The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Publications, Interventions and Activities

For the year 2023

 

Editorials: 41

Webinars & Seminars: 11

Lectures, Speeches & Consultations: 4

Trainings: Training MECC Team 1

Visits of the MECC S.G and delegation: 12

Visits to the MECC S.G: 7

Spiritual Retreats: 3

Felicitations news: 6

TV Interviews: 13

ZOOM Meetings with International Partners: 2 & REOS Meeting: 1 = 3

MECC Statements: 3

Prayer Service Participation: 7

Staff Farewell: 1

Ecojustice & COP28: 4

MECC S.G. Meeting with ATIME: 1

Christmas Message: 1

 

Editorials:

 

Medical Ethics, the Physician and Society
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/1/medical-ethics-the-physician-and-society

 

Strengthening Social Peace through Strengthening Humans

Approaches, Tools and Cautions

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/8/strengthening-social-peace-through-strengthening-humans

 

The Antiochian Levant of Life

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/the-antiochian-levant-of-life

 

The Feast of the Annunciation and the Unity of Humankind in Mary

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/22/the-feast-of-the-annunciation-and-the-unity-of-humankind-in-mary

 

Religious Events and the Sharing in Common Life

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/29/religious-events-and-the-sharing-in-common-life

 

Dignity for the afflicted person

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/5/dignity-for-the-afflicted-person

 

Reflections in the time of the resurrection

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/12/reflections-in-the-time-of-the-resurrection

 

Antiochians despite the destructions!

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/19/antiochians-despite-the-destructions

 

Behind the Screen of Hate

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/behind-the-screen-of-hate

 

Freedom of the press and the martyrs of the word

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/3/freedom-of-the-press-and-the-martyrs-of-the-word

 

Between the chair of Mark and the chair of Peter

A promise of love for humanity

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/10/between-the-chair-of-mark-and-the-chair-of-peter

The Middle East Council of Churches Mourns Passing of His Eminence Bishop Anba Kyrillos William

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/12/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-mourns-passing-of-his-eminence-bishop-anba-kyrillos-william

 

The Challenges of Religion in Relation to Authority

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/17/the-challenges-of-religion-in-relation-to-authority

 

An Open Letter to the Incarnate Lord, Jesus Christ

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/24/an-open-letter-to-the-incarnate-lord-jesus-christ

 

Family planning, social planning, and human dignity

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/30/family-planning-social-planning-and-human-dignity

 

Authority, Leadership and Vision

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/7/authority-leadership-and-vision

 

Hate Speech and Social Development

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/14/hate-speech-and-social-development

 

Between the Alterations of Modernity and Family Disintegration

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/21/between-the-alterations-of-modernity-and-family-disintegration

 

Religion: Its Position and Role in Organizing Life and Society

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/28/religion-its-position-and-role-in-organizing-life-and-society

 

Media and Stereotyping in Modern Society: The Dangerous Game

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/5/media-and-stereotyping-in-modern-society-the-dangerous-game

 

The Broken Dialogue, the Lost Society, and Ecumenism

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/12/the-broken-dialogue-the-lost-society-and-ecumenism

 

The Church and Its Response to Harming Its Endowments

The Land Regain in Jerusalem as Model

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/19/the-church-and-its-response-to-harming-its-endowments

 

The Church in Defense of Creation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/26/the-church-in-defense-of-creation

 

Three years elapsed

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/2/three-years-elapsed

 

Asylum and marginalization under the scrutiny of justice and faith

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/23/qqryrd9qpaj1ui23mhs6b3jp1flh72

 

Father Andraos Al Anthouny, Head of the Coptic Orthodox Community in Lebanon Ordained as Hegomen

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates Him

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/30/father-andraos-al-anthouny-head-of-the-coptic-orthodox-church-in-lebanon-ordained-as-hegomen

 

Season of Creation and the Human Recklessness

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/30/season-of-creation-and-the-human-recklessness

 

Pieces of us abandoned in the street

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/6/bx5d2pm218agauiha60d62cl0mx0qp

 

O Holy Cross!

