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Patriarch John X Meets the Metropolitans and Bishops of the Dioceses in Syria
Blemmana, May 26, 2020
His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East met the
metropolitans and bishops of the dioceses in Syria in the convent of Our
Lady in Blemmana. The meeting included their Eminences the
metropolitans: Saba Esber (Houran), George Abou Zakham (Homs), Basilios
Mansour (Akkar), Nicolas Baalbaky (Hama), Athanasios Fahed (Latakia),
and bishops: Moussa El Khoury, Dimitri Charbak, Elia Toumeh, and Efraim
Maalouli.
The meeting dealt with imminent issues, especially
those related to the recent outbreak of the Corona pandemic and the
preventive measures imposed on the church and society to limit the
spread. They decided to reopen all churches and monasteries in Syria to
host the collective prayers and divine liturgy, taking into account the
required precautions.
The Fathers also stopped at the difficult
living conditions resulting from the surrounding regional and global
circumstances, and stressed the necessity of directing all church
activities towards mutual support and aid for the needy.
