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Oriental Orthodox Bishops Make Special Pilgrimage to Take the Blessings of the Seven Churches of Revelation   Recently updated !

At the kind invitation of Turkish Airlines and Caravan Travel, four hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) took part in a special pilgrimage to Turkiye from November 8-15, 2025, following the route of the Seven Churches of Revelation (Revelation 2–3). His Eminence Archbishop Mor Dionysius John […]


STATEMENT OF THE STANDING CONFERENCE OF ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES ON THE MASSACRE OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN ETHIOPIA

November 19, 2025   “Thus saith the Lord: ‘A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rahel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were no more.’” (Jeremiah 31:15)   The Bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) were […]


Bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Pay Brotherly Visit to His Eminence Mor Philoxenus Yusuf Çetin

Istanbul, Türkiye – On November 10, 2025, His Eminence Mor Titus Yeldho (Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church), His Eminence Archbishop Petros (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Archdiocese of New York), and His Grace Bishop Sinoda (Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Diocese of North America) paid a brotherly visit to His […]


Representatives of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Participate in Groundbreaking Conference Exploring Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Unity

The first meeting between the representatives of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches in modern times took place in Aarhus, Denmark in 1964. This was followed by three further meetings in Bristol, UK (1967), Geneva, Switzerland (1970), and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1971). These unofficial consultations eventually blossomed into a […]