This is Beirut, 05/01 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bechara Rai Parliament President
On the first Sunday homily of the year, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai reiterated the importance of electing a President of the Republic. Rai called for “praying for the parliamentary blocs for the success of identifying a President of the Republic.” He noted that “four days separate us from the ninth of this month when ...
This is Beirut, 01/01 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bechara Rai Election President
In a sermon given on the International Day of Peace on Wednesday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai called for vigilance, pointing out that “the presidential election scheduled for January 9 must take place.” He warned against postponing the session, indicating that such a maneuver would risk compromising the confidence of the Lebanese and the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-30 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai met with the caretaker Minister of the Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, and the former Minister of Finance and current Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, Jihad Azour. Upon discussing the issue of the presidential election, Mawlawi stressed that “the election of the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-24 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed on Tuesday that “there is no salvation for Lebanon without a return to the culture of positive and active neutrality.” “Neutrality is not a political position, but an economic position that supports stability, productive flexibility and ensures the rebirth of the neutral state,” he said in his ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 12:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Ahead of the presidential election session scheduled for January 9, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai expressed hope that a president capable of navigating this exceptional historical period would be elected. “The country needs a president who enjoys both domestic and international trust, one who believes in institutions and revitalizes them, who ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-15 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sunday Homily Bkerke Syria Christians Béchara Raï
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed the need to “encourage Christians (in Syria) to get involved in national and political work.” In his Sunday homily in Bkerke, Archbishop Rai affirmed that “it is essential to unite all components of Syrian society to collaborate in rebuilding the country,” stressing the importance of “building a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-01 13:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Bechara Rai Emmanuel Macron Hezbollah Israel France
At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai will travel to Paris on Sunday, December 8, to attend the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral after five years of restoration and renovation work following the fire that devastated significant parts of this iconic monument of Paris and France. In his ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-10 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai emphasized the “absolute necessity to extend the term of the Army Commander (General Joseph Aoun) due to the current exceptional circumstances,” in accordance with the best interests of the country at this time. Rai pointed out that this step is essential because of “the three-year-long presidential vacancy, ...
Fady Noun, 2024-10-20 19:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Bechara Rai Damascus Pope Francis Church canonization Maronite
Today, October 20, the universal Church has been graced with the addition of 14 new figures of holiness, including eleven martyrs: eight Franciscan religious and three Maronite laymen, the brothers Francis, Abdel Mohti, and Raphael Massabki. All were brutally killed in Damascus during the night of July 9 to 10, 1860, for their refusal to ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-16 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Bechara Rai United Nations USA
A Christian-Islamic spiritual summit convened on Wednesday at the seat of the Maronite Church in Bkerke, at the invitation of Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, to reaffirm national unity and call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. The urgent implementation of resolution 1701 was emphasized in the meeting's final ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-13 13:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Bechara Rai Middle East Pope Francis
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai read out a letter from Pope Francis addressed to the Christians of the Middle East during his Sunday homily. During the mass celebrated at the patriarchal headquarters in Bkerke, Patriarch Rai shared the Pope's words to "comfort" and "encourage" the faithful. "I will not tire of repeating that war is a defeat, that ...