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/13/o-holy-cross

 

Takla, the first among the female martyrs

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/20/takla-the-first-among-the-female-martyrs

 

School Dropouts: Booby-Trapping the Future of a Nation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/29/school-dropouts-booby-trapping-the-future-of-a-nation

Two Editorials

1- Between the gift of the Creator and the futility of creature... the search for justice

2- Again, on the Path of Spiritual Renewal facing Challenges

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/between-the-gift-of-the-creator-and-the-futility-of-creature-the-search-for-justice

 

The girl child between aspirations and bitter reality

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/11/the-girl-child-between-aspirations-and-bitter-reality

 

That Too Long Night

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/19/that-too-long-night

 

Land of Martyrs and Saints

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/25/land-of-martyrs-and-saints

 

Violence against children and crime against childhood are scourges that are out of control

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/2/violence-against-children-and-crime-against-childhood-are-scourges-that-are-out-of-control

 

Science between the greatness of the Creator and the sins of creation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/8/science-between-the-greatness-of-the-creator-and-the-sins-of-creation

 

Between tolerance and hatred lies this frantic race

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/15/between-tolerance-and-hatred-lies-this-frantic-race

 

Leadership decisions at a critical stage

The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/22/leadership-decisions-at-a-critical-stage

 

The Mirage of Peace in the Middle East

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/29/the-mirage-of-peace-in-the-middle-east

 

Christian Praxis in Creation Care

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/6/christian-praxis-in-creation-care

 

Between safe migration and despair suicidal migration...a homeland

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/13/between-safe-migration-and-despair-suicidal-migrationa-homeland

 

Webinars & Seminars:

"Dignity for the Afflicted Person" The New Webinar Organized by MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: We live daily the tragedy of the afflicted person until it has become a natural part of our daily scene

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/5/-1-4hs9s

 

On the Tenth Yearly Commemoration of the Abduction of the Archbishops of Aleppo

MECC in a Seminar and Commemoration

The issue of the Abducted and Forcibly Absented, a Violation of Human Dignity

His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian:

We Call on the Competent Local and International Parties to Search and Reveal the Unknown Fate of the Archbishops

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Declares

April 22 of Each Year as the Ecumenical Day of the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/25/on-the-tenth-yearly-commemoration-of-the-abduction-of-the-archbishops-of-aleppo

 

"Family Planning and Human Dignity"

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

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/26/-2-bjs33

 

"Challenges Facing Family Values"

A Seminar Organized by the Lebanese Council of Women and the Research Center - Institute of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University, with the participation of the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers

The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs:

The family is a red line, because the safety of society is a red line, and we consider whoever tries to harm this basic cell, guilty of social crime

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/21/-1-xtka5

 

"Media and Stereotyping the Other"

The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The danger lies not only in what is said, but also in what is not said, which may enter the collective unconscious and affect the public’s minds and souls

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/4/-2-4bkem


Human Dignity and Palestinian Refugees

A Round Table Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: in MECC, we dealt during wars with the displaced Palestinian, whom they were given the title of refugee, in various refugee camps, and our institution was the forerunner in serving these displaced persons

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/28/--98szl

 

Human Dignity for Newborns of Unknown Parents

The New Monthly Webinar Organized by MECC

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Childhood is the basic red line in any society that wants to produce normal adults, and wants to secure a better future for its generations, born and yet to be born

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/5/1np3sqryfubgse1jtgljhrjp28ldw9

 

School Dropout and Human Dignity

The Monthly New Webinar Organized by MECC

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: School dropouts signify a society that has lost its ambition, sacrificing its aspirations at the altar of deprivation and hardship

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/29/-1-e8jpr


With Gaza: Rejecting Genocide

A Webinar Organized by MECC Following the Baptist Hospital Bombing

Testimonials and Experiences from Palestine and Regional Countries

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: with what is happening today in Gaza, people remember all the massacres committed by the occupation, which it made the basis of its entity, as well as the crime it practices on a daily basis, to the point that it has become inherent in the lives of the Palestinians

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/19/2tl98ljvsh8s6udqdfxxkco5vnk62d-ffprt

 

Violence Against Children and Human Dignity

The New Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: Let everyone who practices violence against a child, be it physical or verbal, know that he/ she is violating the will of the Creator and sowing in society a brick of hatred and resentment

Street Children and Human Dignity

The New Monthly Webinar Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: child is the gift of the Creator and the continuation of life, and is a grace from God so that we must treat them well

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/4/street-children-and-human-dignity

 

Protective Policies for Childhood Dignity

A Round Table Organized by the Middle East Council of Churches

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The panorama of childhood in our country does not lead to contentment or reassurance, neither to the present nor to the future

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/29/-1-j6pnr

 

Lectures, Speeches & Consultations:

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in a Lecture on the Apostolic Exhortation,

New Hope for Lebanon, organized by USJ in Beirut
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/6/-2-mxne4

 

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Prays for the Abducted Archbishops of Aleppo

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs:

During my reading of the book "A Citizen's Vision" by His Eminence Archbishop Mor Gregorius Youhanna Ibrahim, I was hearing the cry of a citizen leader, a visionary with an insightful view of things and an open mind

