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Additional Photos and Video of Historic Inaugural Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Maryland Regional Concelebrated Liturgy   Recently updated !

  Colmar Manor, MD – On September 27, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Vicken Aykazian (Diocesan Legate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church) and His Grace Bishop Sinoda (Bishop of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Diocese of North America) led the clergy and faithful of the DMV area in […]


Historical Oriental Orthodox Concelebrated Liturgy Prayed in Maryland

Colmar Manor, MD – On Saturday, September 27, 2025, His Grace Bishop Sinoda of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Diocese of North America made history by hosting the first ever Maryland Regional Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) Concelebration of the Divine Liturgy and the first official SCOOCh Concelebrated […]


Bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Meet with the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States

New York, New York – On Friday, April 25, 2025, the Bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) convened with their counterparts in the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States for a private meeting at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. […]


The Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Congratulates His Eminence Archbishop Petros and the Clergy and Faithful of St. Gabriel’s Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of New Jersey on the Ordination of a New Priest

Orange, NJ – On December 21, 2024 His Eminence Archbishop Petros – Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Archdiocese of New York & Its Surrounding Regions and Member of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) – ordained a new priest to assist V. Rev. Fr. Melake Ganet […]