This summer, the hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches were blessed to participate in two church consecrations of particular import and significance to both our regional community and to our Oriental Orthodox communion throughout the world. First, on the evening of Friday, June 11, 2021, His […]
New York, NY – Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! At a meeting of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches occurring earlier this month, it was reported to the Standing Conference that the Synod of Eritrea – under pressure from the government of that country – has determined to […]
To the Clergy and the Faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in North America who are Standing with His Holiness Abune Antonios I: Grace and Peace, It was with great joy that we received the news that your group – which represents a significant portion of the priests and […]
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 […]
Paramus, NJ – At the kind invitation of the former president of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) – His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East – several bishops of SCOOCH were blessed to participate in the consecration of St. Mark’s Syriac […]
