Our Church, our Faithful and our entire Ukrainian People enter into the Great Fast this year with feelings of pain, fear, suffering and trembling hope. We have experienced one of the longest…
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Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – In Syria, the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches have already begun Lent, the liturgical season during which the Christian, with a journey of conversion, fully lives the mystery…
Dearly Beloved Faithful “Open to me the doors of repentance, O Giver of life. As we worship in your temple this morning, teach us how to purify the temples of our bodies,…
From Gregorios, Servant of Jesus Christ, by the Grace of God Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, to the Bishops, members of our Holy Synod, to…
20 February 2014 Beloved children and friends in Ukraine and abroad, It is with heavy heart that we have been following the ongoing and, indeed, only escalating tragic circumstances in Ukraine over…
Next week we enter into the period often called Advent. This is the period set aside for us to prepare for the coming of Christ. Our way of preparing for the significant…
Middle East Latin bishops thank Pope for peace efforts, push for dialogue in Syria September 21, 2013. (Romereports.com) The Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions closed off their yearly gathering…
Cardinal Sandri: Pope’s vigil brought hope to those who suffer
VATICAN Day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria – Asia News