Rodrigue khoury biography of martin

Interview with the Founder and President of the Orthodox Party in Lebanon,

with Antonia Patsidou

1) The Hellenic Orthodox community in Lebanon, lists on the 3,000 Hellenes- Greeks. The Hellenic speaking regions of the country are mainly concentrated in the capital Beirut, and in Tripoli, at North Lebanon.

Give us more details on the Hellenic community of Lebanon.

Rodrigue El Khoury

The Hellenic orthodox community in lebanon lists from the 3000 hellenes living in lebanon , is a wrong idea. The true number is about 300,000 and we are 7-8% of the population , and the fourth bigger community in Lebanon , after sunni, shiaa , and maronites. The number 3000 represents those who have the “greek nationality” from the new greek state …and those who came to Lebanon from Greece after 1920. But those who have the “Hellenic roots” , those