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Absi elected Melkite Patriarch Joseph I

Archbishop Joseph Absi has been elected Melkite Patriarch of Antioch!  Αξιος!  Аѯіосъ!!  Axios! photo of the newly-elected Patriarch Joseph مبروك ولسنين كثيرة سيدنا The Society of Saint John Chrysostom congratulates the new…

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar (1933–2017)

Cardinal Husar at the Ukrainian Cathedral in London May 31, 2017, at 18:30 after a serious illness His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Church died at the…

Resignation of Melkite Patriarch Gregory III

Gregorios III and Sviatoslav of Kyiv To His Beatitude Gregory III Laham Patriarch of Antioche of the Greco-Melkites  and to all the Bishops of that Church Beatitude and Venerable Brothers in Christ, In…

COMMON DECLARATION OF FRANCIS AND TAWADROS II

1. We, Francis, Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church, and Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, give thanks to God in the…

CALLED TO UNITY

By Archpriest Andriy Chirovsky (First Things, 16 February 2016) Like many Ukrainian Greco-Catholics, I am pleased that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill finally met in Havana February 12, even though the negotiations…

Father John Salter, Chairman, stepping down after nearly 20 years

At the June meeting of the Committee of the Society of Saint John Chrysostom Abouna John Salter announced his retirement as the Society’s Chairman after nearly two decades of invaluable and dedicated service,…