St. John Chrysostom Melkite Greek Catholic Parish

Celebrations: 

Sunday at 11:00

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The Parish of Brussels was founded by Patriarch Maximos V on September 14, 1980, the Assumptionist Fathers having made available to the Greek-Melkite Catholic faithful their chapel of Blessed Marie-la-Miserable, a very beautiful listed monument from the 14th century. Maximos V entrusted the parish to the Belgian priest, ordained in Damascus, Rev. Serge Descy, assisted by a council of lay people. At first, Eastern Christians of all denominations came to pray together. But, little by little, everyone regained their freedom. The Maronites created their parish; the Syrian-Orthodox too.
From the beginning, moreover, the Greek-Melkite Catholics wanted to have their own church - which was very difficult to find in town! 
It was only in September 1995, that bishop Isidore Battikha and Father Jihad Jalhoum visited the chapel of Mary Immaculate which, finding itself free following the retirement of its chaplain, was located in a place with a predestined name: rue de l'Orient! It was placed at the disposal of the Greek-Melkite Catholic community, authorized to carry out transformations and constructions there.
The generosity of Patriarch Maximos V, of Mgr Battikha and of the Belgian patriarchal exarch Mgr Omer Tanghe, enabled the desired transformations and above all the installation of a superb iconostasis, decorated with icons painted by a Liège workshop.

Since December 1995 Father Jihad Jalhoum has again been parish priest. And this one is now dedicated to St John Chrysostom. In October 1996 the Patriarch Maximos V celebrated a solemn inaugural liturgy there.Transformations and constructions continue, thanks to the zeal of the pastor, the encouragement of the Belgian hierarchy and the activity of the parish council: Arabic lessons for children and adults; youth meetings; catechism; community meal on the occasion of the patronal feast of St John Chrysostom. A monthly bulletin of liaison between the faithful, in Arabic and French, gives above all the evangelical meaning of Greek-Catholic parish life

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