Lebanon-based Brazil Friendship Group in the Middle East held its annual Mass last Saturday (11) in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the Patroness of Brazil, for the Brazilian Christian community residing in the Arab country. The ten-year-old traditional celebration was conducted in Portuguese by Father Antônio Sadak at the Saydet El Najat Church in the Zouk neighborhood of Beirut, organized by the group’s president, Livia Tawil. During the Mass, in addition to celebrating Children’s Day and the Patroness, a Brazilian girl, Gabriela Oliveira (pictured), received her First Communion.
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