Mass for the Feast of the Apostle Thomas, one of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, in the Church of the Apostle Thomas - Tyre, Sunday, October 11, 2026.translated

With the blessing and presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Elias (Kfoury), angel of the Diocese of Tire, Sidon and their dependencies, His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony (of Tire), the most respected, participated in the Mass of the Feast of the Apostle Thomas, one of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, in the Church of the Apostle Thomas - Tyre, on Sunday, October 11, 2026. They were assisted in the service by His Holiness Archimandrite Yacoub (Khalil), Dean of the Saint John of Damascus Theological Institute in Balamand, His Holiness Archimandrite Porphyrios (Ibrahim), the Special Undersecretary, and a group of priests and deacons. At the end of the Mass, the two sovereigns exchanged souvenirs, and Metropolitan Elias presented the icon of the Apostle Thomas to Brigadier General Andrea Bertazzo, Commander of the Western Sector of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and to Colonel Olindo Pagliaro, his military assistant. When the two Eminences left the church and headed to the church hall, they were received by the Scouts, before they met the believers in the hall.