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Bishop Audi calls for equal job opportunity for the Orthodox community

16 April 2017

NNA – Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church for the Archdiocese of Beirut, Elias Audi, held Easter Mass at Saint George Cathedral on Sunday, and called for fair and equal opportunity in all of the State’s institutions for the members of his community, who […]

Al-Rahi Calls on Officials in Easter Mass to Relinquish Personal Interests

15 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged the political authority in Lebanon to stop obstructing the political process in the country for their own personal gains, as he assured that the Christian community does not stand in a weak position. “The political authority can’t keep on dividing […]

Al-Rahi Says Won’t Tolerate Extension, Urges Electoral Law that Preserves Everyone

14 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi warned Thursday that he will not tolerate an extension of parliament’s term, as he called for an electoral law that does not “eliminate” any Lebanese component. “We want an electoral law that preserves all components… We are against exclusion, elimination and […]

Denunciation!

11 April 2017

The entire team of Odiaspora.org condemns the fatal attacks that targeted the two Coptic Christian Churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday, and offers its deepest sympathy to the families of the victims, and wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded.

Al-Rahi Urges Politicians to ‘Reconcile with People’ with New Electoral Law

10 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on politicians to “reconcile with people” through a new electoral law that gives them the right to hold their representatives accountable. “This reconciliation requires them to pull the people out of the state of poverty which has started […]

The Archbishop of Beirut, Bishop Boulos Matar, celebrated the Palm Sunday

10 April 2017

Lebanon’s Christians celebrate Palm Sunday The Archbishop of Beirut, Bishop Boulos Matar, celebrated the Palm Sunday Das and the march of Palm Sunday in the church of St. Barbara and met in Baalbek From the symposium on Gaza in the Awqaf Hall Archbishop Dahir during […]

Qaouq: Electoral Law Course from Bad to Worse, U.S. Tomahawks Overflew Lebanon

10 April 2017

Hizbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq warned Sunday that “the course of the electoral law is going from bad to worse,” noting that the Tomahawk missiles that U.S. warships fired at a Syrian airbase at dawn Friday had “violated Lebanon’s airspace.” “Our eyes today […]

Nuit des Musées Liban, édition 2017

7 April 2017

Pour sa quatrième édition de « la Nuit des Musées Liban », treize destinations accueilleront les Libanais qui auront envie ce vendredi 7 avril de Culture, de Patrimoine, et d’Histoire. Grâce au succès des trois éditions précédentes de « La Nuit des Musées », le […]

Al-Rahi Meets Aoun: We Won’t Accept to Reach Elections without New Law

7 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday visited President Michel Aoun in Baabda and stressed that a new electoral law should be reached as soon as possible. “After 12 years (from the 2005 elections), we cannot accept to reach the electoral juncture without a (new) law,” […]

La remise des dettes au pays de Canaan au premier millénaire avant notre ère

28 March 2017

Le CADTM republie une série d’articles sur les annulations de dette, les luttes dans cette perspective, la place de la dette dans les conflits politiques, sociaux et géostratégiques au cours de l’histoire. Pour la réaliser, le CADTM a fait appel à plusieurs auteurs différents. Le […]

Al-Rahi Urges Politicians to ‘Rise Above Private Interests’

27 March 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday noted that “all politicians in Lebanon will not be able to make any initiative unless they rise above their private interests that are being fulfilled at the expense of public welfare and the state’s treasury.” “We urge the officials […]

Rahi urges officials to put their interests away to undertake any initiative

27 March 2017

– Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi called on all politicians to rise above their personal interests and narrow calculations if they want to carry out any beneficial initiative. Rahi, whose words came during Sunday mass service in Bkirky, expressed that the malfunction of the […]