Three months has passed since the earthquake that hit the North of the Antiochian Levant, and the survivors in Syria are still suffering from this disaster’s repercussions on various levels, as their wounds have not yet healed.

From its end, the Middle East Council of Churches continues its endeavors to support the affected people in order to alleviate the impact of this tragedy by providing a new batch of in-kind food and health aid assistance, as you can find in the video.

Report: May 27th, 2023

The Middle East Council of Churches is being involved in the relief and rehabilitation efforts in Syria under the name of "Rescue Syria Campaign" through which the Council shall be dealing with the relief efforts in this emergency period and later on with rehabilitation plans in order to help people survive properly and resume a normal life with dignity.

MECC will be publishing a periodical report under the name of "Rescue Syria Update" which will keep you informed about the developments of MECC action as well as the overall situation in a context analysis perspective. 

The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: We hope that the economic, social and cultural transformations will accumulate in order to form, one day, enough pressure to create a society that follows new rules

The Middle East Council of Churches continues its series of monthly seminars, and held a new webinar on the theme of "Family Planning and Human Dignity", on Thursday 25 May 2023, with the participation of specialists, academicians, and interested attendees in the topic at hand. Noting that this webinar comes within the framework of the “Human Dignity Project” - “Dialogue and Social Cohesion-Social Capital Rehabilitation”, which MECC is implementing consecutively.

The webinar, which was broadcasted live on the MECC Facebook Page, included three interventions, moderated by Dr. Chawki Attieh, who highlighted in his opening speech the concept of family planning and its goals, as well as the issue of human dignity in the context of the webinar’s topic.

In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, MECC strongly condemns the armed conflicts taking place in the country and affecting the Sudanese brothers and sisters, and also denounces the painful attacks on the Churches and places of worships in the country, which some of them were converted into military barracks. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it is entitled “An Open Letter to the Incarnate Lord, Jesus Christ”, in which he condemned the lack of humanness in our societies which are mired in problems and crises, instead of adhering to the teachings of Jesus Christ.

On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the convening of the MECC 12th General Assembly under the title “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:27) between 16 and 20 May 2022, at the Papal Logos Center in Wadi El Natrun in Egypt, with the generous hospitality of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and the support of Reverend Dr. Andrea Zaki, President of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt and its institutions, the issue presents a video highlighting some footages and fraternal moments from this historic Ecumenical event.

His Eminence Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, MECC Honorary President, Will Be Awarded the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa

In the spring, the Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and the Faculty of Law will celebrate the conferral of degrees. The Faculty of Philosoply will hold its hundredth conferment ceremony.

As per tradition, the title of doctor honoris causa, the University’s highest recognition, will be awarded, in connection with the conferment ceremonies, to several individuals. This year, a total of 30 distinguished individuals from around the world will be conferred as honorary doctors.

We have begun the third millennium of Your Incarnation, and the world is as it is. You are familiar with it as You came for it, O Master.

Humanity is in steady decline, as if it is in a backward-time slow race, steadily retreating towards states of primitiveness.

This world, in which Your Kingdom has never been established, denies itself when it denies Your values ​​and teachings.

All that which You had predicted, Lord Incarnate, we live today.

All the iniquities of the world, the humankind has displayed publicly, without shame or ignominy, boasting about them, driving people into a race to commit bad deeds.

With the renewal of violent clashes and air strikes in Sudan, the Middle East Council of Churches strongly condemns the armed conflicts taking place in the country and affecting the Sudanese brothers and sisters. MECC also denounces the painful attacks on the Churches and places of worships, which some of them were converted into military barracks. These acts are dangerous, constitute a threat to human dignity, and a violation to the freedom of religion and human rights for people to live in peace and security.

The Middle East Council of Churches, Communication and Public Relations Department, have now issued its online Ecumenical calendar for the month of June 2023. 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.

An Interview with the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs by the World Council of Churches Website

In an interview by the Communication Department of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Prof. Dr Michel E. Abs, Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), reflects on how challenging daily lives can be in the Middle East, response to the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye, and plans to commemorate 50 years of the MECC.

The Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs was the guest of Reverend Rifaat Fikry, MECC Associate Secretary General, in a phone interview in an episode entitled “The Pope of Love, the Pope of Peace” within the program “Kadaya Sakhina” ( “Hot Issues”), on Al Keraza TV in Egypt, on Monday 22 May 2023. Dr. Abs presented his impressions and aspirations from the visit of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, to the Vatican, and his meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis. He also highlighted the importance of Christian unity where souls embrace and bridges are built. Moreover, the Secretary General considered that this trend of togetherness shall fulfill the role of example for all people.

"Family Planning and Human Dignity"

Thursday 25 May 2023 - 7:00 pm

The Middle East Council of Churches has the honor to invite you to participate in its new monthly webinar, entitled "Family Planning and Human Dignity", on Thursday 25 May, 2023, at 7:00 pm.

You can participate in the webinar via the following Zoom link https://shorturl.at/gkrMY, and live on the MECC Facebook page.

The webinar, which includes three interventions, will start with an opening speech by its moderator Dr. Chawki Attieh, which will be followed with a speech by the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs.

“Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:27) was the title of the twelfth General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, which was held between 16 and 20 May 2022, at the Papal Logos Center in Wadi El Natrun in Egypt, with the generous hospitality of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and the support of Reverend Dr. Andrea Zaki, President of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt and its institutions. The Assembly was an Ecumenical gathering that brought a lot of hope to the people of the wounded Middle East... It was also a historic Ecclesiastical event that emphasized the importance of the Christian presence and role in the region.