Honors

Among the many honors received by Issam Michael Fares:

• Honorary doctorate in international public affairs, Tufts University, 2000

• The Cedars of Lebanon Medal: Order of the Rank of Knight and Commander

• The Order of Saint Paul and Saint Peter

• The highest rank of the Order of Saint John of Damascus

• Honoree of the year, the American University of Beirut, 1995

• Honorary doctorate, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

• The Saint Daniel medal, bestowed by the Russian Orthodox Church

Mr. Fares also belongs to:

• The European Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodox Deputies

• The International Crisis Group, London

An extended list of honors:

• Doctorate Honoris causa from the Diplomatic Academy (Moscow)

• Doctorate Honoris causa from Tufts University

• Officier of the national order (Lebanon)

• Grand Officier of the national order (Lebanon)

• The Medal of Saints Peter and Paul (Antiochian Orthodox Patriarchate)

• “Grand Cordon de Jean Baptiste (Antiochian Orthodx Church)

• The Grand Cordon of Archon Depoutatos (Patriarchate of Constantinople)

• The Grand Cordon of Saint Daniel (Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia)

• Legion d’Honneur, Grand Officier (France)

• Order of the Prince Yaroslav the Wise second rank (Ukraine)

• Gold Decoration (World Maronite Foundation)

• Gold Medal of Merit (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York and North America)

• The Gold Medal, Maronite Central Council (Lebanon)

• The Grand Cross of the Phoenix (Greece)

• Prize of the International Foundation for the Unity of the Orthodox Nations (Patriarchate of Moscow and all the Russia)

• The Golden Medal of Acropole (UNESCO)

• Alahd National Merit (Algeria)

• Grand Commander Makarios the Third (Cyprus)

• Union Order (Yemen)

• Order of “Stara Planina” first rang (Bulgaria)

• Honorary Golden Medal of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Bulgaria)

• Medal “In memory of 300 years of Saint Petersbourg” (Russia)

• Commandoria with Star of the Order of Merit (Poland)

• St. Aphrem the Syrian decoration for commander (Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas)