Call for a Prayer for Peace for Lebanon, the Middle East region and the world. (Beit Maroun, 9 October 2024)
Your Eminences, Your Graces, Your Excellencies, Reverend Monsignors, Very Reverend Fathers, Reverend Fathers, Religious Fathers and...
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Homilies and Addresses from
BISHOP ROBERT RABBAT
Oct 62 min read
A plea for an immediate restoration of peace to Lebanon and the entire region.
During the past two weeks, the situation in Lebanon has been particularly fraught with danger. The great loss of innocent lives, the...
Sep 14 min read
A Pastoral Letter for the Ecclesiastical New Year.
1 September 2024 Beginning of the Liturgical Year A Pastoral Letter For the Ecclesiastical New Year (1 September 2024 -13 August 2025) My...
Jul 312 min read
A statement from AMEC concerning the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games of the XXXIII modern Olympiad
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games provides a singular opportunity for the host country to display the best of its culture – that...
Apr 202 min read
A statement from AMEC concerning the events at Wakeley, Sydney 19 April 2024.
Certain events in Sydney whilst geographically at a distance from each other have none the less united all Australians in a common sorrow...
Apr 171 min read
A statement on attack in Wakeley and a plea for peace, 16 April 2024.
On behalf of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania, I express deep concern over the recent Wakeley...
Mar 304 min read
A Pastoral Letter for Easter, Holy & Glorious Pascha 2024.
Arabic version available here The Most Reverend ROBERT RABBAT by the Mercy of God Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparch of Australia, New Zealand...
Mar 213 min read
A Pastoral message for Palm Sunday 2024.
21 March 2024 St James of Catania A Pastoral Message for the Commemoration of the Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday, 2024....
Mar 13 min read
A Pastoral message 2024 - An Ecumenical Journey Commemoration
2024 - A Milestone Year in the History of the Melkite Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch “Father, may they all be one just as you are...
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Blessed Nativity 2023.
Arabic version available here The Most Reverend Robert Rabbat, DD by the Mercy of God Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparch of Australia, New...
Dec 14, 20232 min read
A Pastoral message on the Apostolic visit of His Grace, Archbishop Georges Bacouni, 14 December 2023
A Pastoral message to all the Clergy and the Faithful of the Holy Eparchy. The Apostolic Journey of His Grace Archbishop Georges Bacouni,...
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Announcement on Apostolic visit of His Beatitude, Patriarch Youssef Absi, November 2023.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, "May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace." (2Th 1:2) It is with a...
Oct 15, 20231 min read
The Holy Land weeps, October 2023.
Australasian-Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches (AMEC) The Holy Land weeps: Call for an end to the bloodshed. “Peace I leave with...
Oct 5, 20232 min read
A Pastoral Message concerning the Referendum, 14 October 2023.
5 October 2023 St Charitina A Pastoral Message concerning the Referendum, 14 October 2023 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do...
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Presentation of gift to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East 2023.
Australasian-Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches (AMEC) His Eminence and Beatitude Mar Bechara Boutros Cardinal Rai, Maronite...
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Words of welcome to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East 2023.
Australasian-Middle East Christian Apostolic Churches (AMEC) His Eminence and Beatitude Mar Bechara Boutros Cardinal Rai, Maronite...
Apr 20, 20235 min read
A Pastoral Letter for Easter, Holy & Glorious Pascha, 2023.
Arabic version available here The Most Reverend ROBERT RABBAT by the Mercy of God Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparch of Australia, New Zealand...
Mar 30, 20234 min read
A Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Blessed Nativity 2022.
Arabic version available here The Most Reverend Robert Rabbat, DD by the Mercy of God Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparch of Australia, New...
Oct 26, 20225 min read
A Pastoral Letter for Easter, Holy and Glorious Pascha, 2022.
Arabic version available here My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Grace and peace to you from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our...
Oct 26, 20227 min read
A Pastoral Letter for the Great and Holy Lent, 2022.
A Pastoral Letter for the Great and Holy Lent, 2022. Arabic version available here Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Grace and peace...
Oct 26, 20225 min read
A Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Blessed Nativity 2021.
Arabic version available here. A Pastoral Letter for the Feast of the Blessed Nativity of our Lord, God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, 2021...
Oct 26, 202210 min read
Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross 2021.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy, Precious and Life-Giving Cross “O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, granting peace...
Oct 26, 20225 min read
A Pastoral Letter for the Ecclesiastical New Year, 1st September 2021.
Arabic version is available here A Pastoral Letter for the Ecclesiastical New Year, 1st September 2021. “Maker of the Universe, O Lord...
Oct 26, 20225 min read
A Pastoral Letter for Easter, Holy and Glorious Pascha, 2021.
You can read the Arabic version here A Pastoral Letter for Easter, Holy and Glorious Pascha, 2021. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in...
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