Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Youssef Al-Absi, arrived this morning at Princess Alia Airport in Jordan, accompanied by members of the Permanent Synod on a pastoral and official visit to the Diocese of Petra, Philadelphia, and all of Jordan.

He was received at the airport by the Acting Chargé d’Affaires at the Lebanese Embassy in the Kingdom, Ambassador Youssef Emile Raji, and a number of priests and servants in the Diocese.

Al-Absi had a brief word upon arrival in which he stressed “good cooperation with brotherly Jordan and the necessity of its continuation for the benefit of the two brotherly peoples.”

He began his first day with a prayer of thanksgiving with the parish priests, shepherds, and believers before moving to the site of the Baptism of Christ to bless the land designated for the Roman Catholic Church on the site.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon