A specimen of his hand writing in French

Professor (Almoallem) Geryes Zouein 1830-1893

. . . He was a MULTILINGUAL writer, philosopher, translator , lecturer, theologian and journalist. He learned and wrote in Arabic, syriac, Latin, French, Italian, Hebrew, and the Hellenism (Greek).

He wrote or translated over 15 theological books.

He headed the Syrian scientific society and he was the society official speaker.

He headed the correspondence and translation section at Mount Lebanon administration in BAABDA. to deal with the consuls of the custodial countries of Mount Lebanon (Turkey, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Austria.) This position brought to him success in politics, then in journalism. He become the editor in chief of the newspaper "ALBASHEER). He wrote also in many well known newspapers, such as the "Lissan ElHal", "AlMissbah", and "Lubnan". He also become the first editor of the "Vatican Assembler" magazine.

This a very brief summary of the great man Geryes Zouein.