Announcements & Upcoming Activities
2012 Zgharta Phone Directory
The 2012 Zgharta Phone Directory will be issued in February 2012. The association calls on any community member with phone and address changes or advertisements to notify the association's secretary Anthony Geaitani (0416 148 993)
* The association also calls on Zgharta community members to provide their mobile numbers and email addresses to be added on its communication data.
دليل الهاتف 2012
ترجو اللجنة من ابناء الجالية تزويدها بأرقام الهاتف والعناوين الجديدة لنشرها في دليل هاتف الجالية الزغرتاوية لعام 2012. اما بخصوص الاعلانات في الدليل الرجاء الاتصال بامين السر انطوني الجعيتاني قبل نهاية كانون الثاني 2012هذا وتدعو الجمعية ابناء الجالية الى تزويدها بأرقام الموبايل وعناوين البريد الالكتروني لكي يتم اعلامهم بنشاطات الجمعية والجالية
Association Archive
The committee is working on organising the association archive and urges community members with any records, old documentations and pictures relating to the association's history since its establishment to get in touch with Sarkis Karam or Youssef Maksisi.
ستقوم اللجنة بتنسيق أرشيف الجمعية منذ تأسيسها حتى اليوم وترجو من ابناء الجالية الذين لديهم وثائق او صور قديمة تتعلق بتاريخ الجمعية الاتصال بسركيس كرم او يوسف المقسيسه.
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News
- Welcome to 2012
Season 2012 is expected to be a season of success with lots of fun attached to it.You will be kept in the loop of upcoming events via emails, and updated information on events will be registered on our newly designed website which will be launched on the 7th of February.
By Ian Henderson - Telegraph
Out of my Beirut hotel window the jumble of history is everywhere. A ruined Ottoman fort and an exquisite Maronite chapel are immediately outside. Concrete blocks from the infamous Green Line which used to divide the city are scattered among fallen Roman columns. On the skyline, mosques and churches - there are around 18 official religions in Lebanon - frame the skeleton of the old Holiday Inn, a favourite target for anyone with a rocket launcher during the civil war which ended 11 years ago.
The Association of Zgharta (Youssef Bey Karam Batal Lebnan) Australia celebrated Mass for the beatification of Venerable Patriarch Estephan Douaihy on 4/12/11 at Our Lady of Lebanon church, Harris Park, Sydney. In attendance were Lebanon Consul-General Robert Naoum, WLCU Vice President Michel Douaihy, El Marada Australia Coordinator Mansour Azizi, al-Istiklal Movement Coordinator Asaad Barakat, Kataeb Sydney president Peter Maroun, Rydalmere FC President Peter Bacha, Maronite Catholic society Secretary Youssef Mekary... (Pictures)
