SECAUCUS, NJ – Last Saturday, June 18, 2016, the Coptic and Eritrean Orthodox Churches convened a joint banquet in celebration of 85 years of life, 65 years of monasticism, and 25 years of episcopal service for H.G. Abune Makarios, a figure widely renowned as a well-beloved father and faithful shepherd […]
Armenian Church Makes Saints of Genocide Victims The Armenian Church on Thursday, April 23, conferred sainthood on some 1.5 million Armenians massacred by Ottoman forces a century ago, as tensions raged over Turkey‘s refusal to recognise the killings as genocide. The ceremony, which is believed to be the biggest canonisation service in […]
Pastoral Care: Our Unity between Clergy and Laity Englewood, NJ – “By our ministry,” the V. Rev. Fr. Melake Ganet Tesfa Eyesus declared to an enraptured audience, “the faithful are brought to Holy Baptism; by our prayers they are blessed; by the imposition of our hands they receive from God […]
Unidentified Ethiopian Orthodox Christians Martyred for Christ by Daesh SCOOCH mourns the loss of a group of between 28 and 30 Ethiopian Christians identified by their captors as ” the followers of the Cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church” apparently murdered by Islamic militants in Libya. 12 of the men were shot in […]
Oriental Orthodox Fathers and Representatives of Other Churches Stand in Solidarity at Prayer Service Commemorating the 21 Coptic Orthodox Martyrs of Libya Staten Island, NY – H.G. Bishop David and the clergy and faithful of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York & New England were joined last night – […]
