Honoring retired female and male colleagues in special education in the Bekaa on Thursday, September 10, 2026translated

Honoring retired female and male colleagues in special education in the Bekaa Thursday, September 10, 2026

His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony (of Sour), represented by Father Seraphim Makhoul, participated in a ceremony honoring retired female and male colleagues in private education, held by the Teachers Syndicate in Lebanon - Bekaa Branch, under the patronage of the Head of the Teachers Syndicate in Lebanon, Mr. Neama Mahfouz, and in cooperation with the Municipality of Zahle - Muallaqa and Taanayel, on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in the Municipal Palace Hall. The ceremony was attended by a number of male and female principals of private schools in Zahle and the Bekaa, in addition to educational, municipal and religious events, and a crowd of honored professors and their family members. The ceremony began with a speech by the hostess of the ceremony, Brenda Al-Qara, followed by speeches by the Mayor, Engineer Salim Ghazaleh, the Mufti of Zahle and the Bekaa, Dr. Sheikh Ali Al-Ghazawi, a number of honored professors, and the head of the branch of the Teachers Syndicate in the Bekaa, Mr. Rabie Freiji, who welcomed the attendees and saluted the honored professors, praising their educational career, contributions, and dedication to performing their educational mission. There was also a speech by the Head of the Teachers Syndicate in Lebanon, Mr. Nehme Mahfouz, in which he discussed the educational journey of the honorees, and the giving and dedication they made to the service of education, praising what they did throughout their years of service.

He also touched on the conditions of professors and their rights, especially their rights related to retirement pension, in light of…