<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820</id><updated>2009-11-12T00:21:29.733+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Sydney Maronite Churches</title><subtitle type='html'>My little tour of the Maronite Churches in Sydney</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-5882646807043186888</id><published>2007-12-23T01:25:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:54.350+11:00</updated><title type='text'>World Youth Day Cross at St Johns Melkite Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20etkLo7YI/AAAAAAAAAI8/1ecNrPXLQSM/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Cross2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20etkLo7YI/AAAAAAAAAI8/1ecNrPXLQSM/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Cross2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146803717309787522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-5882646807043186888?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/5882646807043186888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=5882646807043186888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/5882646807043186888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/5882646807043186888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/world-youth-day-cross-at-st-johns.html' title='World Youth Day Cross at St Johns Melkite Church'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20etkLo7YI/AAAAAAAAAI8/1ecNrPXLQSM/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Cross2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-4351918737020051516</id><published>2007-12-23T01:20:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:54.453+11:00</updated><title type='text'>World Youth Day Cross Plaque</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20dbkLo7XI/AAAAAAAAAI0/b4HGnsPZc34/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Plaque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20dbkLo7XI/AAAAAAAAAI0/b4HGnsPZc34/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Plaque.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146802308560514418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A message written in 6 langaues by Pope John Paul II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My dear young people, at the conlcusion of the Holy Year, I entrust to you the sign of this Jubilee Year: The Cross of Christi carry it throughout the world as a symbol of Christ's love for humanity, and proclaim to everyone that it is only in Christ, who died and rose from the dead, that salvation and redemption are to be found.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-4351918737020051516?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/4351918737020051516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=4351918737020051516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4351918737020051516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4351918737020051516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/world-youth-day-cross-plaque.html' title='World Youth Day Cross Plaque'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20dbkLo7XI/AAAAAAAAAI0/b4HGnsPZc34/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Plaque.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-2885198587730849016</id><published>2007-12-23T01:17:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:54.721+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Robert Hadded gives a talk about the Cross</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20c3ELo7WI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qVlB1_7we_s/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Robert+Haddad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20c3ELo7WI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qVlB1_7we_s/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Robert+Haddad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146801681495289186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Haddad is the Sydney University Catholic Chaplain. He lectures at the Centre for  Thomistic Studies in Apologetics and also tutors at the University of Notre Dame. He has been involved since 1991 in adult faith education through Lumen Verum Apologetics. He has authored many books and his most famous work is his 400 page book: Defend the Faith!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-2885198587730849016?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.lumenverum.org/' title='Robert Hadded gives a talk about the Cross'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/2885198587730849016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=2885198587730849016' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2885198587730849016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2885198587730849016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/robert-hadded-gives-talk-about-cross.html' title='Robert Hadded gives a talk about the Cross'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20c3ELo7WI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qVlB1_7we_s/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Robert+Haddad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-4096302389768532370</id><published>2007-12-23T01:08:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:54.890+11:00</updated><title type='text'>World Youth Day Icon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20as0Lo7VI/AAAAAAAAAIk/pnPGR6DiJOM/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Icon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20as0Lo7VI/AAAAAAAAAIk/pnPGR6DiJOM/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Icon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146799306378374482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Praying infront of the Theotkos icon at St Johns Melkite Church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2003, Pope John Paul II gave young people a second symbol of faith to be carried in the world, accompanying the WYD Cross - the Icon of Our Lady, 'Salus Populi Romani', a contemporary copy of a sacred and ancient icon housed in the first and greatest basilica to Mary the Mother of God in the West, St Mary Major. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I also entrust to you... the Icon of Mary. From now on it will accompany the World Youth Days, together with the Cross. Behold, your Mother! It will be a sign of Mary's motherly presence close to young people who are called, like the Apostle John, to welcome her into their lives. Rome, 18th World Youth Day, 2003&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-4096302389768532370?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/4096302389768532370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=4096302389768532370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4096302389768532370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4096302389768532370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/world-youth-day-icon.html' title='World Youth Day Icon'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20as0Lo7VI/AAAAAAAAAIk/pnPGR6DiJOM/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Icon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-4797767602766825684</id><published>2007-12-23T01:03:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:55.254+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church Chandeliers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20aUkLo7UI/AAAAAAAAAIc/_c7jYAg7-LQ/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Chandelier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20aUkLo7UI/AAAAAAAAAIc/_c7jYAg7-LQ/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Chandelier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146798889766546754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-4797767602766825684?