Updates

Mary of Nazareth Centre in Nazareth

NAZARETH, MARCH 22, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org On the feast of the Annunciation, just across from the Basilica of the Annunciation, an international, interreligious centre dedicated to Our Lady is set to…

Bishop Bechara Rai elected Maronite Patriarch

BKERKE, Lebanon, MARCH 18, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Bishop Béchara Raï has been elected as the 77th patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites. He was elected Wednesday, receiving more than two-thirds of…

Cardinal Koch visiting Russian Orthodox Church

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 13, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. On Saturday, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity will begin a visit of great ecumenical importance to the Russian Orthodox…

Patriarch Gregorios attends Retirement of Maronite Patriarch

Patriarch Gregorios III attends Maronite Patriarch’s Diamond Jubilee of Priesthood On Saturday, 05 March 2011, Patriarch Gregorios III, in company with the Syrian Catholic and Armenian Catholic Patriarchs, attended the Jubilee and…

Patriarch Gregorios’ Pastoral Letter for Great Lent 2011

Prot. Nº 96 /2011D                                                        Damascus, 24 February 2011       Letter of H. B. Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, for Great…

The Long-Suffering Copts

Fr John Salter writes, in Chrysostom, Pascha 2011: Of the so-called Monophysite Churches the Copts and the Armenians have borne untold suffering for the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The fifteen centuries of…

Bishop Michael Botean – at Orientale Lumen Euro-East III

Jack Figel, who so energetically leads SSJC in the USA, writes (September 12 2010) –   I’ve had several requests to post the introductory remarks by Bishop John Michael Botean at the opening…