the international celebrations of the “Season of Creation” and will be broadcasted throughout the month of September. The content is prepared by the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department.

The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents the full video of the second episode of the “Days of the Season of Creation” on Télé Lumière and Noursat prepared by the Department; as well as the promotion video of the third episode’s topics and guests. As for the weekly message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled "Bkerke was the destination".