From the MECC Archive: Who Were the Participants in the Council’s 11th General Assembly?

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Our ecumenical journey towards the 12th General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, which will be held between 16 and 20 May 2022 with the generous hospitality of His Holiness Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark Pope Tawadros II, in Cairo, Egypt, under the title of “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:27), has started. Thus, we will shed light accordingly on stages, excerpts, speeches, publications and photos from the previous MECC General Assemblies.

You can find below the list of participants in the MECC 11th General Assembly, held between 6 and 8 September 2016 in Amman, Jordan, under the title of “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His mercy endures forever” (Psalm 136: 1).

I.  ORIENTAL ORTHODOX FAMILY

Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia

·         His Holiness Catholicos Aram I (President) – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia

·         His Eminence Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian

·         His Eminence Bishop Nazaret Sarkissian

·         Right Rev. Father Housig Mardirossian

·         Dr. Jean Salmanian

Church of Alexandria and St Mark of Coptic Orthodox Church

·         His Holiness Pope Tawadros II – Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark of the Coptic Orthodox Church

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Anba Antonios

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Anba Bishoy

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Anba Benyamin

·         His Eminence Bishop Anba Thomas

·         Mr. Gergis Ibrahim Saleh

Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

·         His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II – Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Mar Theophilos George Saliba

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Mar Clemis Daniel Kourieh

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Mar Yostinos Boulos Safar

·         Ms. Khanem Mrani

II.   ORTHODOX FAMILY

Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

·         His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III (President) – Patriarch of Jerusalem

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Aristarchos

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Philomenos

·         Miss. Wafa Goussous

Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria

·         His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II – Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolaos Antoniou

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Gammoh Samer Narkissos

·         Rev. Father Papaevripiades Athinodoros

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

·         His Beatitude Patriarch Youhanna X – Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

·         His Grace Bishop Costa Kayal

·         Rev. Archimandrite Alexi Chehadeh

·         Prof. Michel Abs

Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus

·         His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II – Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus

·         His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaos

·         Rev. Father Ioannis Nicolaou

·         Mr. Michael Spyrou

III.   EVANGELICAL FAMILY

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan

·         His Grace Bishop Dr. Munib Younan (President) – Bishop of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

Coptic Evangelical Church - Synod of the Nile

·         Right Rev. Dr. Andrea Zaki – President of the Evangelical Church in Egypt

·         Rev. Dr. Kamal Youssef

·         Rev. Refat Fathi

·         Rev. Dr. George Shaker

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East

·         His Eminence Archbishop Suheil Dawani – Archbishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem

·         His Eminence Bishop Michael Lewis

·         His Eminence Bishop Azad Marshall

National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon

·         Right Rev. Dr. Joseph Kassab – General Secretary of the Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon

·         Reverend Fadi Dagher

·         Reverend Boutros Zaour

Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East

·         Right Rev. Megrditch Karagoezian – President of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East

·         Rev. Haroutioun Selimian

·         Ms. Shaka Koujryan Jackson

National Evangelical Union of Lebanon

·         Right Rev. Dr. Habib Badr – Senior Pastor of the National Evangelical Church of Beirut

National Evangelical Church in Kuwait

·         Right Rev. Amanuel Ghareeb – Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kuwait

IV.   CATHOLIC FAMILY

Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch

·         His Beatitude Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan (President) – Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Syriac Catholic Church

·         Rev. Father Habib Mrad

Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch

·         (His Beatitude Cardinal Mor Bechara Boutros al-Rahi – Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East)

·         His Excellency Archbishop Paul Sayah, Patriarchal Vicar of the Maronite Church

·         His Excellency Bishop Joseph Mouawad

·         His Excellency Bishop Moussa Hage

Greek Catholic Melkite Church of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem

·         His Beatitude Gregorios III Lahham – Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Greek Catholic Melkite Church

·         His Excellency Archbishop Kyrillos Selim Bustros

·         Maître Ibrahim Traboulsi

Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia

·         His Beatitude Krikor Bedros XX – Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia

·         His Eminence Bishop Boutros Marayati

Coptic Catholic Church

·         His Beatitude Patriarch Ibrahim Ishaq Sedrak – Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria

·         His Eminence Bishop Anba Kyrillos William

Chaldean Catholic Church

·         His Beatitude Mar Louis Raphael Sako – Patriarch of Babylon for Chaldeans

·         His Excellency Archbishop Michel Kassarji

·         Rev. Deacon Raphael Koupaly

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

·         His Beatitude Fouad Twal – Patriarch of the Latin Church in Jerusalem

·         Ms. Lina Musharbash