The Vatican Information Service reports, 6 May 2009, that the Pope at his weekly General Audience, recalling how on Friday he will begin his apostolic trip to the Holy Land, read out…
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The Vatican Information Service writes, 6 May 2009: In his general audience held this morning in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope focused his remarks on St. John Damascene (675-749), “a leading figure…
The Vatican Information Service reports: During his general audience this morning Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis to St. Germanus of Constantinople, who “played an important role in the complex history of the…
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.
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 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, 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…
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…
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…
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…