The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity, Christoph Baumer (I B Tauris – Palgrave Macmillan, pp 328, £25) Three scholars well-known in Eastern Church circles recommend this large…
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Fr John Salter writes: The Russian invasion of Georgia sees two Orthodox countries at war with each other. This, though sad, should not surprise us when one looks at the relationship over…
Here is the link to OL XII – Feast Days of the Eastern Churches
Fr John Salter writes: Abba Marcos died on 11th May 2008 in the Hospital of Our Lady of Good Remedy while visiting Barcelona. He was born in Holland on 20th August 1923.…
Dr Athanasius McVay at his blog, Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae, has posted a recent essay on Count Roman Alexander Sheptytsky, better known as Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, the famous leader of the Ukrainian Greek…
Fr John Salter writes: In 1926 Lady Surma d`bait Mar Shimun issued an appeal on behalf of the Assyrian People: We Assyrians are the last survivors of the ancient and once all-powerful…
The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Assyrians at Kudshanes, Turkey Fr John Salter writes: The Great Schism of 1054 was between Rome and Constantinople and latterly the other Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and…
Father John Salter, Chairman of the Society, writes: The last half year has been eventful for the Society. The collapse of the ceiling of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family-…
Sisters in Christ: Practical Ecumenism from contemporary documents, 1935-1951, edited by The Reverend A T J Salter, Urosevic Foundation, £6, obtainable from the Chairman of the Society Sisters in Christ is a…