Blessing the Foundation Stone of a New Monastery

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His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II blessed the foundation stone of the new monastery in Goiania in Brazil.

The new monastery will be built on a land donated by Very Rev. Fr. Paulo Milton; it will be dedicated for the monks to lead a spiritual life and work in the translation and publication of books from the Syriac Orthodox patrimony and tradition.

Their Eminences Mor Titus Boulos Touza, Syriac Orthodox Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil, Mor Selwanos Boutros Al-Nehmeh, Archbishop of Homs, Hama and Environs, Bishop Mor Faustino Jose Filio, and the clergy were present at the prayer of the blessing of the foundation stone of the new monastery which will be dedicated to Mor Stephanos.

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