Middle East

2005 - 2020

Visits in Southern and Northern Arabia, and in India

For several years one of our brothers has made visits in the Gulf region where many Christians are migrant workers. Christians of all Confessions make up a wide tapestry of the Church and gather in large numbers for their weekly celebrations. In the beginning, our brother initiated prayers in the Catholic Church of the Vicariate of Southern Arabia based in Abu Dhabi and in the Anglican (...)

8 October 2024

2022 Gathering in Homs (Syria)

28 April - 1 May 2022 At Christmas 2015, Brother Alois went to Syria, visiting Latakia and Homs. He was very impressed by the hospitality he received at a time when the destruction in the city of Homs was terrible to see. During the international ecumenical youth meeting that took place in Lebanon in March 2019, organised by the Taizé Community in conjunction with the Middle East Council (...)

29 April 2022