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 news of the new training implemented as part of the “Trauma Healing and Spiritual Counseling” program by the Theological and Ecumenical Department for a group of youth. As for the weekly message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled " Human Dignity: Violations and Response!".

No es necesario profundizar en las estadísticas sociales para conocer el alcance de las violaciones de la dignidad de las personas en todas las partes del mundo.

Nos basta con conocer el número de detenciones que se producen entre los que se levantan y expresan sus opiniones, así como entre los que exigen sus derechos o los de los demás.

Basta con que exploremos, a través de los medios de comunicación, las zonas de miseria de los países ricos y pobres, además de los cinturones de miseria que siguen caracterizando a las sociedades del mundo moderno.

El Santo Sínodo de la Iglesia Católica Armenia eligió al arzobispo de los armenios católicos de Armenia, Georgia, Rusia y Europa del Este, S.E. Raphaël François Minassian, como nuevo Catholicós y Patriarca de Cilicia de los armenios católicos. La elección se realizó tras el Sínodo de la Iglesia Católica Armenia que se celebró desde el 20 de septiembre de 2021 en el Colegio Pontificio Armenio de Roma, Italia.

Organizaciones juveniles en cooperación con el MECC:
«Así es como empezamos el cambio hacia un medio ambiente mejor»

Desde el corazón herido de Beirut, y desde las orillas de Raouche, querían el cambio e insistían, aunque fuera con pequeñas iniciativas, en restaurar el bello rostro del Líbano. El corazón palpitante de la sociedad, hombres y mujeres jóvenes dispuestos, a pesar de las dificultades económicas y sociales, a trabajar por un país mejor. El tipo de cambio esta vez es diferente y se olvida en un país como el Líbano, al igual que en la mayor parte del Medio Oriente, donde las crisis cada vez más profundas hacen que sus habitantes se olviden de la necesidad de cuidar su «casa común», pero en un ambiente dolorido, ¿alguien escucha?

Youth Organizations in Cooperation with the MECC:

‘This is how we start the change towards a better environment’

From the wounded heart of Beirut, and from the shores of Raouche, they wanted change and insisted, even with small initiatives, to restore the beautiful face of Lebanon. The beating heart of society, young men and women keen, despite economic and social hardships, to work towards a better country. The type of change this time is different and forgotten in a country like Lebanon, just like in most of the Middle East, where deepening crises are raging and causing its residents to forget the need to care for their “common home,” but in a pained environment, is anyone listening?

October 3, 2021, at the Visitation Monastery, Aintoura – Lebanon

Under the patronage of the Syriac Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al Rai, the Middle East Council of Churches has the honor to invite you to participate in the closing Prayer of the "Season of Creation" which is being celebrated for the first time in the East. The Prayer will be held on Sunday October 3, 2021 at 5 pm Beirut Time, in the Monastery of the Visitation, Philokalia Institute and Organization, in Aintoura, Keserwan – Lebanon.

The Holy Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop of the Armenian Catholics in Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Eastern Europe HE Raphaël François Minassian as the new Catholicos and Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics. The election was made following the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church that was held since September 20, 2021 in the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome, Italy.

We do not need to delve deeply into social statistics in order to ascertain the extent of violations of people's dignity in all parts of the world.

It is enough for us to be aware of the number of arrests taking place among those who stand up and voice out their opinions as well as among those who demand their rights or the rights of others.

It is enough for us to explore, through the media, the destitute areas in rich and poor countries alike, in addition to the belts of misery that continue to characterize the societies of the modern world.

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.