Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017
As every year of this time between 18th and 25th of January churches of different denominations come together to pray for their unity. This year was a special one since it is the year of 500th anniversary of Reformation. The opening prayer was at the Evangelical Church in Rabieh, Beirut on Sunday 15th, 2017. The patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox church, Mor Ignatius Aphrem II attended the worship service with many bishops, pastors and faithful people.
Rev. Habib Badr preached from the Prodigal Son parable (Lk15:11-24) on the chosen theme of reconciliation. "We ALL went astray from the Father," said Rev. Badr, "we turned every one to his own way... but the Father, and out of His mercy, went out after them both: the younger son and the elder". Therefore, reconciliation is necessary to come back to ourselves and to the Father again.
