The Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs welcomed Father Melki with the “Roots Don’t Die” team

Friday 9 October 2020

Dr. Michel Abs, the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) welcomed at the Council's headquarters in Beirut, the priest of the parish Mar Behnam & Sarah for Syriac Catholic, Father David Melki. Father melki offered Dr. Abs a copy of the documentary “Roots don’t die”, while he was accompanied by a team of the media committee, Johnny Karam, Raffi Sayegh, Leah Adel Meemary and Tony Azar.

After the team offered their gift and congratulated Dr. Abs for his new position as Secretary General for the MECC, Melki explained the reasons that pushed him to prepare this documentary; Which studied the Biography of Mor Ephram the Syriac, in coincidence with the Saint's centenary and his declaration as a Saint for the whole church in 1920. He also revealed that the money collected out of this project would go be used to support the school students who are most in need, in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Dr. Michel Abis, who welcomed the delegation and congratulated them on the valuable work that preserves pages from the history of the Syriac Catholic Church, wished Father Melki, luck and success in his quest to document the history of his church. He also placed the capacity and energy of the Council especially that of the Communication Department under the disposal of the Syriac Catholic Church; In addition, he supported all projects which aim to preserve the history of the Christian Orthodox Church and to document it.