His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, met with the ecumenical delegation on April 22.  (Pictured left to right): Mrs. Elenie Huszagh, a Greek Orthodox layperson and NCC President; the Patriarch; the Rev. Joseph Rice Hale, United Methodist Church, Waynesville, N.C., and the Rev. William Shaw, President, National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.  (Photo by Mark Brown)

The high-level delegation of U.S. church leaders is visiting the Middle East April 17-27 to express solidarity with Christian churches there and to support calls for an end to the violence and the protection of human rights in Israel and Palestine.  The delegation is scheduled to meet with political and religious leaders in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Israel.

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