Christ Is Risen !!! Truly He Is Risen!!! On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 23, 2011, Abouna Elias rested peacefully in his beloved Convent as he has always desired. He is now in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who was the love of his life.
Abouna Elias will remain the Elder Geronda , Teacher, Educator and Saint, that star that enlightened this world, pointing out the way of the Liberating Joy, he will always be a Living Icon of the Lord.
In 1957, with the blessing of the bishop of Mount Lebanon Elias (Karam), a monastic community for men was founded at Deir el-Harf. The first two monks arrived in November 1957: Chafic Mansour (the current Metropolitan of Lattakia) and Elias Yacoub. They were soon followed by Habib Fahdeh and Marcel Morcos, (Archimandrite Elias Morcos). It was during the service of vespers on August 28th, 1959, the Feast of the Decapitation of St. John the Baptist, that brothers Chafic, Marcel, and Ibrahim took the monastic habit in the presence of Metropolitans Elias (Karam) of Mount Lebanon and Elias (Mouawad) of Aleppo, the future Patriarch Elias IV of Antioch.
Starting 1961, Archimandrite Elias (Morcos) was confided with the spiritual direction of the monastery. Under his direction, the monastic community has developed and blossomed and become the spiritual emblem of the monastic renaissance at the heart of the Patriarchate of Antioch during the second half of the 20thcentury.
The Funeral service will be held on Friday, February 25th, at the Monastery of Saint George, Deir El Harf, at 3pm.
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