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Save the Lady of Balamand

Save the Lady of Balamand

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 1 month ago
Your Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV Your Eminence the Bishops of the Antiochian Orthodox Church We had always looked with pride at the University of Balamand which grows in the lap of Our Church, especially that it is built penny by penny with your blessing and under the protection of the Mother of God the Lady of Balamand But, despite our faith in the mission of Our Church, we are worried about the way of handling the properties of the Balamand Monastery, especially when they are given to institutions and given names other than their original name. This is exactly pointing to what happened lately where instead of naming the hospital, that we so long waited for, with the name of the Lady of Balamand, the owner of the hill, it was named after the Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. So, despite our respect for everybody and their financial, national and political positions, we don’t see in financing enough justification to name the hospital after anybody other than the Lady of Balamand, the name which bestows on the hospital protection, care and blessing. So, we ask you, as children and with the insistence of zealots, to reconsider the naming of the hospital before starting the building With much respect Your Children

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Reached 500 supporters

June 26, 2010

Reached 100 supporters

June 22, 2010

June 20, 2010

We are approaching the one hundred signature milestone which is the threshold required to trigger a formal review of our request by the church administration. Please direct this link to contacts who have a direct interest in the preservation of the monastery heritage so we can finalize this submission.

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Maria Hale
16 years ago Featured

Please keep the history alive. We built this place with our own money and love for her. Dont erase the name it hurts to see this happen.

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George Gray
16 years ago Featured

The hospital belongs to the monastery and should carry the name of the Lady of Balamand. It is an insult to change it for political reasons.

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Nadia Reynolds
16 years ago Featured

So sad to see tradition thrown out the window. That hill belongs to the church and the name should reflect that always.

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Elias Reed
16 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. Keep politics out of our holy places. It should be Our Lady of Balamand period.

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Joelle Duncan
16 years ago Featured

Fix this please. We want to see her name on the building not a politician.

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Samer Medina
16 years ago Featured

Money shouldnt buy the naming rights to church property. This is Our Lady of Balamand hospital and that is the only name that makes sense.

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