SCOOCH News

SCOOCH announcements, news and ministry information.


Upcoming SCOOCH Events: Faith, Culture, and Identity in the Oriental Orthodox Communion

For Immediate Release – For many of the Churches in the Oriental Orthodox Communion – specifically for the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Eritrean – September 11 marks the start of the ecclesiastical new year, and this year, the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) and its subsidiary organizations the Standing […]


Official Letter: Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Calls Upon Eritrean Church to End Schism and Restore H.H. Abune Antonios I to His Throne

June 17, 2016 To All the Bishops, Priests and Faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church— We wish you a blessed Holy Pentecost. We learned of the passing late last year of His Eminence Abba Dioskoros. On behalf of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches of America, we wish […]