Paramus, NJ – His Eminence Mor Dionysios Jean Kawak – Patriarchal Exarch of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States – hosted the fall meeting of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches at the Mor Aphrem Center on Thursday, November 2, 2017. In attendance were H.G. Bishop […]
Norristown, PA – On Saturday, October 14, 2017 – on behalf of SCOOCH member and Patriarchal Exarch of the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, H.G. Anba Karas – the V. Rev. Fr. Roufail Z. Youssef and the Rev. Fr. Mina Shaheid hosted the Fifth Annual Philadelphia Regional Concelebrated Liturgy at […]
The words Eastern and Oriental are synonyms. Yet in the 20th century these two words came to be be used to distinguish the two major families of Orthodox churches that were estranged in the fifth century over the dilemma of how properly to understand Jesus’ divinity and his humanity. The Zohrab Center will inaugurate […]
Please join us for the 5th Annual Oriental Orthodox Concelebrated Liturgy of the Philadelphia Region. Hosted by: St. George Coptic Orthodox Church 411 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA 19401 Participating Churches: Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Malankara-Syriac Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Church Knanaya-Syriac […]
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 […]
