Oriental Christians in the MASHREQ region: the consequences of the conflicts in the Middle-East on Christian communities, Brussels - Main contents
| date | February 28, 2018 16:30 - 18:00 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Room A5G-1  |
| attending | (Jan) Olbrycht i, (Cristian Dan) Preda i, (Mairead) McGUINNESS, (Michèle) Alliot-Marie i, (György) Hölvényi i et al. |
| organisation | European People's Party (EPP) i |
Visit of H.E. Mons. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria
Event Timetable
Wednesday
16:00
Welcome
Speakers
György HÖLVÉNYI, Co-Chairman of the Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue of the EPP Group
16:40
Keynote speech
Speakers
Mons. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria
17:10
Short interventions by representatives of religious organisations
Speakers
Rev. Olivier Poquillon OP, General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU (COMECE)
Archimandrite Fr. Aimilianos Bogiannou, Director of the Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union
Elizabeta Kitanović, Executive Secretary for Human Rights, Conference of European Churches (CEC)
Michel Varton, Director of Open Doors, France
17:30
Interventions by EPP Group MEPs and debate
Speakers
Mairead McGUINNESS, First Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for dialogue with religions
Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Chair of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula and Head of the Study Group on Eastern Christians in the European Parliament
Cristian Dan PREDA, EPP Group Foreign Affairs Spokesman
18:00
Conclusions
Speakers
Jan OLBRYCHT, Co-Chairman of the Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue of the EPP Group