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A Day of Dialogue at the Mor Aphrem Center   Recently updated !

Paramus, NJ – On Thursday, May 8, 2025, His Eminence Mor Dionysios John Kawak of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern USA hosted a slate of important meetings at his headquarters on behalf of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh). In the morning, the Bishops of SCOOCh […]


JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ STANDING CONFERENCE OF ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES ASSEMBLY OF CANONICAL ORTHODOX BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

April 25, 2025 – New York City Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!   With gratitude to our Risen Lord Jesus Christ, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches and of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America gathered in fraternal […]


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. […]


Bishops, Clergy, and Faithful Gather for SCOOCh Philadelphia Regional Oriental Orthodox Liturgy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – On Saturday, February 15, 2025 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) – hosted the annual Philadelphia Regional Oriental Orthodox Concelebrated Liturgy at […]


His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Receives the Bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches and Other Religious Dignitaries at the Mor Aphrem Center

Paramus, NJ – On Thursday, January 2, 2025, His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II – Patriarch of Antioch and all the East – received the bishops of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) along with representatives of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches at the headquarters of […]