In the summer, we arranged for the iconographer Ian Knowles, founding director of the Bethlehem Icon School, to give a presentation on the School, and to tell us something of his work to conserve…
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To H.H. Pope Benedict XVI in the Church of St Paul, Harissa, Lebanon, during the signing ceremony of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation following the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the…
As Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and Head of the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy in Syria, we denounce the disgraceful film produced by some inhumane faction whose objective is…
To our sons and daughters in Syria and to the sons and daughters of the Church worldwide To all persons of good will “Come to a common word between us and you.”…
“Radical Islam revives an ancient hatred – Damian Thompson in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph Is a new and shocking wave of anti-Semitism engulfing the Middle East and the developing world? Consider the following: More…
Damascus, 3 August 2012 “Blessed are the peacemakers” With these words Our Lord exalts peace-makers, saying that “they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5: 9). Through these same Gospel words,…
Christians and Muslims are fasting and praying together To our brother bishops, members of our Holy Synod in the Middle East and throughout the whole world! To our sons and daughters: priests,…
His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch and leader of the Catholic Church in Syria, has imparted these reflections and observations as a vademecum to throw light on the…