In February 2023, in partnership with the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools and the Lebanese Episcopal Commission for Christian Education, an Online competition was successfully launched for the year 2023 with the participation of more than 3100 students from 45 schools and 61 Christian education teachers. The competition concluded with…...
Bible Society Day with Catholic Seminarians
Bible Society Day with Catholic Seminarians On April 22, 2023, Bible Society – Lebanon organized a workshop-day for seminarians at the Maronite Patriarchal Seminary in Ghazir with 180 participants. The workshops provided a comprehensive learning experience to deacons, clergy, and future priests, focusing on key themes such as…...
The Sacred Texts’ controversies in Christianity and Islam
The organizing committee of the “The Sacred Texts’ controversies in Christianity and Islam” research seminar held an evaluation meeting for the third conference, which took place on February 24-25, 2023 under the title “The History of the Sacred Text Readings” at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. The conference was organized…...
The 3rd Conference for the Sacred Texts’ controversies in Christianity and Islam
February 27, 2023 @ 14:44 The Faculty of Religious Sciences at Saint Joseph in partnership with The Bible Society and in co-sponsorship with the Institute of Abrahamic Relations, organized, on the 24th and 25th of February 2023, the 3rd Intercultural Conference addressing the Sacred Texts’ controversies in Christianity and Islam under the…...
Children’s Christmas Event
On Friday morning, 23 December 2022, the Bible Society held an outdoor Christmas program for over 400 children aged thirteen and below at its premises in Bauchrieh as part of its Christmas Fiesta program December 15-25. Upon arrival, all the children put on the Santa hats distributed at the entrance,…...
Online Competition for schools 2022
The Bible Society and the Episcopal Commission for Christian Education concluded the online Bible competition for schools on 9 September 2022 in an audience for the winners with Cardinal Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, the President of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon, followed by a visit…...
The Magi Initiative Conference 2022
Cambridge, UK Bible Society Lebanon (Syria & Iraq) in partnership with the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) and in collaboration with St Mellitus College, the Cambridge Center for Christianity Worldwide and the Middle East Council of Churches,organized the second inter-confessional, ecumenical dialogue conference among church leaders entitled “The…...
Gathering of Christian Publishers in Lebanon
Eighteen Christian publishers in Lebanon attended a get-together organized by the Publishing Institute at the Bible Society center in Bauchrieh on the 28th of April 2022. The Publishing Institute is one of the six centers of excellence at the Bible Society – Lebanon. The event commenced with a word from…...
Launching “15 minutes with Jesus” devotional
The Bible Society – Lebanon launched a book entitled “15 minutes with Jesus” at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Mathaf on the 10th of December 2021. This book was prepared in partnership with Pastorale, Mar Charbel movements in Beirut, Daroun and Montreal in Canada, Mary’s Apostolic Movement and The Good…...
Trauma Healing for Schools
Due to the multiple financial, economic, and political crises in Lebanon, followed by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Beirut blast on August 4, 2020, and continued challenges (shortage of petrol, diesel, resources …), children and teens, similar to adults, are dealing with many difficult emotions: loneliness, anxiety, anger, sadness, loss of…...
Bible Society distributes 10,000 NTs during Papal visit to Cyprus
The Bible Society in Lebanon, in partnership with the Bible Societies of Greece and Cyprus, distributed 10,000 New Testaments during Pope Francis’ visit and Mass at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, on December 3, 2021. It all started when the BS-Lebanon’s General Secretary & CEO, Dr. Mike Bassous, was making a cordial…...
Workshops in Iraq about the Old Testament
Bible Society Lebanon’s Programs Coordinator and Director of the Bible Engagement Academy, S.D. Joe Eid, visited Iraq to hold workshops offering a full overview of the Old Testament, upon the invitation of the Bible Society in Iraq, from 19 to 24 September 2021. The workshops were a condensed version of…...