The Council of #Melkite Greek #Catholic Bishops in #Lebanon urged the Lebanese government & the #UN to protect the property of #civilians & #religious institutions, citing in particular the village of #Yaroun where officials said #Israel destroyed a Melkite #convent earlier this month among other demolition. The bishops called the destruction of buildings, after residents of the area had evacuated, a “deep wound in the national & human conscience.”

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In the late 900s in Egypt, a concubine of the #Fatimid caliph al-Aziz (and known to us only as "al-Aziz's lady," al-Sayyida al-Aziziyya) was a #Melkite Christian who persuaded the caliph to appoint an Christian as vizier (highest ranking civilian office) in Egypt. One of her brothers became Patriarch of Jerusalem, another (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitt_al-Mulk#Family_and_early_life

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