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/4797767602766825684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=4797767602766825684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4797767602766825684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/4797767602766825684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church-chandeliers.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church Chandeliers'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20aUkLo7UI/AAAAAAAAAIc/_c7jYAg7-LQ/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Chandelier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-3414295331454567026</id><published>2007-12-23T00:57:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:55.925+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church Wooden Carving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20YSULo7TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/iFu2lNY_lts/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Carving.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20YSULo7TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/iFu2lNY_lts/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Carving.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146796652088585522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent a long time staring at this interesting peice of wood work trying to figure it out. &lt;br /&gt;Is it a women holding her son?&lt;br /&gt;A person kneeling or wanting support?&lt;br /&gt;A version of Newtons Cradle?&lt;br /&gt;If anyone knows what it means, let us know!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-3414295331454567026?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/3414295331454567026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=3414295331454567026' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/3414295331454567026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/3414295331454567026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church-wooden-carving.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church Wooden Carving'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20YSULo7TI/AAAAAAAAAIU/iFu2lNY_lts/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Carving.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-7954212320111362574</id><published>2007-12-23T00:56:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:56.573+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church Candles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XuELo7SI/AAAAAAAAAIM/ED0kKoyEZuk/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Candle+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XuELo7SI/AAAAAAAAAIM/ED0kKoyEZuk/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Candle+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146796029318327586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Lady of Australia Icon&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-7954212320111362574?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/7954212320111362574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=7954212320111362574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7954212320111362574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7954212320111362574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church-candles.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church Candles'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XuELo7SI/AAAAAAAAAIM/ED0kKoyEZuk/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Candle+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-6771862876398023375</id><published>2007-12-23T00:54:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:56.798+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church Icon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XW0Lo7RI/AAAAAAAAAIE/ga0ZpptWRdc/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Back+Icon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XW0Lo7RI/AAAAAAAAAIE/ga0ZpptWRdc/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Back+Icon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146795629886369042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This icon is inside the front entry wall.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-6771862876398023375?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/6771862876398023375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=6771862876398023375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/6771862876398023375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/6771862876398023375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church-icon.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church Icon'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20XW0Lo7RI/AAAAAAAAAIE/ga0ZpptWRdc/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Back+Icon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-2869295651289991057</id><published>2007-12-23T00:52:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:57.010+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20W7kLo7QI/AAAAAAAAAH8/NEyv_zRTlCc/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Church.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20W7kLo7QI/AAAAAAAAAH8/NEyv_zRTlCc/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Church.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146795161734933762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-2869295651289991057?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/2869295651289991057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=2869295651289991057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2869295651289991057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2869295651289991057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20W7kLo7QI/AAAAAAAAAH8/NEyv_zRTlCc/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Church.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-259162823249789993</id><published>2007-12-23T00:33:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:57.231+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St Johns Melkite Church at Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20Sp0Lo7PI/AAAAAAAAAH0/EI-TjwYlnjs/s1600-h/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Mery+Christmas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20Sp0Lo7PI/AAAAAAAAAH0/EI-TjwYlnjs/s400/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Mery+Christmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146790458745744626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-259162823249789993?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.melkite.org.au/' title='St Johns Melkite Church at Christmas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/259162823249789993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=259162823249789993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/259162823249789993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/259162823249789993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/12/st-johns-melkite-church-at-christmas.html' title='St Johns Melkite Church at Christmas'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/R20Sp0Lo7PI/AAAAAAAAAH0/EI-TjwYlnjs/s72-c/WYD+Cross+St+Johns+Melkite+Mery+Christmas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-3931311119279435590</id><published>2007-04-18T01:36:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T01:37:04.752+10:00</updated><title type='text'>The 2007 Good Friday Mass at St John the Beloved</title><content type='html'>Highlights video coming soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-3931311119279435590?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/3931311119279435590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=3931311119279435590' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/3931311119279435590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/3931311119279435590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/2007-good-friday-mass-at-st-john.html' title='The 2007 Good Friday Mass at St John the Beloved'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-5663784837046550124</id><published>2007-04-18T01:32:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:57.512+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Procession</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTpMdXcwKI/AAAAAAAAAHA/WMkiNFXo_vo/s1600-h/Procession.