{"id":41722,"date":"2016-12-19T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=41722"},"modified":"2018-12-13T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T08:41:09","slug":"%d9%88%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%ac%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%84-%d9%8a%d8%b2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%88%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%ac%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%84-%d9%8a%d8%b2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon foreign minister visits COCC and inspects Petrine church restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Gebran Bassil, Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants\u00a0visited on Monday, December 19, 2016 the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center and met with HG\u00a0Bishop Ermia, General Bishop and head of the center, and concluded the visit by touring the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center and learned about it&#8217;s activities and also visited the\u00a0Patriarchal Museum, Archdeacon Habib Girgis Museum, manuscripts Museum and\u00a0the Academy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Bassil also inspected the bombed Petrine Church and checked out the damage accompanied by HG Bishop Ermia.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Bassil said: &#8220;We came to Cairo to mourn the martyrs of terrorist bombing which targeted the\u00a0church. We deliberated\u00a0to be a\u00a0Lebanese delegation that consist of Lebanese dimensions, we are an official delegation representing Lebanon, the President and the Levantine in this world.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The Foreign Minister said: &#8220;We are united to survive\u00a0on this earth and it&#8217;s diversity, especially in Egypt and Lebanon, and are committed to our diversity, our particularity\u00a0and our belonging to homelands that dream to be a place of diversity. And every citizen must have the concept of citizenship and commit to this\u00a0supreme concept, which override any other concept, keeping within the roots of free belief and religion in which we face terrorism. on this basis, Egypt and Lebanon have to unite to\u00a0face this tragedy and look forward to the\u00a0promising future. &#8220;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Bassil stressed that in Lebanon we started to get out of the dark tunnel to a\u00a0fold wider area, giving a necessary dimension of levantine. 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