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Lebanese Catholic priest

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Samir Nassar (5 July 1950–) is a Maronite prelate who is the current archeparch of the Archeparchy of Damascus.

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Many new martyrs have been added during this heavy crisis that has torn Syria apart since 2011. Silent prayers filled with tears find refuge in the ultimate meaning of Christian witness, the First Martyr, our ultimate Wall of Lamentation, our only Hope.

We have to change the situation. Everybody is closing his country against the neighbor. We have to open these frontiers to each other and live in one community, one fraternity of people. This is the meaning of Christian life, this the meaning of our religion.

You have to plant hope, but you have to have hope for it to be planted. Optimism and hope, sometimes we don't have it.