The MECC Executive Committee

August 4 Explosion Commemoration Eve

Remembers the Victims and the People Affected, Calls to Pray for them and for Lebanon

This press release is also available in Arabic.

Beirut, on August 3, 2021

Press release

The MECC Executive Committee held its online periodic meeting on Tuesday the 3rd of August 2021. The members of the committee, the Council teams in Beirut, Damascus, Amman, Jerusalem, and Cairo attended the meeting along with guests concerned with the Council’s work.

After the opening prayer, attendees addressed the tragedy of the Beirut port explosion, as it has been a year since the unfortunate accident without reaching any outcome, to determine responsibilities and achieve justice.

Attendees remembered the victims of the blast and the people affected. They prayed for Lebanon to go back to its days of stability and prosperity, and for citizens to go back to their normal dignifying lives.

Prayers and thoughts went to the Bleeding Middle East from Palestine, to Syria and Iraq.

During the meeting, attendees discussed the Council programs as well as administrative matters and took the necessary decisions. The Executive Committee decided to postpone the Council’s General Assembly meeting due in September 2021 to the month of May 2022. Attendees also talked about the Agenda basics and principles that will be discussed in the closed meeting of the Church leaderships to be held in the near future. They finally addressed the Council’s projects regarding the preservation of the environment and environmental justice.

The meeting was concluded with a closing prayer at 4:30 pm.

Middle East Council of Churches

Secretariat General