The Saint John of Damascus Center for Christian…

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 two courses.

The first is an introduction to the New Testament with Reverend Father Daniel Nehme, and the second course is an outline of general ecclesiastical history with Archdeacon Malatios Shtahi.

The students had finished the first semester with other two courses: the first was an introduction to the Old Testament with His Eminence Metropolitan Saba Esber and the second was Christian Worship with His Grace Bishop John Batash. In addition, they took to an empowering course in the church typicon, with Reverend Archimandrite Damaskinos Kehde.

The students of the Center also received more than once the spiritual blessing of visits by His Beatitude, Patriarch John X, in the company of some reverend bishops and other guests. Hence they had the opportunity to have talks with His Beatitude and to listen to his spiritual counsels.