World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” (WPF – DC) – Rhodes Forum – 12th Annual Session
September 25–29, 2014
“CHRISTIANITY IN THE MENA REGION” PANEL
Fr. Boulos Wehbe – Moderator
Christianity in the MENA region is as old as Christianity itself. It is there where it was born and it is there where the apostles of Christ established the earliest Christian communities and churches, spreading out after that to the rest of the world. The Book of Acts in the New Testament says that it was in Antioch “where the disciples [of Christ] were called Christians first” (Acts 11:26), and my Patriarch still holds the title of “Patriarch of Antioch and all the East.” Christians have survived and often flourished under Islam, often helping and sharing in fashioning the different facets of its civilization, despite the turmoil and hardships they faced here and there. Continue reading “Fr. Boulos Wehbe – Christianity in the MENA Region”