His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II accepts the invitation of the Sheikh al-Aql of the Druze community to attend an official Iftar banquet at the community's headquarters in Beirut
On the evening of Friday, March 21, 2025, His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the World, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, attended the Iftar banquet hosted by Sheikh Sami Abi Al-Muna, Sheikh al-Aql of the Druze community, at the Druze Community House in Beirut.
Also present at the Iftar banquet were:
His Excellency General Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic
The Right Honorable Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament
The Right Honorable Judge Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister
Former presidents and a number of current and former ministers and MPs
Among the religious leaders in attendance were:
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches for the Orthodox family
His Eminence Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches
His Beatitude Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenian Catholics and President of the Middle East Council of Churches
Archbishop Paolo Borgia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon
Other Christian and Muslim religious leaders
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