Kościół w Libanie
The Church in Lebanon

Summary/Abstract: The author puts forward a thesis that Lebanon is a country that plays a key role in the issue of ecumenism of the Eastern Churches. He first describes the Christians in Lebanon, i.e. the communities inscribed in the history of this land from the times the Christian faith emerged – these are: the Maronites, Melkite, Jacobites, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, and the Armenian Catholic Church. The invitation to the ecumenical Communion is a new ecclesial challenge for them. Next, the author analyses the actions taken by the Patriarchs of the Middle East to ensure the unity peace, expressed particularly by the following documents: A New Hope for Lebanon, Orientale Lumen, Orientalium Dignitas, Orientales omnes Ecclesias, Orientalium Ecclesiarum, Unitatis redintegratio, Ecclesia in Asia, Orientalium. The subsequent article’s chapter is devoted to the synods dedicated to the Middle East. In this area, great merit should be attributed to John Paul II, who made the first steps towards ecumenical Christian communities in the Middle East and towards the peace in Lebanon. The first Special Synod of Bishops for Lebanon (1995), for outstanding ecumenical overtones, and then, the convened by Pope Benedict XVI Special Synod of Bishops for the Middle East (2010) – were the capstone of these efforts.

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