His Beatitude Patriarch John X received Mr. Michael Onmacht, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the European Union Mission to Syria, and the accompanying delegation, at the Patriarchate in Damascus. The meeting included a discussion about the

His Beatitude Patriarch John X received Mrs. Thessaly Salina Chiapu, the Special Representative of the Republic of Cyprus for Religious Freedom in the Middle East, accompanied by Mr. Michael Hadjikirou, the Cypriot Ambassador to Damascus

“We see in you the pride and strength of the cedars in these times when the East and the world are in turmoil and yearn for the peaceful heaven of the Father of lights and