According to American law, it is legal to donate money from the United States of America to St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via PayPal. Donations via Paypal are not tax deductable money because Paypal is not a Catholic Church.

All money sent to St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via PayPal is a donation. PayPal asks the user to select a send money category. The selections are Goods, Services/Other, eBay items, and Cash Advance. Donation is not a category. Donation is an Other. Then, please use the Services/Other category. Thank you.

The money that is e-mailed to PayPal is placed into an American bank account for St. George Church. Then, that money is transferred to the St. George Melkite Greek Church bank account. American money can be transferred to the St. George Melkite Greek Church bank account. American banks must obey American laws when they transfer money from an American bank account to the St. George Church bank account. All American money, which is transferred to banks within the Palestine National Authority, is transferred via an American government approved transfer bank. This bank checks if the person receiving the money has any terrorist connections. No bank transfer to Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab has been stopped.

The person authorized by the pastor of St. George Church, Abouna Firas Khoury Diab, to collect and to send donations to St. George Church via PayPal is the the following:

• Martha Liles at mliles@mliles.com and www.mliles.com

The donor does the following:

1. Follows the PayPal instructions for e-mailing money, https://www.paypal.com/
2. E-mails Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab that a donation has been sent via PayPal, cure_zab@yahoo.com
3. E-mails Martha Liles that a donation has been sent via PayPal, mliles@mliles.com

Thank you.