Yearly Archives: 2019


Letter to the Eritrean Church

July 23, 2019 To All of the Bishops, Priests, and Faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church – On June 17, 2016 His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, my predecessor in the Presidency of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH), wrote to you expressing our condolences on the repose […]


Oriental Orthodox Unity in Bermuda

St. George’s, Bermuda – Despite being a small country with a total area of roughly 20.6 square miles and a population of approximately 71,000 people, Bermuda is blessed with two longstanding Oriental Orthodox traditions: Ethiopian and Coptic. On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, the recently elected president of the Standing Conference […]