His Beatitude receives the families community of…

Damascus,

The meeting of the families of St. George with His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, was so lovely and fruitful. It was spontaneous and simple through which the patriarch insisted on the necessity of living in hope in spite of all difficulties. He listened to the challenges facing the man of this land and wished to all the families a happy new year which might brings, God willing, the peace for Syria and all the region.