His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch and leader of the Catholic Church in Syria, has imparted these reflections and observations as a vademecum to throw light on the…
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On 16th July 2012, His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham), of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria, imparted these reflections and observations as a vademecum to throw light on the attitudes…
In the ancient Eastern tradition of the Church, after Pentecost in June is observed the Fast (or period of abstinence) of the Twelve Apostles, chief among whom are Peter and Paul, whom…
The American Spectator : Identity Among Middle East Christians
Archimandrite Donato Oliverio (56) as the new Eparchial Bishop of Lungro for Italo-Albanians in Continental Italy. Bishop-elect Donato was educated at Cosenza, Grottaferrata, and Rome. He is an alumnus of the Pontifical…
The Life, Work, and Travels of Adrian Fortescue, by Aidan Nicholls, O.P. The Lutterworth Press, P.O.Box 60, Cambridge, CB1 2NT. £25. The cover of this book tells the reader that Father Adrian…
A History of the Church of the East by David Wilmshurst Published by East & West Publishing – £39 There have been in recent years some excellent books on this once forgotten Church of…
Fr John Salter, in Chrysostom for Pascha 2012, writes: In that wonderfully romantic Grimms’ Fairy Tale world of the mountains of Carpatho-Ruthenia which lies between Slovakia and Ukraine, and which was evangelized by…
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…
Father John Salter, chairman, writes in Chrysostom, Pascha 2012: Father Serge was known to me for almost twenty years and was instrumental in guiding me into the Unia. I travelled abroad with him…