Beirut Blast in a Special Issue of “Al Muntada” Magazine, Published by the Middle East Council of Churches
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The Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) published a new and special issue of its quarterly magazine, “Al Muntada”, for the month of August 2021, in Arabic and English. It is entitled "Beirut, in the Heart of the Church, Beirut, a City of Resurrection". The department has dedicated this issue as a tribute to Beirut and its people on the first commemoration of the Beirut Port explosion which occurred on August 4, 2020. The issue includes exclusive interviews with the Bishops of Beirut from various Ecclesiastical families, special articles focusing on the repercussions of the blast, the suffering of the survivors, and the church’s presence amidst the tragedy, as well as its role in helping the wounded Lebanese people. Therefore, the memory of this human catastrophe remains alive and the souls of the victims endure immortal forever.
The issue features:
-Letter from the President
A Letter from His Holiness Pope Tawadros II to the Lebanese People
-Letter from the Secretary General
Dr. Michel Abs: ‘Killing a safe people… a matter not to be considered of…’
-The Event: One year since August 4
Beirut, in the Heart of the Church…
-MECC Report to Churches around the World to Support the Wounded Beirut and its Residents
-Beirut Metropolitan Elias Aude:
‘After August 4, they tried to change the demographics of Beirut…’
Khaled Tueini: ‘Rehabilitation costs of the institutions affiliated to the Archdiocese of Beirut reached 60 million dollars…’
-Bishop abdelsater:
‘People turn to the Church as a mother and a home’
-Bishop George Asadourian: ‘The patriarchate pledged to rehabilitate 200 houses in Beirut…’
-Bishop Chahi Banosian: ‘The Armenians of the worled rushed to help their communities in Lebanon…’
-Bishop Mar Mathias Charles Mrad: ‘August 4 was a hard test that we passed with faith and solidarity’
-Reverend Pastor Rima Nasrallah: ‘Amidst confusion people hold on to their churches’
-President of the Lawyers Syndicate of Beirut Melhem Khalaf: ‘The Beirut port explosion was an intentional crime’
-Attorney at law Mr. Ali Jaber: ‘Lawyers Syndicate operation room, 1570 lawsuits against Beirut murderers’
- Dikonia Lebanon: A Call from the Middle East Council of Churches to Help 45 Thousand Affected Beiruties
-Melvine Khoury, Beirut port explosion survivor: ‘August 4, we will never forget you’
-Report: ‘Between the port of Beirut and St. Anthony the Great, a story of neighbors, blood, and tears’
-Point of View:
‘August 4, 2020, another thunderous and violent truth of collective culpability’