Tag: Lebanon
Lebanese President Demands Judicial Action Over ‘Virgin Mary Kiss’
15/2/14 Beirut (AFP) -- Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman demanded action Friday after a television station aired a photograph of a man kissing a statue of the Virgin Mary and ... Read More
Lebanese PM Optimistic on Release of Kidnapped Nuns
Daily Star, Lebanon - February 2014 BEIRUT -- Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati voiced optimism late Friday over the case of the group of nuns kidnapped ... Read More
Officials visiting His Holiness Aram I on Armenian Christmas discuss the situation in Lebanon and the Middle Eas
21/1/14 According to the established tradition, religious and political officials, as well as representatives of civil society and interreligious associations visit Antelias to express their ... Read More
Live television broadcast of Christmas Liturgy via satellite from Antelias – January 6th, 2014
Armenian Church in Lebanon - 5/1/13 The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) will broadcast LIVE via satellite the Christmas Liturgy presided over by His Holiness ... Read More
Fire of extremism devours decades-old Orthodox Christian library in Lebanon
Middle East Online Lebanon - 4/1/13 Unknown assailants torch Saeh Library in Tripoli, destroying two thirds of some 80,000 books and manuscripts housed there. TRIPOLI ... Read More
Lebanon Plans Commemorative Stamp for Genocide Centennial
10/12/13 BEIRUT—The government of Lebanon plans to issue a commemorative stamp picturing the Genocide Monument at Bikfaya, Lebanon, in order to commemorate the 100th Anniversary ... Read More
Bishop: Syrian Christians called to “take up arms”
10/12/13 A senior Orthodox Church official has urged Christians to take up arms to defend themselves and their holy places in the wake of the ... Read More
Bassil seeks unified effort to protect Syrian Christians
The Daily Star - 10/12/13 BEIRUT: Caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil called for forming a Lebanese delegation to tour countries with influence on the “terrorist ... Read More
Syria’s Christians Flee Kidnappings, Rape, Executions
By Jamie Dettmer - 20/11/13 Running from assault, abduction, and assassination at the hands of jihadists and FSA rebels, Syria’s ancient Christian community fears a ... Read More
Lamani Denies Contacting Kidnappers of Bishops in Syria, Lashes Out at ‘Inaccurate’ Media Reports
Naharnet Newsdesk - 12/11/13 Mokhtar Lamani, U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's representative in Damascus, denied on Tuesday that he is personally contacting the kidnappers of ... Read More
Lebanese Shiite leader launches interfaith dialogue
Haytham Mouzahem Translated by Tyler Huffman - 11/11/13 God taught us how to converse with all people. There are no sanctities when it comes to ... Read More
Syrian crisis prompts bid by faithful to ease suffering
Matt Rocheleau | Globe Correspondent - 4/11/13 As a civil war rages in his home country, Syrian native Moussa Sallale knows his family in Damascus is ... Read More
Lebanese President Vows to Help Secure Bishops’ Releas
22/10/13 BEIRUT -- President Michel Sleiman vowed Monday to help secure the release of two bishops kidnapped in April by armed men near the Turkish ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I meets representatives of countries and institutions at the European Union (EU) in Brussels
21/10/13 On the occasion of his presence in Brussels to address the 3rd Conference of the Armenian Genocide Committees in Europe, Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia ... Read More
Patriarch John X Calls for All-embracing Cabinet, Urges Responsibility in Case of Kidnapped Bishops
Naharnet Newsdesk - 15/10/13 Greek Orthodox Patriarch Youhanna X Yazigi stressed on Tuesday the importance of forming an all-embracing government to avoid a constitutional vacuum and consolidate civil ... Read More
Will Bishops Be Included in Deal
Jean Aziz for Al-Monitor Lebanon Pulse - 15/10/13 A Lebanese minister confirmed to Al-Monitor that he has completely freed up his schedule for the next few days, ... Read More
Bishop Shahé Panossian has been elected Primate of Lebanon
Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon On Monday 7 October 2013, the Diocesan Council of Lebanon met at St. Nishan Church in Beirut to elect a ... Read More
Do not forget Syria’s Christians, priest urges Westerners
Damascus, Syria, Sep 27, 2013 / 04:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Syrian priest has urged the West to remember the Christians in his country, many ... Read More
Religious leaders and Syrian refugees meet in Lebanon
By Isabella Eisenberg - 22/9/13 Here, in the northern Lebanese district of Akkar, Catholic-Maronite, Sunni, Greek-Orthodox and Alawite villages are scattered all over the landscape. ... Read More
Syrian Christians in Limbo, Fearing Repeat of Iraq
Clerics and other people attend the funeral of three men at Catholic Patriarchate in Damascus, Syria, on September 10, 2013. Jamie Dettmer - 19/9/13 BEIRUT — ... Read More
33rd Enthronement Anniversary of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of Anticoh and All East
17/9/13 Lebanon: Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas celebrated his 33rd year of Patriarchal enthronement on 14th September 2013. His Holiness is the 122nd Canonical Patriarch in ... Read More