Today we are in the time of resurrection, the time in which the Master's divinity was manifested in its splendor, when He triumphed over annihilation and gave hope to humankind.

The little creature, immersed in sin and eager for interests, who is ready to eliminate the other, nay, the others, for the sake of his interests and the satisfaction of his selfishness, has learned the meaning of redemption.

Learn how the Son of Man, the Incarnated, the stronger than sin and the vanquisher of annihilation, sacrificed Himself for the sake of creatures that, since the beginning of their existence, had practiced nothing but reprehensible things, with the exception of a few in history, who had the same fate of the Master, but without the lessons that He provided us with in His Dignity.

Here He comes among us, with great humility that has no equal, and grew among us, like any ordinary person, carried out His message to the fullest, without being asked for from anyone, without oppressing anyone, but with all willingness and love, which culminated in self-sacrifice.

On the human level, the purest of testimonies is the testimony of blood, and here the incarnate shed His blood as a ransom for us, for the New Testament.

On the Occasion of Easter, His Holiness Patriarch Mar Awa III Royel, Catholicos – Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs.

You can find the full text of the letter.

On the occasion of Easter for the Churches that celebrates it following the Western Liturgical calendar, the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches, Dr. Michel Abs, visited Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian, President of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East, President of Haigazian University in Lebanon, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches, at the Church in Kantari region in Beirut, and wished him a Happy Easter. The visit was held in the presence of Church Priests, parishioners and personalities.

On the occasion of Easter for the Churches that celebrates  it following the Western Liturgical calendar, the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches, Dr. Michel Abs, and the Associate Secretary General, Mrs. Seta Hadeshian, visited His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches, at the Patriarchate's headquarters in Achrafieh - Beirut, and wished His Beatitude a Happy Easter. The visit was held in the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Georges Assadourian, the Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Catholic Church, nuns, clergy, parishioners and personalities.

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen, He is Risen Indeed!

On the occasion of the Feast of Easter, His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan Moussi, Greek Orthodox Bishop of Byblos, Batroun and Dependencies (Mount Lebanon) sent a greetings letter to the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs and to the members of the MECC family.

You can find the full text of the letter in Arabic.

In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, you can find the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, which title is “Dignity for the afflicted person”. It was the speech he delivered during the last monthly webinar organized by MECC, on Thursday 30 March 2023, and in which he talked about the human dignity and the vulnerable people.

The issue also includes details about this monthly webinar which centered around the dignity for the afflicted people. It was also broadcasted on the MECC Facebook page (Part 1 – Part 2). Noting that this webinar was part of the “Human Dignity Project” - “Dialogue and Social Cohesion-Social Capital Rehabilitation”, which MECC is implementing consecutively.

He is the homeless, the displaced, the refugee, the miserable, the unemployed, the marginalized, the abandoned, and the rejected.

He came to the wrong place at the wrong time.

He is the one who life retained its gifts from him and threw him into poverty until he became lost in the labyrinths of life.

Life is a fragile, meager structure, which in moments may turn into rubble... In a blink of an eye a person's life may turn into ashes.

The last glaring example before us is the night of the earthquake of the land north of Antiochian Levant, from Marash to Midyat, to Antioch, to Jableh, to Latakia, and to Aleppo. On that night, the lives of safe people turned into hell, and whoever had a roof to shelter him, had the sky as a roof, and whoever had a source of livelihood that avoided destitution, was waiting for his turn to get some of his food.

Organized by the International Organization for Migration and Orthodox Partners

At the invitation of the International Organization for Migration and Orthodox Partners, the Middle East Council of Churches represented by its Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, alongside the Director of the MECC Diakonia Department Eng. Samer Laham, participated in an international meeting entitled “Migration Challenges and Opportunities”, on Wednesday 5 April 2023, in the presence of representatives of various Churches, humanitarian organizations and concerned parties online or in person in Athens, Greece.

During the meeting, which you can watch it by clicking here, Laham delivered a message in which he presented an introduction about the Middle East Council of Churches, its mission, and the Ecumenical and humanitarian work it implements in the Middle East through various programs, especially its efforts to preserve human rights and dignity.