On October 23, 2021, the Archangel Raphael’s Chaldean Cathedral in Baabda – Brasilia celebrated the first Communion of nearly 40 of its children, in the presence of His Eminence Bishop Michel Kassarji, the Highly Reverend. The Divine Liturgy of the Creek was celebrated by the episcopal Vicar Raphael Traboulsi and fathers Youssef Mikha and Gourion Jinanian, in the presence of Professor Michel Abs, Secretary-General of the Middle East Council of Churches, with the participation of the Chaldean nuns, the Immaculate Daughters of Mary, the teachers at the School of Saint Thomas the Apostle, the choir of the cathedral, newcomers and members of the Chaldean community in Lebanon, as quoted in the proceedings of the Divine Mass by the Tele Lumiere-Norsat Foundation.
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