Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY
May 30 2008

ORIENTAL ORTHODOX STANDING COMMITTEE MEETS IN ST MARK – CAIRO

>From mecc <mecc@cyberia.net.lb>
Date Fri, 30 May 2008 03:15:45 -0700

The Standing Committee of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East
met in St Mark Coptic Orthodox Conference Centre – Cairo May 7 – 8. On the
9th, the meeting was presided by His Holiness Pope Shenouda of the Coptic
Orthodox Church, and His Holiness Patriarch Zakka Iwas I of the Syrian
Orthodox Church. His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Orthodox
Church was not able to travel from Beirut because of the special situation
in Lebanon. The Committee presented its working papers to the Heads of
Churches. No common declaration was issued until the Heads of Oriental
Orthodox meet again. There were many issues and reports on the agenda of the meeting, regarding the relations and dialogues between the Oriental Orthodox churches in the Middle East and the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran Churches as well as the World Council of Churches and the Middle East Council of Churches.

>Middle East Council of Churches
>Office of International Ecumenical Relations
>P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon

Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary

mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb