Dr. Michel Abs, the MECC Secretary General, Arrives in Cairo to Participate in the Conference of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East - A.T.M.E.

Cairo - July 10, 2024

Dr. Michel Abs, the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), arrived in Cairo to participate in the second annual conference of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East – A.T.I.M.E under the title “We Witness Together.”

He was accompanied on the visit by the MECC Media Church Relations Coordinator the journalist Lea Adel Maamary.

They were received at St. Mark's Conference House in the Obour area by the The Rt. Reverend Archimandrite Jack (Khalil), Dean of the Saint John of Damascus Institute at the University of Balamand in Lebanon and President of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East A.T.I.M.E.

Following the reception, Dr. Michel Abs met with Father Dr. Michael Kanbar, of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East – A.T.I.M.E., Reverend Bishoy Helmi, the A.T.I.M.E. Associate Executive Secretary for the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Reverend Dr. Samuel Rozfi, the A.T.I.M.E. Associate Executive Secretary for the Evangelical Churches, and many of participating students.

During the A.T.I.M.E. second annual conference, Dr. Michel Abs will deliver a lecture entitled "Ecumenical work and Rapprochement Under the Umbrella of the Middle East Council of Churches."

Dr. Abs will also deliver a speech entitled “Together from the Sources” at the General Assembly of the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East - A.T.M.E.