In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches you can find a news about the online discussion organized by MECC about Anti-Racism and Anti-Segregation, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. As for the message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled this week “A Speech on Hatred”.

Cuánto te odio, tú que eres otro que yo.

Cómo desearía que no existieras, pues tomas de mi espacio y bebes de mi agua y respiras de mi aire,

Tu existencia no es legítima en mi opinión, ya que eres uno de los errores de la historia y la naturaleza.

Eres una coincidencia que ojalá no hubiera ocurrido.

¿Qué te trajo de la nada a la existencia, tú que no te pareces a mí?

Tu color es diferente al mío, al igual que la forma de tus orejas, labios, ojos y el color del pelo.

La forma en que te sientas y caminas y todos tus gestos corporales los encuentro aborrecibles.

Bajo el patrocinio del Reverendo Dr. Haroutian Souleiman, jefe de la Iglesia Armenia en Siria, la Iglesia Protestante Armenia, y en cooperación con el Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio, se celebró una ceremonia de graduación para los participantes en los cursos profesionales organizados en la gobernación de Alepo, con la presencia del Presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de Alepo Amer Hamwi.

Durante la ceremonia, se distribuyeron kits de herramientas profesionales a 87 beneficiarios destacados de los cursos profesionales para ayudarles a iniciar sus propios negocios.

How I hate you, you who are other than myself,

How I wish you were not there, for you take from my space and drink from my water and breathe from my air,

Your existence is not legitimate in my opinion, as you are one of the mistakes of history and nature.

You are a coincidence that I wish had not happened.

What brought you from nothingness into existence, you who do not resemble me?

Your color is different from mine, as is the shape of your ears, lips, eyes, and hair color,

The way you sit and walk and all of your bodily gestures I find abhorrent.

The Middle East Council of Churches organized an online discussion on Anti-Racism and Anti-Segregation, today, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in the presence of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and the participation of Dr. Atef Kobrosi and Dr. Safa Rafka.

The meeting started with an opening note by Dr. Michel Abs, in which he shed light on facing racism and eliminating discrimination in all its types in order to spread the values ​​of peace, love and brotherhood.

The Communication and Public Relations Department at the Middle East Council of Churches have now issued its online Ecumenical calendar for the month of April 2022. It includes the Ecclesiastical and Liturgical feasts of the various families of Churches in the Middle East. In addition to international days identified by the United Nations, and which are related to the MECC identity and its spiritual and human mission. Noting that the remaining months of the year will be published consecutively.

The Service and Relief Department - Diakonia, Beirut office, at the Middle East Council of Churches, implemented a Women Empowerment program in cooperation with the municipality of Kfartebnite, South Lebanon. The program aimed at supporting women and developing their capabilities through their participation in training courses during which they learned new skills.

The video gives more details about the program and presents the expectations of the participants.

Under the patronage of Reverend Dr. Haroutian Souleiman, head of the Armenian Church in Syria, the Armenian Protestant Church, and in cooperation with the Middle East Council of Churches, held a graduation ceremony for the participants in the professional courses organized in Aleppo Governorate, with the presence of the President of the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce Amer Hamwi.

During the ceremony, professional tool kits were distributed to 87 outstanding beneficiaries of the professional courses in order to help them start their own businesses.

Standing Together Towards a More Sustainable Partnership

The General Secretariat of the Middle East Council of Churches held its annual meeting with its international and regional partner organizations and institutions, online, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. The meeting aimed at exchanging point of views and experiences in order to develop the MECC role and to ameliorate the work mechanisms in order to achieve the desired goals, and work together for a more effective future partnership.

The Archbishop of the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Jerusalem, His Eminence Dr. Hosam Naoum visited the headquarters of the Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut, today, Thursday, March 24, 2022. His Eminence was heading a delegation included Rev. Archdeacon Imad Zoorob, Rev. Canon Fouad Dagher, Rev. Malcolm Forrest, and Rev. Canon Donald Bilder. Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and the General Secretariat team welcomed them.

In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches you can find an invitation from MECC to participate in an online discussion about Anti-Racism and Anti-Segregation, on Wednesday 30th of March 2022. As for the message of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled this week “The Middle East Council of Churches: Towards the Twelfth General Assembly”.

For months, administrative and operational preparations have been underway for the convening of the twelfth General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches at a rate that increases as we get closer to its maturity, as this assembly comes five years and eight months after the eleventh assembly that was held in Amman in 2016. It goes without saying that the delay is caused by the pandemic which has been ravaging humanity for three years and is still doing so up till now.

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