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Education

Syria

Educating Christian leaders

Although most people in Syria are Muslim, the country is also home to some of the world’s oldest Christian communities. Many Christians throughout Syria express their faith by caring for orphans, people with disabilities, poor families and other people in need in their communities. However, due to economic and political uncertainties, many Syrian Christians are choosing to emigrate, threatening the future of the church.

When Father Tony Kasih, a Syrian priest, was a teenager, he applied to emigrate to the United States. But after his visa was denied, he felt it was a clear signal to follow a call to the priesthood.

Father Kasih, who studied at St. Ephrem’s Seminary, now serves at St. George’s Church in Zaidal, leading services in Syriac, an ancient language similar to the one spoken by Jesus.

Your gift will help MCC support St. Ephrem’s Seminary, which trains future leaders of the Syrian Orthodox Church and helps to keep the church strong and able to reach out in local communities.

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