On the occasion of the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Founders of the See of Antioch
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Presides Over the Holy Mass at the Mariamite Cathedral - Damascus
The MECC Secretary General Dr. Abs Participating in the Mass
You can find some photos at the end of the text.
In celebration of the Feast of the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Founders of the See of Antioch, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) for the Orthodox Family, presided over the Holy Mass at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus, on Saturday 29 June 2024.
Participants were their Eminences Bishops: Elias Kfoury (Tyre and Sidon), Damaskinos Mansour (Brazil), Efrem Kyriakos (Tripoli and Koura), Ignatius Al-Hoshi (France), Antonios Al Souri Sour (Zahle and Baalbek), and Nicolas Baalbaki (Hama), Athanasios Fahed (Latakia), Yacoub Al-Khoury (Argentina), Efrem Maalouli (Aleppo and Alexandretta), Gregorios Khoury (Homs), Antonios Saad (Souaida), and bishops Romanos Al-Hanat, Mousa Al-Khoury, Dimitri Sharbak, Youhanna Batash, Mousa Al Khasi, and a group of clergymen.
As well as, participants were Archimandrite Dr. 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 (ATIME), heading a delegation including Deans from the University of Balamand, Professors and students from the Institute, and the Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Dr. Michel Abs.
At the end of the service, His Beatitude Patriarch John X addressed his heartfelt greetings to the people of the Antiochian Church, in the homeland and the diaspora, asking for blessings and grace for them and asking God to grant peace and stability to the entire world.
