ROME, MARCH 28, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org. Benedict XVI has officially affirmed communion with the new patriarch of the Maronite Church, who was installed in the office Friday. Bishop Bechara Boutros Rai, 77,…
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“Music and Faith in My Life and Vision” Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, archbishop of Volokolamsk and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow February, 9th, 2011 Mr. President,…
At the Centre for Eastern Christianity in collaboration with the Centre for Christianity and Interreligoius Dialogue at Heythrop College: Christianity & Islam in Contemporary Context, 7 to 8 March 2011 ‘An overview…
The Library of Turfan and its Importance for the Study of the Liturgy of the Church of the East His Grace Mar Awa, Assyrian Bishop of California Further details from Dr Erica Hunter at…
Volgograd, Russia, Sep 14, 2010 A “chapel boat” containing relics of eight saints has begun a cruise along the Volga River. The relics are a gift from the Catholic Church to the…
Final Report of the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church at the Patriarchal Summer Residence, Ain-Traz, 21-26 June 2010 The Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was…
On 19 May 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, currently in Italy with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and…
Introduction to Liturgical Services and their Symbolism in the Eastern Church by Patriarch Gregorios III (Laham) This book, hitherto only available in Arabic, is a wonderful educational summary of many traditions of…
Pentecost by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Duomo, Siena On 8th December 2009, the retired Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez, wrote to the cardinals and bishops of Latin America…
Completed in 1960, this outstanding choral setting of the Divine Liturgy is also one of the first to have been written in English. Greek-American composer Peter Michaelides perceptively combines elements of Byzantine…