Clergy Meeting – 54th Convention of the SOC in Northern America

July 26, 2018 - News
On July 26th 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the clergy meeting of the two Archdioceses of the USA at the 54th Annual Convention held in Tampa.
Their Eminences: Mor Dionysius John Kawak, Patriarchal Vicar for the Eastern USA, and Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan, Patriarchal Vicar for the Western USA, Mor Dioscorus Benjamin Atas, Patriarchal Vicar in Sweden, Mor Justinos Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and Bekaa, Mor Maurice Amsih, Archbishop of Al-Jazeerah and Euphrates, attended the meeting.
His Holiness opened the meeting with a spiritual word in which he spoke about the challenges of our church in the east and in the diaspora. He encouraged the clergy to reshape their service in a way that can be more open, more prophetic, and more missionary. His Holiness underlined the need to preserve our heritage in the diaspora, and never giving up our identity.
His Holiness then answered the questions of the clergy and gave his guidance to help them through the different challenges of their pastoral ministry.

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