Bkirki hopes "the general national affairs, including the election of a president, will be discussed after the prayer and contemplation," the daily quoted unnamed sources as saying.
A delegation from the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
-led Strong
...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...bloc had informed Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday that the bloc will take part in the "prayer and contemplation day," hoping the meeting will represent "an occasion to draw lessons from Christian teachings and values in approaching all national junctures."
Most Christian blocs had also announced that they would take part in the gathering.