Tag: oriental orthodox

The Long-Suffering Copts

Fr John Salter writes, in Chrysostom, Pascha 2011: Of the so-called Monophysite Churches the Copts and the Armenians have borne untold suffering for the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The fifteen centuries of…

Eternal Memory: Prebendary Gerard Irvine

Fr John Salter writes in the Pascha 2011 edition of Chrysostom: When I was looking for a second Anglican curacy in 1966 I was interviewed by Father Irvine at his vicarage at…

Patriarch Gregorios’ Visit to Alexandria and Egypt

Back from Cairo, Gregorios III says, “We are living God’s today.” H.B. Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, is back from Cairo, where, as…

Cardinal Koch to Coptic Christians: We Must Seek Peace Together

Christmas Greeting to Coptic Orthodox Church ROME, JAN. 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Vatican’s unity council says Christians should be united to face oppression, and also to seek peace. Cardinal…

Egyptian Christians Hope for Global Solidarity

Interview With Orthodox Coptic Bishop Barnabas El Soryany By Serena Sartini ROME, JAN. 12, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Though forgiveness is the way to respond to the Jan. 1 attack on an Orthodox Coptic…

The Koulla

The basic habit of a Coptic monk is made up of a leather belt worn under a long, black gown, a black skull cap and a black hood. When a monk is…

2010 Census of Orthodox Christian Churches in the USA

Data is now available from the 2010 US Orthodox Christian Census which our diocese participated in. This census was part of the national “Religious Congregations and Membership Study 2010, that was conducted…