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/19/-2-6kk9x

 

MECC Participates in a Forum on Citizenship and NGO

Organized by Saint Joseph University in Beirut

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: MECC is a place of Christian togetherness, as it aims to build bridges between the various Church families and all components of the society

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/-2-hkkme

 

Under the Patronage and in the Presence of His Beatitude Patriarch John X

Convening of the International Scientific Conference

“The Orthodox Church of Antioch from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century: Towards a Proper Understanding of History”

The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs Participates in the Opening Ceremony

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/-1-w2a4n

 

 

Trainings:

The Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Continues the Training Program on Basics of Organizational Behavior and Work Relations for the MECC team

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/14/-1-4z6xx

 

 

Visits of the MECC S.G:

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and His Eminence Bishop Munib Younan

Meet His Eminence Cardinal Kurt Koch and a Delegation from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-and-his-eminence-bishop-munib-younan

 

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation Meet His Holiness Pope Francis Following His General Audience

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/15/-3-l68h5

 

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on an Easter Visit to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/10/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-on-an-easter-visit-to-his-beatitude-patriarch-raphal-bedros-xxi-minassian

 

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Visits Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian on the Occasion of Easter

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/10/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-visits-reverend-dr-paul-haidostian-on-the-occasion-of-easter

 

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Meets Mr. Rudelmar Bueno De Faria Secretary General of ACT Alliance, in Geneva

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/18/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-meets-mr-rudelmar-bueno-de-faria

 

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation on a Visit to the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon His Excellency Monsignor Paolo Borgia

Towards Consolidating the Relations Between the Vatican, the Apostolic Nunciature and MECC

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/31/--2r2em

 

MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Attends an Honorary Reception for CEO of Armenian Missionary Association of America Mr. Zaven Khanjian

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/13/mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-attends-an-honorary-reception-for-ceo-of-armenian-missionary-association-of-america-mr-zaven-khanjian

 

His Beatitude Patriarch John X Meets His Eminence Archbishop Christophoros and the Accompanying Delegation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/7/his-beatitude-patriarch-john-x-receives-his-eminence-archbishop-christophoros-and-the-accompanying-delegation

 

The Arab Republic of Egypt Celebrates its National Day

At the Invitation of His Excellency Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Dr. Yasser Alawi

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Reception Held in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/25/-1-gyx98

 

His Grace Anba Antonios, Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East for the Coptic Orthodox Church

And MECC President for the Eastern Orthodox Family

Receives the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/26/-4-paesf

 

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs with an MECC Delegation on a Visit to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/20/-2-ag7fk

 

Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and an MECC Delegation on a Visit to His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

Preparations for the MECC Fifty-Year Jubilee

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/23/r1zlvewifqllcxfpiwznnj3ebw1lau

 

 

Visits to the MECC S.G:

A Delegation from ELCA Visits MECC in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/21/-1-gntpz

 

A Delegation of German Tourists Visits the MECC Headquarters in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/28/--pghwe

 

A Delegation from Church of Sweden Visiting MECC in Beirut

Towards Strengthening the Partnership Between Both Sides

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/10/sd-zs59z

 

A Delegation from “Attalaki” Organization Visits MECC in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/17/-e-2x56t

 

The ACT Alliance Regional Representative – MENA, Mrs. Rachel Luce

On a visit to MECC in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/14/the-act-alliance-regional-representative-mena-mrs-rachel-luce

 

A New Partnership Contract Between "Danmission" Organization and the Middle East Council of Churches

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/13/wc07ktmk5ispbckzk904n27b8dhd4l

 

A Delegation from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark

On a Visit to the MECC Headquarters in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/--mzlh4

 

Spiritual Retreats:

Spiritual Retreat for the MECC Team Hosted by Saint Paul Convent in Harissa, Lebanon Together Towards Easter

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/3/28/spiritual-retreat-for-the-mecc-team

 

The Middle East Council of Churches’ Team Celebrates the “Season of Creation” 2023

A Spiritual Retreat Hosted by Bishop Constantine Kayyal

Head of the Greek Orthodox Saint Elie Chouaya Patriarchal Monastery in Lebanon

Together We Glorify God the Creator!

