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Donation Instructions for the "Olive Wood Program" of St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church
 

According to American law, it is legal to donate tax deductable money from the United States of America to St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church via Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church. This donation money is tax deductable because the donation check is made out to a Catholic Church located in the United States of America.

Abouna Firas Khoury Diab, the pastor of St. George Church, has authorized Abouna / Rev. Father François Beyrouti, the Pastor of Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church, and Martha Liles to collect donations and to send donations to St. George Church.

Abouna / Rev. Father François Beyrouti, the Pastor of Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church, collects money for St. George Melkite Greek Church in Zababdeh, Palestine National Authority. All this money is placed in the "St. George Church" Program Fund in the bank account of Holy Cross Church. Then, two to four times per year, Abouna / Rev. Father François Beyrouti transfers that money into the bank account for St. George Melkite Greek Church within the State of Palestine, which is handled by Abouna Firas Khoury Diab.

When American banks transfer money from an American bank account to a Bank Account within the State of Palestine, American banks must obey American laws, policies, and procedures. American banks check if the person and/or the organization receiving the money has any terrorist connections. No bank transfer to Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab has been stopped.

The usual procedure is that Abouna / Rev. Father François Beyrouti and Martha Liles do not send the donor a receipt. To obtain a receipt, the donor must ask for a receipt.

  • The donor does the following:

    • Writes a bank check, a cashier check, or a money order payable to "Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Church" (Credit cards are not acceptable.)
    • Writes on the For or Memo line on the check "for the Olive Wood Program at St. George Greek Melkite Catholic Church in Zababdeh, State of Palestine"
    • Writes an instruction letter stating that the money is "for the Olive Wood Program at St. George Greek Melkite Catholic Church in Zababdeh, State of Palestine".
    • A suggested format for the instruction letter is below:

      Rev. Father François Beyrouti, Pastor
      Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish
      451 W. Madison Ave.
      Placentia, CA 92870

      Dear Rev. Father François Beyrouti:

      The enclosed check for $000.00 is a donation "for the Olive Wood Program of St. George Church Melkite Catholic Church in Zababdeh, State of Palestine".

      Please include the enclosed donation money in the next Holy Cross donation check and the enclosed instruction in the next Holy Cross donation letter to St. George Melkite Catholic Church in Zababdeh, State of Palestine.

      Thank you.

    • Mails the donation check and instruction letter to Rev. Father François Beyrouti, Pastor, Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish

    Holy Cross Melkite Catholic Church contact information

    Abouna François Beyrouti, Pastor
    Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish
    451 W. Madison Ave.
    Placentia, CA 92870
    Telephone: 1-714-985-1710
    E-mail: office@holycrossmelkite.org
    Web site: Holy Cross Melkite-Greek Catholic Parish

    Thank you.


  • St. George (Mar Giries) Melkite Greek Catholic Parish
    Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab
    E-mail Address: Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab,cure_zab@yahoo.com or Abouna Firas Boutros Khoury Diab, firas_khoury2002@yahoo.com
    Skype Name: Doris Diab Doris_Diab, by e-mail please agree on a date and a time for a Skype Video Call
    Time Zone: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus 2 hours
    Pacific Time (GMT minus 8 hours) in the United States of America is 10 hours behind Zababdeh Time, that is 2 a.m. Pacific Time is 12 noon Zababdeh Time, 12 noon Pacific Time is 10 p.m Zababdeh Time, 2 p.m. Pacific Time is 12 midnight Zabadeh Time, and 12 midnight Pacific Time is 10 a.m. the next day Zababdeh Time.
    Usually, the best time to contact Abouna Firas is during his evening, that is from 7 p.m. - 12 p.m. during Zababdeh time.
    Cell / Mobile telephone for Abouna Firas: 0599789282, from other countries including the U.S.: 011.970.599789282, (do not dial the area code and the 0), from Jerusalem and Bethlehem: 0599789282 (Code 970 is for Palestine National Authority and code 972 is for Israel. Both codes will work.)
    Fax: None
    Web site: St. George (Mar Giries) Melkite Greek Catholic Church, http://www.stgeorgeinzababdeh.com/
    Mailing address: St. George Church, Zababdeh, Palestine National Authority
    St. George Church does not have a street mailing address nor a Post Box Office mailing address.
    Physical location: St. George Church is the Catholic Church on the main road.
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