Byzantine Music Festival and Graduation of Online Programs held in Balamand Patriarchal Monastery
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Under the high patronage of His Beatitude JOHN X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, a Byzantine Music Festival and a graduation ceremony for the Online Programs were held in the Great Hall of Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery, on Friday, November 30, 2018. This event was held in the occasion of the patronal feast of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand. Present were Archimandrite Jack El-Khoury, elected Metropolitan of Buenos Aires and all Argentine, Archimandrite Romanos Al-Hannat, Abbot of Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery, Fr. Porphyrios Georgi, Dean of the Institute of Theology, clergy and faithful. The choir chanted Hymns from the liturgical service of the feasts of St. John the Damascene and Holy Nativity. Fr. Porphyrios Georgi, gave the welcoming address, and relayed the blessing and warmest greetings of His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X.
The graduation ceremony for the Online Programs followed. The online programs are: Kalima for theological education in Arabic, and SOFIA for theological education in Spanish, and CBB for Biblical Studies in Spanish as well.
At the end, Fr. Porphyrios presented his warmest congratulations to the graduates, and wished them prosperity and success.
Source: theology.balamand.edu.lb
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