New York – Late last month, H.E. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian announced that he would be retiring as Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United States, and by implication, as President of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches. On Friday, May 4, 2018, it was […]
Bronx, NY – On the evening of Thursday, August 24, 2017, the clergy and faithful of the Ethiopian Orthodox Archdiocese of New York gathered at the historic Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Bronx to consecrate a pair of tabots – sacred altar stones, without which a church’s altar is not […]
June 12, 2017 To All of the Bishops, Priests, and Faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church – Last year around this time (June 7, 2016), we wrote to you to offer our condolences upon the repose of His Eminence Abune Dioskoros, to wish you a blessed feast of […]
Medford, NJ – At a recent meeting of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches, H.G. Bishop David of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York & New England remarked that our unity as Oriental Orthodox Christians should manifest itself in our daily lives and not exclusively at annual concelebrations […]
630 Second Avenue New York, NY 10016 February 15, 2017 In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God, Amen. The Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) was disturbed to learn that on February 8, 2017 six bishops of the Syriac Orthodox Church issued […]