February 2020
By the grace of the Lord and the intercession of Saint John of Damascus, the students of the Saint John of Damascus Center for Christian Formation in Damascus resumed the second semester. The semester includes
A Statement by the Antiochian Orthodox Media CenterPatriarchate of Antioch and All the EastBalamand, February 22, 2020 Following the generous invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem to His Beatitude Patriarch John X
Praying to the departed is a crucial element of the Christian faith; the life of a person does not end with the dissolution of their earthly body and the separation of their soul and body.
With the blessing and under the patronage of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, the Greek language course was launched at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus. It should be