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTpMdXcwKI/AAAAAAAAAHA/WMkiNFXo_vo/s400/Procession.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054421082067222690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTpM9XcwLI/AAAAAAAAAHI/iDAaq6CAywQ/s1600-h/Procession01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTpM9XcwLI/AAAAAAAAAHI/iDAaq6CAywQ/s400/Procession01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054421090657157298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-5663784837046550124?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/5663784837046550124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=5663784837046550124' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/5663784837046550124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/5663784837046550124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/procession.html' title='The Procession'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTpMdXcwKI/AAAAAAAAAHA/WMkiNFXo_vo/s72-c/Procession.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-8894469676889947713</id><published>2007-04-18T01:25:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:57.725+11:00</updated><title type='text'>It is accomplished...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTnDdXcwJI/AAAAAAAAAG4/bIuZ-Zf8OaQ/s1600-h/Jesus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTnDdXcwJI/AAAAAAAAAG4/bIuZ-Zf8OaQ/s400/Jesus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054418728425144466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...and bowing his head he gave up his spirit"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-8894469676889947713?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/8894469676889947713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=8894469676889947713' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/8894469676889947713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/8894469676889947713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/it-is-accomplished.html' title='It is accomplished...'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTnDdXcwJI/AAAAAAAAAG4/bIuZ-Zf8OaQ/s72-c/Jesus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-7441378022832231918</id><published>2007-04-18T01:18:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:57.976+11:00</updated><title type='text'>John...Behold your Mother.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTlfdXcwII/AAAAAAAAAGw/GwQ5kmb5Y0I/s1600-h/Mary.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTlfdXcwII/AAAAAAAAAGw/GwQ5kmb5Y0I/s400/Mary.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054417010438226050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-7441378022832231918?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/7441378022832231918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=7441378022832231918' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7441378022832231918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7441378022832231918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/johnbehold-your-mother.html' title='John...Behold your Mother.'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTlfdXcwII/AAAAAAAAAGw/GwQ5kmb5Y0I/s72-c/Mary.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-2770138653331841278</id><published>2007-04-18T00:56:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:58.201+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Liturgy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTgttXcwFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/TyTex-yYbs8/s1600-h/Fr+Andre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTgttXcwFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/TyTex-yYbs8/s400/Fr+Andre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054411757693222994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Father Andre recites the Liturgy with Father Fadi Tabet and Father George.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-2770138653331841278?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/2770138653331841278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=2770138653331841278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2770138653331841278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/2770138653331841278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/liturgy.html' title='The Liturgy'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTgttXcwFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/TyTex-yYbs8/s72-c/Fr+Andre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-1447269819913240645</id><published>2007-04-17T23:33:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:58.355+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cross</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTh6tXcwGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/KV5Twpxu2vs/s1600-h/Jesus+on+Cross.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTh6tXcwGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/KV5Twpxu2vs/s400/Jesus+on+Cross.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054413080543150178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-1447269819913240645?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/1447269819913240645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=1447269819913240645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/1447269819913240645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/1447269819913240645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/cross.html' title='The Cross'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTh6tXcwGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/KV5Twpxu2vs/s72-c/Jesus+on+Cross.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-7522304715644039867</id><published>2007-04-17T23:25:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T17:21:58.621+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Friday Mass at St John the Beloved</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTjDtXcwHI/AAAAAAAAAGo/28-lGzADZDE/s1600-h/Fr+George.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTjDtXcwHI/AAAAAAAAAGo/28-lGzADZDE/s400/Fr+George.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054414334673600626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Father George in deep meditation on the word of God.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-7522304715644039867?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.sjb.org.au/' title='Good Friday Mass at St John the Beloved'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/7522304715644039867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=7522304715644039867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7522304715644039867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/7522304715644039867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/04/good-friday-mass-at-st-john-beloved.html' title='Good Friday Mass at St John the Beloved'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CvpQcUMl6sk/RiTjDtXcwHI/AAAAAAAAAGo/28-lGzADZDE/s72-c/Fr+George.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116929974183306087</id><published>2007-01-21T00:26:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T00:29:01.870+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenges of 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/671468/Challenge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/656120/Challenge.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that christ give me...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116929974183306087?