Bishop Nicholas J. Sanra. is celebrating his 25th anniversary as a priest. From the very beginning. the founders of Our Lady of Redemption Church were committed to seeing the emotional. educational. and spiritual needs of the Melkite community fulfilled. These Christian immigrants from Syria and Lebanon had been attracted to the growing opportunity of Detroit since before the turn of the century. However. not until 1920 did these faithful Melkiles receive their own priest. In that year Bishop Michael Gallagher of the Roman Catholic Church requested Melkile Patriarch Dimiri Cadi to send a priest for the 2000member Melkite community within his diocese.
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