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Orthodox Chanting

Follow the link in the title to a short documentary on PBS in the USA for Western Easter, introducing the music of the Byzantine tradition from Holy Cross Antiochian parish, Linthicum, Maryland.

Pre-Ecumenical Uniates — Ecumenical Eastern Catholics

A conference given at the Biennial Ecumenical Marian Pilgrimage, Walsingham, 19 March 2009 This presentation is historical, both in its method and in the very fact of it being the first of…

A Blessed Pascha: The Miracle of the Holy Fire

A blessed and Holy Pascha to all our Orthodox brothers and sisters. For an account of the Miracle at the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem, whereby the Greek Orthodox Patriarch receives…

Fairouz sings the Passion of Christ

Fairouz, the legendary Lebanese singer, singing the 15th Antiphon at Matins of Good Friday in 1965 at a church in Beirut in Lebanon: Today he who hung the earth upon the waters…

Good Friday Arabic Catholic Hymn – Wa Habibi

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…

Christianity in Iraq Seminar Day VI

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…

Letter of His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III for Pascha 2009

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…

Orientale Lumen Conference XIII – Washinton

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…

Archbishop of Westminster

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…