On the first visit to Lebanon after his inauguration as Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, Archbishop Hossam Naoum and the accompanying delegation visited the Supreme Synod of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon. The Archbishop was received by the President of the Supreme Council, Reverend Joseph Kassab, in the participation of Executive Committee members of the Supreme Council. The meeting celebrated the Evangelical-Evangelical relations between the Supreme Synod and the Arab Episcopal Church in Jerusalem, whose parish in Beirut represents one of the member churches of the Supreme Council. Also, Rev. Joseph Kassab expressed to Bishop Naoum the joy of the evangelical family in Syria and Lebanon at his election to this sacred responsibility to serve Christ and His people and trusted that this election would contribute to strengthening evangelical and ecumenical relations in the Middle East.
