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-...
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 ...
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...
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 Pastora...
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 &h...
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 ...
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 Bibl...
Bible Society Lebanon organized a children’s trauma healing training and camp in Zahle from 22 to 31 July 2021 in collaboration with the Syriac Orthodox church who also hosted the event. In 2019, a children’...
Beirut, August 4, 2021: The Bible Society in Lebanon participated in the Beirut Blast one-year commemoration Prayer Mass through publishing 10,000 copies of a special Scriptural portion in memory of the sad occasion. On...
Since the beginning of April 2020, the Bible Society in partnership with BALADI CAP, a USAID partner, have launched a math literacy program that targets underprivileged Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrian refugee children residin...
In celebration of Greater Lebanon’s centennial anniversary and the Bible Society’s bicentennial presence in the region, the Bible Society – Lebanon published a new edition of the Bible entitled: &ldqu...
Year 2020, though not considered the best year for many, is a very special one for the Bible Societies in the Middle East as it marks the 200th year for the Bible Society work in the region, and the 70th year for its off...
Due to the corona-virus pandemic, we had to switch to a mostly virtual work environment since 16 March 2020. The majority of work that we do requires being with and around people - whether it is through trauma healing t...
Bible Society Lebanon in partnership with the Faculty of Religious Sciences at Saint Joseph University (USJ) held the first conference under the theme: The Sacred Texts in Christianity and Islam entitled “From Reve...
On 8 December 2019, during the Sunday Service at St. John Parish in Achkout and in the presence of the parish priest Fr. Salim Sfeir, a group of 19 individuals received their certificates and gifts of graduation from the...
The Bible Society in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and the British and Foreign Bible Society, in collaboration with the Middle East Council of Churches hosted a dialogue conference among Church leaders entitled “The Mag...
A group of catechism teachers alongside Fr. Boutros Azar, General Secretary of Catholic Schools in Lebanon, Father Joseph Soueid and Bible Society staff gathered on October 4, 2019 for the launching of the illustrated Ji...
On 22 August 2019 the Bible Society Lebanon in partnership with Jil El Injil published a new book, The Jil El Injil illustrated Gospels.Jil El Injil, which translates to “The Generation of the Gospel”, starte...
Bible Society Lebanon organized and hosted two simultaneous trainings on Children Trauma Healing and children camps from 26 June until 5 July 2019, due to the extensive demand to assist and help children between the ages...
The Bible Society – Lebanon held its annual private dinner on 7 May 2019, at Le Maillon restaurant in Ashrafieh which hosted 130 persons from church representatives, clergy, businesspeople, professionals, politicia...
On 9 and 11 April 2019 the Bible Society held the finals for the annual ONLINE BIBLE COMPETITION FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (see related story) at the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Ain Najem, Lebanon.There were th...
On 8 January 2019, the Bible Society held its first graduation ceremony for the Book of Life program. What started at the beginning of the year 2018 with a small group of eight grew to hold 40 individuals of whom 17 grad...
On Sunday, November 11, 2018, more than 100 students attended an honorary ceremony in Bkerke for winning in the online school competition organized in partnership between the Bible Society and the General Secretariat of...
Bible Society Lebanon conducted an Initial Adult Trauma Healing equipping session performed by Lebanese Master Facilitators on 25-26-27 October 2018 for 20 participants from diverse churches and organizations in Lebanon....
Bible Society Lebanon hosted and organized an Advanced and Initial Children’s Trauma Healing training followed by a 5-day application camp from 22 to 31 August 2018. Participants from different churches and NGOs, ...
On the 16th of August 2108, the Bible Society programs department joined the youth of Saydit El Talle Deir el Kamar parish at their summer camp to carry out a team building and communications workshop with a built-in Bi...
The Bible Society in Lebanon held its annual private dinner on 19 June 2018, at Le Maillon restaurant in Ashrafieh which hosted 130 persons from church representatives, clergy, businesspeople, professionals, politicians,...
Bible Society, in collaboration with the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon (APECL), led its first online quiz competition among 12 Catholic schools in Lebanon during the Week of the Bible 2017 betwee...
Bible Society Lebanon hosted and organized a Children’s Trauma Healing training and camp from 15 to 23 February in which Bible Societies of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq invited individuals from different churches and N...
SAFA coloring book for everyone is the first Christian coloring book in Arabic suitable for all ages. The SAFA series contain Arabic scripture and stimulating patterns for coloring published in partnership with Nehma Min...
Beirut-LEBANON: On Monday, January 29, 2018, an agreement was signed by the Holy Spirit University – Kaslik (USEK), Bible Society – Lebanon, and Bishop Joseph Naffah (member of the Catholic Biblical Federatio...
During the Christmas season, from 17 Nov – to 8 Jan 2017, around 12150 people consisting of children, teachers, and parents watched the Christmas themed puppet show performed by the Bible Society programs departmen...
For the fifth consecutive year, the APECL, General Secretary of Catholic schools, Biblical Federation and Bible Society join forces to celebrate “Week of the Bible” which took this year the theme “Witne...
Fifty participants from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq participated in a four-day trauma healing equipping workshop to serve underprivileged communities in the region. The Bible Society in Lebanon organized a trauma healing t...
Bible Societies of Lebanon and Iraq celebrated “Bible Days” in Erbil 7 - 9 September 2017 through lectures and programs for children under the theme of “Witnessing in the Bible” In the Syriac Cat...
Bible Society – Lebanon launches a new contextualized Scripture portion for displaced children.The latest production entitled “The hope of homecoming” is a story/activity book for refugee kids. Consider...
During the last week of June 2017, Bible Society Lebanon in partnership with the American Bible Society (ABS) organized and hosted a three days children's trauma healing training. The purpose of this training was to ...
On the 22nd of May 2017, the Bible Society in Lebanon held its annual private dinner at Le Maillon restaurant in Achrafyeh which hosted 120 persons from church representatives, clergy, businesspeople, professionals, poli...
One of the most important events that happens in a child’s life is his/her first communion; this celebration that leaves us with a new commitment to faith and a white book that we like to keep neat and clean.We hav...
On Tuesday 25 April, representatives from the Armenian Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical churches along with Bible Society invitees joined us in launching the “Armenian-English New Testament” at Haigazian Un...
Thousands of years ago until today, people have been in situations where they have had to leave their homes and seek foreign lands in hopes of a better life and future.This version of the Bible contains testimonies of cu...
At the end of 2015, we celebrated the 150th year of the launching of the Van Dyck Arabic Bible translation with a very special and unique fundraising project, the believers’ handwritten Bible.Over 50 churches in Le...
On the 20th of June of 2016, the Bible Society held its supporters’ annual dinner. Over 100 people were present – business people, professionals, clergy, and politicians – including Bible Society Board ...
“We are challenging the status quo state of downtown Beirut. We want to continue proclaiming the Word of God in the heart of Beirut,” exclaimed CEO and general secretary of Bible Society Lebanon, Dr. Mike Bas...
Trauma is all around us. It approaches us in different faces such as abuse, rape, abandonment, and war, a state we’re unfortunately too familiar with in the Middle East. It leaves behind a trail on its victims; a t...
On April 2nd, 2016, a delegation of the Bible Society led by Dr. Michael Bassous General Secretary / Chief Executive Officer of the Bible Society Lebanon [Syria & Iraq] and by Mr. Nabil Omiesh Program Director of the...
Clown Auguste’s show this year, March 2016, was titled “Stop, you’re getting on my nerves!” It was full of quality entertainment for kids just like the last one. Clown Auguste started off with s...
On Saturday the 5th of December, a dream of a special group came true through the launching of the first part of the “Religious signs guide” at the UCIP 2015 exhibition. This guide allows those with hearing d...
Bible Society celebrated "Bible Day" in Erbil - Iraq, on September 9 with children & youth programs with its creative team, and a Bible lecture with Fr. Pierre Najem, Middle East Coordinator of Biblical Federation, a...
Our programs team is always seeking to broaden its ministry to be able to reach and help the largest number of people. Recently and for the first time, the team started Ex-change / “Tabadol”, which is a new p...
