Statements issued by the Coptic Orthodox Papal Residence and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio-USA indicate that His Holiness Pope Shenouda III had a successful spinal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on Sunday, October 22, 2006. The surgery and immediate recovery have been excellent. His Holiness is currently receiving a routine physical therapy at the same clinic. The MECC family wishes H. H. Pope Schenouda a prompt recovery.
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/