MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs Participating as Panelist in a Webinar Organized by WCC

"Past massacres in the Middle East" - Friday, November 19, 2021

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The World Council of Churches is organizing a webinar entitled “Past massacres in the Middle East” tomorrow, Friday, November 19, 2021 at 11 am to 12:30 pm CET, 12 pm to 1:30 pm Beirut time. Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Michel Abs will be participating as panelist alongside the founder and director of the Assyrian Genocide Research - Seyfo Center Sabri Atman, Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Justice in Kurdish regional government Dr Karmanj Othman, and WCC central committee member Teny Pirri-Simonian representing the Armenian Church Catholicosate of Cilicia.

The webinar will be moderated by the Executive Assistant to MECC Secretary General Seta Hadeshian, and co-facilitated by Rev. Dr. Mikie Roberts from the World Council of Churches. Panelists will be tackling some of the tragedies that the Armenian, Assyrian, Kurdish and Syriac communities have experienced in the past.

Click here to register your participation in the webinar. English and Arabic interpretation will be also provided.

Noting that this webinar is part of a series of regional webinars organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in collaboration with the WCC Spiritual Life. It is also part of many virtual events organized this year to mark the 75th anniversary of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs.