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Increasing The Bible Society’s advocacy visibility: a visit to Ishtar TV

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 Bible Society in Iraq visited the headquarters of Ishtar TV located in…...

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Clown Auguste’s 2016 Tour

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 some magic tricks and funny acts that captivated the kids’ attention and had them rolling on the…...

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Auguste the Clown’s Lebanon Tour 2015

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 him to perform on their theatres, such as College Saint Joseph Autoura, Saints Coeurs – Marj Ouyoun,…...

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The deaf shall hear the word of God

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 disabilities to join the church in worship by teaching Christian hymns in sign…...

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Bible Day in Erbil

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, at Mar Gorgeous, Ainkawa. The “Bible Day” started at 3:00 PM with the children program;…...

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Drama training at the Juvenile Detention center

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 program targeting juvenile youth of ages between 12 and 18 years old,…...

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Hike for Bibles

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 the 25th of July 2015. The purpose of the hike was to fundraise money to provide bibles…...

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Relationship of the Youth with the Bible

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 & Justice Bible. The purpose of the campaign was to allow students to…...

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Peace and Justice Bible Advocacy campaign

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 Justice Bible, talk with our staff about it, and even receive a free copy…...

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Award for the Chat Bible Bil3arabi app

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 Publishing. Check out the app here: Android: https://alturl.com/mtpjm iOs: https://alturl.com/w55xb: Windows: https://alturl.com/t3989...

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The Maronite Patriarch’s gift to all his visitors.

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 April 14 to discuss the Arabic Peace & Justice Bible promotion. Having his imprimatur and endorsement on…...

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The Bible – Book of the Generations Seminar

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 the Biblical Federation in Lebanon, launched its first seminar, entitled “The Bible – book…...

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Launching of “The one year Bible”

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 took place in accordance with the movement’s weekly meeting. The gathering started with a…...

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UCIP Christian book Exhibition 2014

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 7 2014. At the exhibition, the Bible Society displayed a collection of its products such as different Bible translations, children’s books,…...

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Week of the Bible 2014

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. Before launching the week of the Bible, 3 seminars took place at the Catholic…...

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