Choir Concert of the Church of Bartelly in Ankawa

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His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II attended a Choir Concert performed by the Choir of the Church in Bartelly, at Ankawa.
The Choir concert was attended by their Eminences: Mor Gregorius Saliba Shemoun, Patriarchal Counselor, Mor Justinus Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and Beqaa, Mor Timotheos Moussa Al-Shamani, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mor Matta Monastery, Mor Philoxenus Mattias Nayis, Patriarchal Vicar in Germany, Mor Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Archbishop of Mosul, Kurdistan and Environs, Mor Timotheos Matta Al-Khoury, Patriarchal Vicar in the Patriarchal Archdiocese of Damascus, and the clergy of the Archdioceses of Mosul and Mor Matta Monastery.
The Choir sang many hymns in Syriac and Arabic on the occasion of the second anniversary of His Holiness’ enthronment as Patriarch.
His Holiness thanked them for this pleasant surprise and assured them that he is happy to be among them and to see that they are holding firm to their faith and homeland, refusing to surrender to despair and fear.

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