sentences:  Coussa was ordained a priest of the Basilian Alepian Order on 20 December 1920 in Rome by Isaias Papadopoulos, titular bishop of Grazianopoli, assessor of the Sacred Congregation of the Oriental Church.Coussa served as director of the Melkite Scholasticate in Beirut from 1921 to 1925.He was then chosen as assistant general of his order, a position he occupied from 19 December 1925 to 20 May 1934.