A few days ago, my son and his family arrived in Beirut from the faraway country which I heard him describe as “intemperate in its four seasons”. On this anticipated visit, I had the honor of getting acquainted, up close, to Naï, my new granddaughter, whom I had known (so far) through her pictures! When ...
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Orthodox diaspora
To a Visiting Emigrant
In Lebanon, we have many issues that might drive you to complaining and to anger, and other things to joy. My advice to you: do not stay in your country as though you are a stranger. No matter how many years you've been abroad, you do know your country. You do know what is existent ...
Read moreA Word to a Visiting Emigrant
One does not welcome the household people in their own house. I do not know how many years it has been since you left Lebanon. However, I am sure that you know that it is as you had left it, rather, if we mention our economic collapse, the epidemic, and the explosion of Beirut in ...
Read moreA Grateful Greeting!
I have a friend who had emigrated about a month ago. He went in search of bread in a country that does not hide bread from its people. Yesterday, he called me. He told me that a mutual friend took him on Sunday to one of our churches in his new country. After the Liturgy ...
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This morning, I read a piece of news that Lebanon has a rendezvous with about two million expatriate visitors this coming summer. Is there any of them whose decision is to stay? I know that my daughter will be one of those who will be visiting us, God willing. I am waiting for my son ...
Read moreLonging for Syria
A few days ago, brother George Lazkani and his wife, Mrs. Amal, called me from the United States. Lazkani is from Aleppo. Their voices were redolent of the scent of Al-Shahba' city, with its laurels and jasmine. He who knows the people of Aleppo, would not miss that their style of speech is beyond the ...
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