His Beatitude Patriarch John X meets the students…

2021-08-26
His Beatitude Patriarch John X meets the students of the preparatory year and first year students at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology.
 
Balamand, August 26, 2021
 
Patriarch John X met, at the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand, with the students of the preparatory year and first year students of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology. This meeting comes on the occasion of the student's enrollment at the institute, in preparation for the beginning of the academic year.
His Beatitude delivered a guiding speech to the new students, wishing them every success in their spiritual and academic journey alike.
His Beatitude called them to take advantage of all the opportunities as well as all the spiritual and theological experiences granted to them, at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand and at the Institute of St. John of Damascus, in order to be faithful ministers of the Church, steadfast in the love of Christ.