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Balamand Students Visit the Vatican

October 14-21, 2005

 


Upon the gracious invitation of the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration, the Third Year Class students of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, traveled for one week to Rome, led by Archimandrite Isaac Barakat. The group had a very extensive program. It received a very warm welcome from all Vatican officials. The students were very grateful to visit and closely admire the richest heritage of the Christian Church as found in the Vatican.
Below are some of the pictures taken at various places visited.
 
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
 		 St. Peter' Basilica
 
Pontifical Council for Justice
 		 Secretariat of the State
 
Radio Vatican
 		 Audience with the Pope
 
The Focolare Movement Headquarters
 		 The Pontifical Oriental Institute
 
The Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue
 		 The Pontifical Institute for Arab Studies
 
Saint Bartolomeo all'Isola Tiberina
 		  Pastoral Visit to Church of the Transfiguration
 
Pastoral Visit to St. Theodoros Church of the Greek
Orthodox Community in Rome		 Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
 

The Catacombs

 Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
   

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