FOX 2 Detroit visited the Basilica of St. Mary to interview Dn. Samer Hanna & Mr. & Mrs. Wafi Barshini about the earthquakes in Turkey & Syria.
View the interview at the following link:
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Local Orthodox church in Michigan will receive up to $50,000 in matching donation funds for earthquake relief efforts in Syria and Turkey
Livonia, MI—The Antiochian Orthodox Basilica of St. Mary in southeast Michigan sends an urgent appeal to its parishioners, and others in the region for donations to aid in the massive humanitarian relief needed for the devastation in Syria and Turkey that occurred because of the recent earthquake there, including the destruction of churches, mosques and homes. Many of St. Mary’s parishioners and their families come from cities affected by the earthquake, including Hama, Latakia, Tartous and Aleppo, in Syria and to the former Syrian region of Antioch, which now include the cities of Antkya, Iskenderun,  Arsuz, and Mersin, in Turkey.
At this moment, we call upon you to respond to the needs of all suffering people. We are taught that when one suffers the whole body suffers.
This urgent appeal is for humanitarian relief, which will be distributed all over the region affected by this earthquake. We ask that you make your donations online, through our website, by clicking HERE or send to St. Mary’s church 18100 Merriman Rd. Livonia, MI 48152, earmarked for 2023 Earthquake Relief. The collected funds will be forwarded to His Beatitude, Patriarch John X. Your donation will go even further in the coming days as an anonymous donor has offered to match every dollar donated, up to $50,000. So please, donate today.
The Basilica of St. Mary,
18100 Merriman Rd.
Livonia, MI 48152
Contact: Stacey Badeen, St. Mary Church Office Administrator
734-422-0010
Sbadeen@tbosm.com
www.stmarylivonia.com
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Miracles Happen When We Work Together!
I am so delighted to share with you the good news. The Lord has made us a community to work together in order to support the Holy Church and meet the needs of the future, today.
Last weekend’s Festival, as we celebrated the Feast of our Church, the Holy Dormition, was filled with fellowship, as we reunited, once again, as a community after a year and a half of the coronavirus disrupting our lives. The community came with great resolve to support what has been established for the past many years under the leadership of Freddy Sackllah and his committee.
A festival is a festival of joy, fellowship, and prayer, and this year’s committee, headed by Wafi AlBarshini, Bandali Hosari, and George Razook built on that great legacy and the result was wonderful, wonderful in attendance, wonderful in serving food, and wonderful in the financial benefit that comes to us.
So, a heartfelt thank you to all the volunteers for your hard work and devotion to your church. Without your dedication and support, this would not have been possible. We also wish to thank the sponsors for their generosity who made our undertaking possible. A special thanks to all those who came and enjoyed the fellowship and supported the work.
Your labor paid out, not only financially, but for building a community that is meeting the future, today and this is God’s greatest gift to all of us.
Your Servant,
Fr. George
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