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…
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Vatican City, November 21, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 203 hits At 10 o’clock this morning, Pope Francis met with the Patriarchs of the Oriental Catholic Churches and the Major Archbishops in the Hall…
Authentic Synodal Governance of the Christian East Vatican City, 21 November 2013 (VIS) – At 10 a.m. today, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father received in audience…
We must not resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians Vatican City, 21 November 2013 (VIS) – “The memorable Vatican Council II also had the merit of explicitly mentioning that in…
Hopes are high, ahead of the meeting of the Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East with the Pope. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, which is…
Arab unrest sparks vocation crisis for Eastern Catholic Churches
Vatican City, 29 October 2013 (VIS) – Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, announced in his address at the opening of the new academic year of the…
Bringing hope of peace for Syria Beirut, 26 May 2013 (Apic) Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, Gregorios III, surrounded by bishops from…
Please read here the document issued by Patriarch Gregorios III of which the text is given below. Call for Solidarity and Prayer (On the Kidnapping of Metropolitan Paul and Archbishop Gregorios Yohanna) …
By Fr John Salter, Chairman – in Chrysostom, Pascha 2012 Some twelve years ago I was sitting sipping coffee in the common room of the Melkite Greek Catholic seminary at Harissa, on top…