Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches

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The new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, presents the news of the Ceremony of the Appointment of His Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenian Catholics Raphael Bedros XXI. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled “You are the salt of the earth: trust, testimony, and role”.

It also Includes an investigation in which you can find the Churches and centers that MECC contributed in rehabilitating in cooperation with Kerk in Actie, entitled “With MECC and Kerk in Actie, The "Restoration Fund for Rehabilitation of Faith-based Social Services & Religious Infrastructure Damaged During the Crisis in Syria" Program Reaps the Fruits of its First Phase, A Field Tour in the Restored Projects”.

You can also find the news of the celebration of the World Mission Day during a Mass presided over by Maronite Archbishop of Beirut HE Mrg. Boulos Abdel Sater on Sunday October 24, 2021 at St. George’s Maronite Cathedral in Beirut.

The issue also presents the MECC digital Ecumenical calendar for the month of November 2021, and the last video of the series prepared for the “Season of Creation” 2021. In addition to MECC Departments’ news, various Ecumenical reports, videos related to the Council, weekly Prayer, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches. 

Moreover, the issue includes a socio-economic overview of the Middle East and Coronavirus in the region updates.