Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches
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 final statement of the MECC Executive Committee meeting held online on February 11, 2022. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled “Social Justice and the Misery of Humanity”.
In the issue also MECC mourns in an Arabic condolence letter Anba Youhanna Kolta from the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate in Egypt and MECC Honorary President.
The issue includes a report about the economic repercussions of the coronavirus and the post pandemic stage, entitled “The Middle East Plagued by the Pandemic, Poverty and Unemployment Rates, International Endeavors to Contain Post-Covid-19 Stage, Is the End of the Pandemic Near?”.
As well as, you can find a report on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rome, under the title of “The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Antioch, February 22, the Beginnings of the Church from the East to all the World, And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church…” (Matthew 16:18)”.
In addition, the issue presents a video about the reconstruction work at the Private Secondary School of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Aleppo, within the “Restoration Fund for Rehabilitation of Faith-based Social Services & Religious Infrastructure Damaged During the Crisis in Syria”.
In preparation for the MECC 12th General Assembly, you can find the minutes of the MECC 11th General Assembly, held between 6 and 8 September 2016 in Amman, Jordan.
The issue also includes the Ecumenical Calendar issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department for February 2022. As well as, various Ecumenical reports, the weekly Prayer, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches.
Moreover, the issue presents a socio-economic overview of the Middle East during January 2021 and the latest updates of the Coronavirus in the region.