Light of the East is the name of the Society’s Newsletter in the United States. You can download the recent editions of the US Western Region below: Light of the East, Western…
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The Bethlehem Icon School, established by our friend the iconographer Ian Knowles of Elias Icons, has been making great progress in teaching, reviving and ensuring the future of the Holy Land’s indigenous…
Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – The Egyptian security forces in the first days of February carried out a huge operation in the city of Assiut to dismantle an organized crime network that for…
BOSTON — At an ecumenical service honoring Christian martyrs, Jan. 25, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley described martyrs not as figures cast in marble but as human beings of flesh and bone —…
Stockholm (AINA) — Assyrians and Turks held demonstrations outside the municipal building of Botkyrka, a small town approximately 20 KM southwest of Stockholm, as the municipal council met yesterday to consider the…
Rome, January 31, 2014 (Zenit.org) This will be a crucial year for ecumenism, particularly concerning Catholic-Orthodox relations, the head of the Vatican’s Christian Unity council has said. In an interview with charity…
Aid to the Church in Need writes: Our new report ‘Drying their tears’ outlines our work in Syria and Egypt. Now almost three years into the conflict, we have taken the opportunity to…
2 February, AsiaNews – Nusra Front claims recent attack in Hermel (Lebanon) was to punish Hizbollah. Former general Aoun holds back new government by demanding key ministries. Maronite bishops prepare paper on…
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 31, 2014 / 01:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia called on Catholics to pray for the Church in Ukraine during the country’s recent crisis and…
Kiev, Ukraine, Jan 29, 2014 / 02:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A leading Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop has denounced the “brutality” of government crackdowns on protests in the Ukraine, while urging protestors not…