His Beatitude Patriarch John X Visits the Muslim Religious Leaders in Lebanon

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Beirut, June 26, 2021

His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, visited the Muslim religious leaders in Lebanon. He met, consecutively the Grand Mufti of the Lebanon, Sheikh Abdul Latif Darian at Dar al-Fatwa, Sheikh Akl of the Druze Naim Hassan at the Druze Dar Al-Taifa in Beirut, and Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, first deputy-head of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council, the representative of Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, the head of the council, at the council's headquarters.

His Beatitude was accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan (Moussi) of Mount Lebanon. The meetings were attended by Dr. Muhammad Al-Sammak and Dr. Michel Abs.

In these meetings, His Beatitude informed the Muslim spiritual leaders about the upcoming event organized by Pope Francis, which is the day of prayer and meditation to be held at the Vatican in the presence of the heads of Christian churches in Lebanon …


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