The Bible Society team alongside eighty eight children, youth and adults went for a 10k “Hike for Bibles” in the beautiful mountains of Lebanon, crossing the way from Zaarour to Sannine, on Saturday th...
The Bible Society and World Vision - Lebanon launched an advocacy campaign during the first two weeks of May 2015 among five prominent universities in order to reach out to the student body with the Arabic Peace & Ju...
Our Chat Bible Bil3arabi app received the Annie Vallotton Award for the Best Digital Product at the United Bible Socieities Publishers Convention 2015 in recognition of Outstanding Creativity in Bible Publ...
The Bible Society and World Vision Lebanon launched an advocacy campaign among university students between May 4-15, 2015, by installing a stand for one day at each university, to allow students to discover the Peace and...
Cardinal Rai, Patriarch of the Maronite Church and president of the APECL (Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs andBishops in Lebanon) met the Bible Society's General Secretary, Dr. Mike Bassous, in a private audience on ...
The Bible Society hosted an exceptional dinner for the diplomatic corps in Lebanon honored by the presence of His Excellency the Dean and Apostolic Nuncio Msgr. Gabriele Caccia on the 16th of March 2015, in Le Maillon re...
As a part of the plan in serving the word of God and maintaining a high level of Scientific Biblical education, the Bible society’s Middle East North Africa (MENA) Centre for Biblical Studies, in collaboration with...
Auguste the Clown's Lebanon tour from February 16 till March 4, was an exceptional one. More than 3550 children and youth appreciated his enjoyable and meaningful performances. A long list of schools invited hi...
The Bible Society launched the Arabic version of “The one year Bible” on the 15th of December 2014 in association with the Renewal in the Holy Spirit Movement at Mar Elias church - Antileas. The launching to...
The Bible Society in accordance with the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon and the Biblical Federation organized the 2nd annual Bible Week which was from the 16th till the 22nd of November 2014. Bef...
Press conference and Roundtable discussion on the Peace & Justice Bible The Bible Society, in partnership with World Vision, organized a press conference and a roundtable discussion around the Peace & Justice Ar...
The Bible Society participated yet another year in the UCIP’s 13th annual Christian book exhibition which was held at Mar Elias church - Antileas, from November 27 till December ...
The Bible Society, in partnership with World Vision, launched the Peace & Justice Arabic Bible on Sunday, June 22, 2014, in Bkerke, under the patronage of Cardinal Rai, Patriarch of the Maronite Church. The launchin...
The Bible Society held its annual stakeholders’ dinner to raise awareness and support for the Bible cause. As in every year, the Bible Society Board organized a special dinner for major donors, supporters, partne...
Bible Society & World Vision will be lauching soon the Peace & Justice Bible - Arabic version....
Nine hundred eight (908) new little faces enjoyed discovering Bible World this year. As always, it was amazing to listen to their laughters, see their excitement, and reply to all kinds of questions they a...
The majority of young people in the Arab World created their own chat language that is used extensively online. The Bible Society in Lebanon pioneered this free App offering the Good News Arabic translation of the New Te...
On June 1, the Bible Society launched its colloquial Lebanese SMS-language Scripture APP on iTunes store. The APP, which is still in it trial phase, provides the four Gospels and the book of Acts in the newly created lan...
As in every year, the Bible Society Board organized a special dinner for Major Donors, supporters, partners, and representatives of the churches on June 13 at Le Maillon Restaurant. More than 110 persons were present &nd...
The Lent season did not pass by quietly this year at our B4L Youth Center. Many Catholic schools led their students to participate in the Lent program specially designed for teenagers in order to give them a good Biblica...
March 21, 2013: Under the patronage of Archbishop Paul Mattar of the Maronite diocese of Beirut, the Bible Society launched a new book written by Fr. Guy Sarkis about St. Peter’s faith. The book entitled “Go ...
This is what the Bible Society relief team is trying to give to thousands of Syrian refugee families who have desperately fled their hometowns, crossing the borders into Lebanon to find a safe place for their children. D...
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