With Life A Swift Journey In The Diary Of Archpriest V Rev Fr Boutros Touma Issa

This book is a humble attempt to honour the great person in our lives, the man whom we always describe as 'The Rock' in our lives; we are blessed to be able to work on this book under the supervision of the main editor and chief consultant of this publication. Certainly, this book was researched and compiled under the supervision of the Chief Contents' Consultant and Senior Editor V. Rev. Fr. Boutros Touma Issa, the subject of this book.Indeed, whilst the idea was there in the minds of the Issa siblings for a long time, as they have, and from young age, always witnessed and continue to this day witness, how careful Fr. Issa (i.e., Their Dad) was and continues to be to record entries in his diary prior to and following any activity or a visit undertaken by him, or a visit to his residence by others and/or a significant historical event that might take place around the world. Though the Issa siblings do not have the habit of going through their father's diary, but he gave them the authority to do so. This permission was given when the Issa siblings, the compilers/researchers of this book, undertook another project; in 2017, the publication of another book under the title: "Readings in the 20th Century Genocide of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (Sayfo)". Then and there the Issa siblings we took refuge in this diary to record the historical events, including the recent 21st century persecution of Christians, from which members of Fr. Issa's family who were uprooted from their village 'Bartleh' overnight prior to the attacks on the village, and other events that took place in Bartleh, Mesopotamia in 2014. Now, the Issa siblings have gone back to this three-volume diary to be informed and enlightened in preparation of their research for this book.