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 visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Lebanon on next June. As for the message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled this week “When fake becomes culture”.

El hombre inventa en su vida cotidiana métodos de trato y pautas de comportamiento que adopta en la gestión de sus asuntos vitales para asegurar sus intereses y preservar sus logros sociales, económicos, políticos y de otro tipo.

Son los mecanismos de autoconservación y autodefensa. La psicología los ha llamado «mecanismos de defensa», un concepto que se ha convertido en uno de los axiomas de la psicología y no hay controversia en torno a él, ya que se ha extendido incluso entre los no especialistas y la gente interpreta que muchos comportamientos entran dentro de este concepto.

El Departamento de Servicio y Ayuda – Diakonia, de la oficina del Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio en Siria, puso en marcha un programa de formación profesional para ayudar a los jóvenes a entrar en el mercado laboral en Damasco y en la zona rural de Damasco. En la formación participaron 50 jóvenes de entre 18 y 45 años.

Las profesiones que se impartieron fueron peluquería masculina, formación de chef y sastrería y tuvieron una duración de más de dos meses.

Man invents in his daily life methods of dealing and patterns of behavior that he adopts in managing his life affairs in order to secure his interests and to preserve his social, economic, political and other achievements.

They are the mechanisms of self-preservation and self-defense. Psychology has called them "defense mechanisms", a concept that has become one of the axioms of psychology and there is no controversy around it, as it spread even among non-specialists and people interpret many behaviors as falling within this concept.

The Service and Relief Department - Diakonia, at the Middle East Council of Churches, Syria office, implemented a vocational training program aiming at supporting youth to enter the labor market in Damascus and Rural Damascus. 50 young trainees aged 18 to 45 participated in the trainings.

The professions taught were men hairdressing, chef training and tailoring and lasted for more than two months.

Pope Francis Visits Lebanon in June 2022

The Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon announced on its website that the Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Joseph Spiteri informed that His Holiness Pope Francis will visit Lebanon next June. As for the date of the visit, it may be between 12 and 13 June, but it will be determined with the official program of the visit in coordination between Lebanon and the Holy See.

Workshops with Danmission Enhanced Cooperation with Humanitarian Organizations

Capacity building and skills improvement are main goals of the Middle East Council of Churches team, which seeks with every opportunity to develop the potential of its members and build their professional, intellectual and spiritual capabilities.

Lately, the team of the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department participated in a communication and media training workshop organized by the international humanitarian organization Danmission.

Tras su elección como Secretario Ejecutivo de la Asociación de Institutos Teológicos de Oriente Medio (ATIME: Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East), asociada con el Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio, el padre Mikhael Kanbar visitó Egipto y mantuvo numerosos encuentros teológicos y ecuménicos. El viernes 25 de marzo de 2022, visitó la Catedral Ortodoxa Copta de San Marcos, Anba Ruwais en El Cairo, el Seminario Teológico y el Instituto de Estudios Coptos, y mantuvo una reunión con los decanos de colegios e institutos de todas las familias de la Iglesia.

After his election as Executive Secretary of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East (ATIME) which is related to the Middle East Council of Churches, Father Mikhael Kanbar visited Egypt and had many theological and ecumenical gatherings. On Friday, March 25, 2022, he visited the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Anba Ruwais in Cairo, the Theological Seminary and Institute of Coptic Studies, and held a meeting with the deans of colleges and institutes from all Church families.