Syria is a great country with a very ancient culture. Archaeological evidence Shows that it existed even before 400,000 BCE in the Paleolithic era. It is said that the Syrian culture is one of the most ancient on earth. It was one of the centers of the Neolithic culture where agriculture and cattle breeding first appeared on earth. City of Ebla in the north was an East Semitic Akkadian speaking city as old as 3000 BCE and was the center of an empire that extended from Mesopotamia to Red Sea.

By the Grace of God we are entering the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. In today’s reading we learn how our Lord had selected and appointed seventy messengers and prepared them for the field work prior to our Lord’s Public Mission. Our Lord gave a long list to do and not to do.