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Eternal Memory: Archbishop Salim Ghazal

In Memoriam Archbishop Salim Ghazal, B. S. (7 July 1931-29 April 2011) Funeral Oration, preached on 2 May, 2011, at St. Nicholas’ Cathedral, Saida, Lebanon, for my brother, friend and companion on…

Inauguration of the Liqaa International Centre for Dialogue

Inauguration of the Liqaa International Centre for Dialogue (in Rabweh, Lebanon at 5p.m. on Tuesday 10 May 2011)   On Tuesday, 10 May 2011, in Rabweh (Lebanon), Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch…

Diptychs: Orthodox Unity and Ecclesiology

Sophia Kishkovsky of ENI News reports, 22 March 2011     Diptychs, an arcane liturgical term that describes the order in which Orthodox churches commemorate each other at their services, is one…

Ratzinger & Ecumenism

From Light of the East, newsletter of the Youngstown SSJC Chapter for May-June 2012Much of Ratzinger’s approach to ecumenism evidences a concern to avoid relativist tendencies. Aidan Nichols attributes to Ratzinger the…

Patriarch Gregorios III’s Appeal to Western Leaders

In view of the tragically difficult times that the whole Middle East, and especially Syria, is going through, H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III wrote a letter on 20 April 2011 to Western…

Orientale XV – Conference

The conference will be held June 20-23, 2011 at the Washington Retreat House on the theme of “Rome and the Communion of Churches: Bishop, Patriarch or Pope?”   The Speakers are Metropolitan…

Patriarch Gregorios’ Letter for Pascha 2012 and Pope John Paul’s Prayer for Peace

Letter of H. B. Patriarch Gregorios III for Pascha 24 April 2011     The Arab World’s Way of the Cross towards Resurrection                   Christ is risen!                                                                                                                     He is risen…