English Catholics will recognise the melody of this hymn, to which we sing the poignant penitential and Passiontide hymn, God of Mercy and Compassion. It is a French traditional tune (Au sang…
The Centre of Eastern and Orthodox Christianity at the School Of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will host its sixth seminar on Saturday April 25th 2009 at the Brunei…
Paul, Apostle of the Resurrection “..You are risen with Christ” (Colossians 3:1) From Gregorios, servant of Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East, of…
The Holodomor or Holocaust against the Ukrainian people in 1932-33 was a man-made famine engineered by the USSR’s Bolshevik regime that took millions of Ukrainian lives. In all of the history of…
The Orientale Lumen XIII Conference is now all set for June 15-18, 2009 at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC on the theme of “Monastic Spirituality for Everyday…
We are delighted to learn that the Holy Father Pope Benedict has appointed Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, England, as metropolitan archbishop of Westminster and thus, in due course, the ex officio…
Here is the March 2009 Newsletter – Light of the East – of the Youngstown-Warren Chapter of the Society of St John Chrysostom in the US.
February 27, 2009 – Catholic Culture reports: Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, offered an uncharacteristically pessimistic assessment of ecumenical dialogue with the Greek Orthodox Church…
February 7, 2009 NEW YORK (Armenian Reporter): Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), attended a meeting in Rome this week of the Joint International…
The programme of Benedict XVI’s apostolic trip to the Holy Land, due to take place from 8 to 15 May, has been announced. The Pope will depart from Rome’s Fiumicino airport at…