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/5/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-team-celebrates-the-season-of-creation-2023

 

A Christmas Spiritual Retreat for the Team of the MECC General Secretariat at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/30/--t3r8e

 

Mourning News:

The Middle East Council of Churches Mourns Passing of Dr. Agnes Abuom,

Former Moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/dr-agnes-abuom/en

 

Felicitations news:

His Holiness Catholicos Patriarch Mar Awa III Royel Sends an Easter Letter to the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/10/his-holiness-catholicos-patriarch-mar-awa-iii-royel-sends-an-easter-letter-to-the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian

On the occasion of the 50-Year Golden Jubilee of His Priesthood

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/28/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-congratulates-his-beatitude-patriarch-raphal-bedros-xxi-minassian

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Youssef Al-Absi

On the occasion of the 50-Year Golden Jubilee of His Priesthood

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/3/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-congratulates-his-beatitude-patriarch-youssef-al-absi

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa on His Elevation to the Rank of Cardinal at the Catholic Church

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/10/-2-864wm

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

On the occasion of the 28th Anniversary of His Election and Consecration as Catholicos

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/12/--wea79

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Congratulates His Beatitude Pope Theodoros II

On the occasion of the Fifty Years of His Monasticism

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/8/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-congratulates-his-beatitude-pope-theodoros-ii

 

TV Interviews:

The Abducted and Forcibly Absented

The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs

In A Special Interview on Télé Lumière - Noursat

Wednesday 19 April 2023, at 11 am Beirut time

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/18/the-abducted-and-forcibly-absented

 

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks About the Issue of the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented

On Charity Radio TV

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/26/--29l8d

 

One Holy Universal Church

Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks About Christian unity and the MECC Mission on Télé Lumière and Noursat

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/16/-1-fe5w2

 

Video - The Meeting of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and His Holiness Pope Francis in an Interview with the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on Al Keraza TV
https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/23/-1-2man3

 

Middle East Council of Churches approaches 50 years: what will be the profile?

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

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/24/middle-east-council-of-churches-approaches-50-years-what-will-be-the-profile

 

Video - The MECC Secretary General Professor Dr. Michel Abs, Guest in a Special Episode on the 33rd Anniversary of the Founding of Télé Lumière and Noursat

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/6/7/the-mecc-secretary-general-professor-dr-michel-abs-guest-in-a-special-episode-on-the-33rd-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-tl-lumire-and-noursat

 

Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Sheds Lights Via Al Jazeera on the Situations

In Gaza and the Repercussions of the Bombing that Occurred on the Church of Saint Porphyrios

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/20/-3-8cmyd

 

Video – The Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the MECC Statement

Following the Events in Gaza and the Difficult Circumstances Taking Place in the Holy Land, Via Télé Lumière and Noursat

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/23/-1-sa9bh

 

Video – The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Highlights the MECC Statement Regarding the Painful Events in Gaza, Stressing the Concept of Human Justice, Via Voice of Van Radio

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/2/video-the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-highlights-the-mecc-statement-regarding-the-painful-events-in-gaza-stressing-the-concept-of-human-justice-via-voice-of-van-radio

 

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Asks: Are We Going to Announce an Environmental Emergency Plan?

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/29/the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-asks-are-we-going-to-announce-an-environmental-emergency-plan

 

Video - The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Talks about the Environmental Crisis and the Church’s Role Towards It

In a Media Interview Before the Beginning of the COP28 Conference of the Parties on Climate Change

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/29/video-the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-talks-about-the-environmental-crisis-and-the-churchs-role-towards-it

 

A Video Message from the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs on the Occasion of New Year and the International Day of Peace, on Voice of Van Radio

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/28/a-video-message-from-the-mecc-secretary-general-dr-michel-abs-on-the-occasion-of-new-year-and-the-international-day-of-peace-on-voice-of-van-radio

 

Télé Lumière Prays for the South of Lebanon and Offers Meditations Rejecting War and Calling for Love and Peace

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/30/-1-r9dr8

 

ZOOM Meetings:

MECC and KAICIID in a Coordination Meeting: Towards a More Developed Cooperation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/19/mecc-and-kaiciid-in-a-coordination-meeting-towards-a-more-developed-cooperation

 

Strengthening Environmental Cooperation

Between the Middle East Council of Churches and SAT 7

Together We Celebrate the “Season of Creation”!