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116929974183306087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116929974183306087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116929974183306087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116929974183306087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2007/01/challenges-of-2007.html' title='Challenges of 2007'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116671365009358899</id><published>2006-12-22T01:26:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T02:07:30.093+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St. Johns Melkite Church Shrine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/383496/Melkite%20Shrine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/536691/Melkite%20Shrine.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116671365009358899?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.melkite.org.au' title='St. Johns Melkite Church Shrine'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116671365009358899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116671365009358899' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671365009358899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671365009358899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/st-johns-melkite-church-shrine.html' title='St. Johns Melkite Church Shrine'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116671343133659376</id><published>2006-12-22T01:25:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T02:03:51.353+11:00</updated><title type='text'>St. John the Evangelist Melkite Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/195310/Melkite%20Shrine2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/553333/Melkite%20Shrine2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to stop over at our neighbours at St Johns Melkite church in Greenacre. 3 minutes walk from St Charbel in Punchbowl, to see what they have done for christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This beautiful little shrine is reminiscent of the cave at Our Lady of Magdouche church in Lebanon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legend has it that Jesus and his followers stayed in that cave while travelling in Lebanon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love Byzantine art. Hopefully over the next couple of weeks, ill have a chance to visit the church and see what it has to offer in terms of its religious art and icons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116671343133659376?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.melkites.org/' title='St. John the Evangelist Melkite Church'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116671343133659376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116671343133659376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671343133659376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671343133659376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/st-john-evangelist-melkite-church.html' title='St. John the Evangelist Melkite Church'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116671352614181335</id><published>2006-12-22T01:23:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T02:05:26.140+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Lady Lighting up the Night</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/326012/OLOL%20Xmas%20Statue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/907691/OLOL%20Xmas%20Statue.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116671352614181335?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116671352614181335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116671352614181335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671352614181335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671352614181335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/our-lady-lighting-up-night.html' title='Our Lady Lighting up the Night'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116671114338413949</id><published>2006-12-22T01:22:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T10:15:34.763+11:00</updated><title type='text'>The Shadow of Jesus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/296931/OLOL%20Xmas%20Altar%20Shadow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/649462/OLOL%20Xmas%20Altar%20Shadow.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Late Night prayers during christmas week at Our Lady of Lebanon. Notice the shadow of Jesus.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116671114338413949?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116671114338413949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116671114338413949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671114338413949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671114338413949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/shadow-of-jesus.html' title='The Shadow of Jesus'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116671130796577179</id><published>2006-12-22T01:22:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T02:10:43.850+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Late Night Prayers at Our Lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/574815/OLOL%20Xmas%20Altar%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/498793/OLOL%20Xmas%20Altar%202.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Altar&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116671130796577179?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116671130796577179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116671130796577179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671130796577179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116671130796577179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/late-night-prayers-at-our-lady.html' title='Late Night Prayers at Our Lady'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116612992656474636</id><published>2006-12-15T07:58:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-15T07:58:46.606+11:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;St John the Beloved Church - Mt Druitt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/VAIxsCiVL1s"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://youtube.com/v/VAIxsCiVL1s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;A little tour of St John the Beloved Maronite Catholic Church in Mt Druitt Sydney&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116612992656474636?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116612992656474636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116612992656474636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116612992656474636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116612992656474636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/st-john-beloved-church-mt-druitt.html' title=''/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30681820.post-116601144528592760</id><published>2006-12-13T23:00:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T23:04:05.286+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Lady of Lebanon Church II</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/1600/566895/Our%20Lady%20Church.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1808/776/400/800722/Our%20Lady%20Church.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30681820-116601144528592760?l=charbela.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/feeds/116601144528592760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30681820&amp;postID=116601144528592760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116601144528592760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30681820/posts/default/116601144528592760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://charbela.blogspot.com/2006/12/our-lady-of-lebanon-church-ii.html' title='Our Lady of Lebanon Church II'/><author><name>Charles81</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872398517376160614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11562801708109125858'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>