rai samia

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; Arabic: بشارة بطرس الراعي, romanized: Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; Latin: Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since March 15, 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi was made a cardinal on 24 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

View More On Wikipedia.org