Father Hamid Masouh

Full name: Father Hamid Elie Massouh

Mother’s name: Bushra

Place and date of birth: Homs 1991

Educational attainment:

Secondary school certificate – Literary branch

Date of entry into the seminary: 2010-2011

Date of graduation: 2015

University degrees:

Bachelor’s degree in Theology and Philosophy

Date of ordination:

Reader, chanter and epistolary: July 2009

The late Bishop Theophilus George Kassab

Date of evangelical ordination: June 12, 2021

His Beatitude our father Patriarch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan the Most Blessed

Date of priestly ordination: March 20, 2022

Bishop Mar Flapianus Rami Qabalan, Patriarchal Administrator of the Diocese of Homs, Hama and Nabk

Parishes in which I served:

Diaconate service: Our Lady of Salvation Parish – Zaidal  / 8 years with the late Bishop Theophilus Philip Barakat, may God have mercy on him

Priestly service:

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Al-Hamidiyah Parish

Church of Saint Joseph the Worker, Tomin Parish

Church of Our Lady of Salvation, Zaidal Parish

Church of Saint Elias Al-Hay, Badou and Jabriya Parish

Pastoral activities:

Guide to the Christian Education Center, Our Lady of Salvation Church in Zaidel, for 7 years

Centers responsible for:

_ Director of Endowments of the Diocese since 2016 until today

– And Director of Public and External Relations with Officials and the State since 2016 until today

– Priest of Our Lady of Salvation Parish in Zaidel

– Priest of Saint Elias Al-Hay Parish in Badou and Jabriya

Participated in several courses in the art of leadership, psychology, sociology and psychological support in Syria and Lebanon

From 2016 to 2023

Humanitarian services:

Humanitarian work in the Evangelist House in Homs to care for the elderly

Humanitarian work for psychological support for prisoners in Homs Central Prison

Humanitarian work for psychological support for juvenile prisoners in prison Homs

Wife’s name: Mrs. Rasha Ballan