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Graduation Ceremony 2007

June 25, 2007

The ceremony begun in the morning with a Divine Liturgy. This year, the number of graduates was fifteen as follows:   Father Ibrahim Saad, Father Antonios.Saad, Jihad Bitar, George Yaacoub, George Hakim, Houssam Zeina, Ramy Massouh, Deacon Roni Ghandour, Roni Bou Saba, Richard Awad, Shaker Jreige, Abdo Mitri, Fadi Salloum, Fadi Ibrahim and Hadi Girgis.

After the end of the celebration, the Institute of Theology invited the students and their parents to a lunch in the occasion.

May the Lord God bless our graduates, bestowing on them the zeal to serve Him in righteousness and truth.   

احتفل معهد يوحنا الدمشقي اللاهوتي في جامعة البلمند بتخريج دفعة من طلابه. وفي القاعة الكبرى لدير سيدة البلمند البطريركي، وذلك بعد القرار الذي اتخذته إدارة الجامعة بتخريج طلاب كل كلية ضمن احتفال منفرد، نظرا للظروف التي تحول دون إقامة احتفال التخرج السنوي.
 

حضر الاحتفال رئيس الجامعة الدكتور إيلي سالم، عميد معهد اللاهوت الدكتور جورج نحاس وعمداء الكليات والأساتذة وحشد من الأهالي، واستهل بتراتيل قدمتها جوقة المعهد، تلتها كلمة باسم الطلاب ألقاها الطالب جورج حكيم.
 

وشدد الدكتور سالم في كلمته على أهمية دور متخرجي المعهد في بناء النفوس ونشر القيم المسيحية الانسانية من محبة وتواضع وحب للآخر وقبوله.
 

بعد ذلك تم توزيع الشهادات على الخريجين وهم: إبراهيم رمزه سعد، أنطوان جرجي سعد، جهاد سامي البيطار، جورج أسعد يعقوب، جورج إليس الحكيم، حسام فؤاد زينة، رامي عبد المسيح مسوح، روني إلياس الغندور، روني إلياس بو سابا، ريتشارد أنطونيوس عوض، شاكر جرجي جريج، عبدو وهيب متري، فادي سميح سلوم، فادي مطانس إبراهيم، هادي فايز جرجس.

وفي النهاية، استضاف المعهد الطلاب المتخرجين وأوليائهم على الغداء وشكروا الرب على نعمه طالبين لصاحب الغبطة البطريرك إغناطيوس الرابع راعي المعهد بمحبته وأبوته السنين العديدة. .



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The Gradutes

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The Student's Speech Delivered by George Hakim

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The Deans and Faculty

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The Choir Chanting Hymns of Thanksgiving

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The President's Speech

 

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The Deans and Faculty

 

 

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Delivering of the Diplomas

 

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Audience in the Great Hall

 

 

 

 

Visit of Nikita Struve

 

May 11,  2007


During his visit to Lebanon, Professor Nikita Struve, Professor Emeritus of  the UniversitParis X (Nanterre), visited the Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand.

Professor Struve met with the Faculty and students of the Institute of Theology, and he visited the Monastery of Balamand.

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Nikita Struve is a renown author and Orthodox Thinker. He is the editor of the Russian Journal  Вестник РХД (The Messenger) and Director of the Publishing House YMCA-Press, and responsible of the Messager orthodoxe

 

 Bibliography:

 

  •  Les chriens en URSS, Seuil, 1963.
  •  Histoire de lÉglise russe, en collaboration avec Jean-Claude Roberti, Dimitri Pospielovsky et Vladimir Zielinsky), Nouvelle cit 1995.
  •  Soixante-dix ans digration russe (1919-1989), Fayard, 1996.
  •  Traduction du russe : Alexandre Soljenitsine, Deux rits de guerre, Fayard, 2000.

 

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Meeting with the Faculty at the Institute of Theology



 

Pastoral Visit to Antakya

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May 11,  2007

The traveling group was led by Archimandrite Isaac Barakat, Abbot of Balamand Monastery, and coordinated by Ramy Wannous, Assistant Professor of History

 

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Visiting the Archdiocese of Lattakia, with His Eminence Metropolitan Youhanna Mansour
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The meeting in the Church of Aartouz
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Procession welcoming the Balamand group in As- Sawda
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The Meeting in As-Sawda
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Visiting the Church of St. George
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The Divine Liturgy at St. Peter and Paul in Antioch

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The Divine Liturgy at St. Peter and Paul in Antioch

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The Grotto of St. Peter

 


 

Photo Album of Various Activities at the Institute of Theology

Activities in Year 2006-7

 


 
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His Beatitude addresses the students in November 16, 2007

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Ordination to the Holy Priesthood of Fr. Antoine Saad, October 14, 2006

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Presntation on "The Use of Media for Church Purposes" by Fr. Athanasios Shahwan and Mr. Jospeh Yazbek (March 8, 2007) Lectures on Pastoral Issues by the Very Reverend Fr. George Dimas (December. 15, 2006)

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Great Lent Retreat: Metropolitan Boulos Bandali of Akkar
Speaks about Confession (February 20, 2007)

Great Lent Retreat: Metropolitan George Khodre of Mount Lebanon Speaks about the Purpose & Spirit of Great Lent (February 19, 2007)

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Great Lent Retreat: Professor Nicolas Abou Mrad Speaks on Fasting in the Old Testament (February 21, 2007)
Prof. Camille Focant (NT Professor in Louvain La Neuve) delivers a Lecture in Balamand on the Gospel of Mark, an event organized by the Biblical Federation in Lebanon and the Middle East Biblical Federation (January 27,  2007).
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Extracurricular Activities: Students Visiting Tripoli

Extracurricular Activities: Students Sharing a Meeting Together

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Choir Visiting Parishes to Help in Great Lent Services (Picture Taken in Parish of Bterram El-Kourra)  

 

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