The Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, University of London In association with the Society of St John Chrysostom Research Study Day Eastern Christianity: modern histories, theologies and contemporary contexts —– 10.30-11.00:…
Homily for the Feast of the Nativity, 25 December 2015, Church of the Most Precious Blood, Southwark
Mosaic, Shrine of Our Lady Awaiting, Maghdouche, Lebanon courtesy of (c) Aid to the Church in Need It is easy to forget in London, one of the greatest cities of the Western world, as…
Letter of His Beatitude Gregorios III Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church On the occasion of the Feast of the…
The Byzantine Divine Liturgy, in the view of many Western people, is ornate and richly complex. In fact, while the prayers are longer than those in the Latin tradition and an obvious…
Pope Francis has established a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. It will be celebrated on September 1st every year. The Pope was inspired by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, which…
Saturday 1st August saw the Festival of Eastern Catholic Churches, held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London, organised by the Society of Saint John Chrysostom, the Catholic society founded in 1926 in…
What are our leaders doing about religious persecution? – Telegraph Saturday, 25th April, 2015 The recent car bomb explosion in Erbil, in Iraq, came as a particular shock since only five days…
I first met Father Alexander fifty-seven years ago, shortly after he came to London. He came to dinner with me at King’s College Hostel, where I was a theological student. Over the…
Fr Mark Woodruff, Vice-Chairman, writes: With great sadness we learn this morning that Father Alexander, our past Chairman, reposed in the Lord late on Wednesday evening 15th April. For decades he has been the…
“Christianity in the Middle East: present challenges and future possibilities” Jointly convened by the British Trust for Tantur and the Centre for Eastern Christianity Saturday 28th February 2015 , at University of Notre…