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/11/strengthening-environmental-cooperation

 

MECC Statements:

MECC Statement on the Declaration of the Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/25/-2-rt3ak

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Expresses Its Solidarity

With His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Louis Raphaël Sako

And Calls for Resolving Issues with Love

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/7/19/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-expresses-its-solidarity

 

Statement issued by the Middle East Council of Churches

About the war of extermination against the Palestinian people in Gaza

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/statement-issued-by-the-middle-east-council-of-churches

 

REOS Meeting:

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates

In the WCC Annual Meeting with the General Secretaries of the Regional Ecumenical Organizations

Towards Justice, Peace and Reconciliation

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/zcpmkbj72p8nwhkzxtg9ec3xsa8p6p-znrs5

 

Prayer Service Participation:

His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian Presides Over the Divine Liturgy

On commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Service

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/4/25/-3-f9f9w

 

The National Evangelical Church in Beirut Celebrates its 175th Jubilee

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Celebration

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/5/19/the-national-evangelical-church-in-beirut-celebrates-its-175th-jubilee

 

His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai Launches the Founding Document of the Synodal Path

 “Women’s Vocation and Mission in God’s Plan and the Life of the Church and Society”

The MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs Receives this Document from His Beatitude in Bkerke

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/13/his-beatitude-patriarch-cardinal-mar-bechara-boutros-al-rai-launches-the-foundind-document-of-the-synodal-path

 

Haigazian University in Lebanon Celebrates the 68th Anniversary of Its Founding in the Presence of Its President Reverend Dr. Paul Haidostian

MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Celebration

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/18/-68--elgaj

 

His Beatitude Patriarch John X Holds a Prayer On the Occasion of the Canonization of Martyred Fathers and Priests Nicolas and His Son Habib Khasha of Damascus

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participates in the Prayer

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/23/-3-r57py

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Joins His Holiness Pope Francis in Prayer

On the Intention of the Synod’s 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Catholic Church

And celebrates the Feast of Saint Thecla

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/9/28/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-joins-his-holiness-pope-francis-in-prayer

 

The Middle East Council of Churches Prays for Peace in Gaza

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/20/-1-7yphl

Staff Farewell

The Middle East Council of Churches Bids Farewell to the Financial Director Mrs. Manal Bechara Bou Habib After Eight Years of Service

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/8/23/the-middle-east-council-of-churches-bids-farewell-to-the-financial-director-mrs-manal-bechara-bou-habib-after-eight-years-of-service

 

Ecojustice:

MECC Concludes the “Season of Creation” in the East

With an Ecumenical Prayer Service at USEK - Lebanon

The Council Inaugurates in Cooperation with ATIME

The Symposium “Ecumenical Perspectives on Climate Change”

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/4/--ks83j

 

The Second day of “Ecumenical Perspectives on Climate Change” Symposium at USJ - Beirut

Organized by MECC in Cooperation with ATIME

Environmental Lectures Combining Theology and Science

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/-2-ks6fr

 

COP28:

An Ecumenical Prayer Service at the Church of Christ - Jebel Ali, Beside the COP28 Activities in Dubai

The MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs: The environmental burden has become immense!

The Church of Christ must intervene to curb the deterioration, deter the saboteurs from continuing in their wrongdoing, preserve and protect what remains of creation for us

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/5/-cop28--wf6e5

 

The MECC Secretary General Prof. Dr. Michel Abs and the Director of the Theological and Ecumenical Department Father Dr. Antoine Al Ahmar

Participate in Seminars During the COP28 Conference in Dubai

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/6/the-mecc-secretary-general-prof-dr-michel-abs-and-the-director-of-the-theological-and-ecumenical-department-father-dr-antoine-al-ahmar

MECC S.G Meeting with ATIME:

The Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East

(ATIME)

Holds Its General Assembly Meeting Hosted by the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology - Balamand, Lebanon

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/10/6/the-association-of-theological-institutes-in-the-middle-east

 

Executive Committee Meeting:

The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches Starts Its Meeting With A Minute of Silence In Memory of Gaza Martyrs

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/17/--lf7az

 

Participants in the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches

“Our presence in this region is strong and rooted. We reject the language of war and always strive to be advocates of peace”

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/20/participants-in-the-meeting-of-the-executive-committee-of-the-middle-east-council-of-churches-1

 

The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches Holds Its Regular Meeting On Its First Day

On the Agenda Are the Latest Harsh Developments Happening in the Region

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/18/the-executive-committee-of-the-middle-east-council-of-churches-holds-its-regular-meeting-on-its-first-day

 

Final Statement

Middle East Council of Churches Executive Committee Meeting

Beirut, 17-18 November 2023

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/11/20/final-statement

Christmas Message:

From the children of Bethlehem to the children of Gaza...

The crime is the same and the victim is the same

Christmas Message 2023 from the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Dr. Michel Abs

https://www.mecc.org/mecc/2023/12/12/messages-of-hope-during-christmas-3m5bf-7cksg-yspmg-z7twc-4ltrs-fn7w7-5jjzf-fcbz2-n968y-aj4st-kwkrj-xw4tb