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1 International Meeting Christians in the Middle East: what future? Christians in the Middle East: what future? Catholic Church His Em. Card. Leonardo Sandri Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, Holy See His Beatitude Gregorios III Laham Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria His Beatitude Ignatius Joseph III Younan Patriarch Syrian Catholic of Antioch H.E. Mgr. Paul Richard Gallagher Archbishop, Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See H.E. Mgr. Vincenzo Paglia Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Holy See H.E. Mgr. Brian Farrell Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Holy See Rev. Father Andrea Palmieri Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christians Unity, Holy See Father Flavio Pace Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Holy See H.E. Mgr. Francesco Cacucci Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto Pagina 1

2 H.E. Mgr. Giacinto Boulos Marcuzzo Catholic Bishop, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem H.E. Mgr. Mounir Khairallah Catholic Bishop, Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites H.E. Mgr. Nunzio Galantino Bishop, Secretary General of the Italian Bishops' Conference H.E. Yousif Mirkis Catholic Archbishop, Patriarchate of Babylon of Chaldeans Prof. Alberto Quattrucci Secretary General of Peoples and Religions, Community of Sant'Egidio Prof. Andrea Riccardi Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio Rev. Fr. Antonio Spadaro S.I. Director of "La Civiltà Cattolica", Italy Mgr. Georges Masri Patriarchate Syrian Catholic of Antioch Prof. Marco Impagliazzo President of the Community of Sant'Egidio Rev. Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa Custodian of the Holy Land Pagina 2

3 Orthodox and Ancient Oriental Churches His Eminence Emmanuel Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate His Em. Seraphim Kykkotis Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Patriarchate of Alexandria H.E. Ignatius Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Patriarchate of Antioch H.E. Saba Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Patriarchate of Antioch Rev. Dimitry Safonov Department for External Church Relations, Patriarchate of Moscow H.E. Vikenty Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Patriarchate of Moscow His Beatitude Chrysostomos II Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus Dr. Ioannis Charilaou Othodox Church of Cyprus His Eminence Armash Nalbandian Primate of Damascus, Armenian Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin H. E. Shahan Sarkissian Primate of Alep, Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia H.E. Sahak Mashalyan Orthodox Bishop, Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople His Grace Angaelos Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, United Kingdom Pagina 3

4 His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East His Em. Dionysius Jean Kawak Syrian Orthodox Archbishop, Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East Pagina 4

5 PERSONALITIES Hon. Chryssanthi Vaghena Expert Minister Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece Dr. Clemens von Goetze Ambassador, Director General for Southern Hemisphere, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Hon. Mr. Hagop Pakradounian Member of the Parliament, Lebanon Hon. Jean-Christophe Peaucelle Counsellor for Religious Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Dr. Julian Reilly Head of Middle East and North Africa Department, Foreign Office, United Kingdom H.E. Kyriakos Amiridis Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece Dr. Mario Giro Undersecretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy Hon. Mario Marazziti Member of Parliament, Italy Mr. Nigel Marcus Baker Ambassador, Foreign Office, United Kingdom Hon. Paolo Gentiloni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy Dr. Antonio Ferrari Journalist of "Corriere della Sera", Italy Hon. Dr. Tarek Mitri Director of I.F. Institute, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Pagina 5

6 AMBASSADORS Mr. Aleksander Avdeev Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Holy See H.E. Mrs. Annette Schavan Ambassador of the German federal Republic to the Holy See H.E. Mr. Daniele Mancini Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See H.E. Mr. Georgios Poulides Ambassador of Cyprus to the Holy See Mr. Marji Christian USA Embassy to the Holy See Pagina 6

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