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MECC Congratulates Church of Sweden on the Election of New Archbishop


From mecc <mecc@cyberia.net.lb>
Date Tue, 02 May 2006 10:46:13 -0700

On behalf of the MECC family, the MECC General Secretary has relayed congratulations and wishes to H.G. Archbishop Anders Wehjryd on his election as Archbishop of Uppsala. In his letter to the Archbishop-Elect, Mr. Saleh prays God to bless his leadership and expresses hope for a continued cooperation and collaboration between the Church of Sweden and the Middle East Council of Churches.

On this occasion, Mr. Saleh takes the opportunity to pay tribute to H.G. Archbishop K.G. Hammar whom he met and knew personally.

Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon

Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary

mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb

+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/


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