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Learn more.Norristown, Pennsylvania – On Saturday, March 14, 2026, more than two hundred young women from throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey gathered for a seminar and spiritual day exploring the topic of Freedom in Christ. The seminar was convened under the auspices of His Grace Bishop Karas – Bishop […]
YOUNG WOMEN’S SEMINAR: FREEDOM IN CHRIST Young women of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Join your sisters in Christ and in Orthodoxy for a blessed day of prayer, fellowship, and spiritual discussion organized under the auspices of His Grace Bishop Karas, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of PA and Member […]
Washington, DC – On Sunday, March 8, 2026, youth from the Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syriac, and Malankara-Syriac Churches gathered at St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church for the inaugural meeting of their regional chapter of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Youth Associations (SCOOYA). After joining the priest of the […]
Orange, NJ – Last year, Mihret Melaku, a Harvard student and a deacon in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, went viral after defending the Orthodox Christian Faith in a debate against a pair of well-known Protestant preachers on his campus. Since that time, through God’s grace, Deacon Mihret has graduated […]
New York, NY – On January 29, 2026, representatives of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) participated in a prayer service for Christian unity, prayed in the Armenian Rite and organized jointly by the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. […]
