As representatives from across the Eastern Orthodox world gathered in Greece last week for the Mega-Conference of the International Orthodox Theological Association, Russian’s invasion of Ukraine last spring dominated the agenda – directly and indirectly. This was the second-ever Mega-Conference of the IOTA, and more than 300 theologians from most of the Churches in the […]
Haggia Sophia replica attached by jihadists
Date Posted: August 7, 2022
Terrorists attacked the inauguration of a new Greek Orthodox church in Hama, Syria, leaving at least two dead and more than a dozen injured. The July 24 attack was apparently the result of a missile, drone strike or artillery shell. The Church of St. Sophia had been constructed as a smaller replica of the ancient […]
Orthodox, Catholic bishops greet news of Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision
Date Posted: June 25, 2022
By Light of the East staff The official United States bodies of both the Catholic and Orthodox bishops issued statements Friday praising the decision of the Supreme Court to remove abortion as a constitutional right, and return the issue to the democratic process. In an announcement posted to its website, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of […]
San Diego Roman Catholic bishop elevated to cardinal
Date Posted: June 10, 2022
By Jim TrageserLight of the East For the first time, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego will be led by a cardinal. On May 29, Pope Francis named Bishop Robert McElroy to the College of Cardinals. McElroy, 68, will be eligible to vote for the next Roman Catholic pope should Francis resign or pass […]
Overflow crowd witnesses enthronement of Ukrainian Catholic archbishop
Date Posted: June 8, 2019
June 6, 2019 Catholic News Service Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak displays the papal bull about his appointment during his enthronement as head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception June 4, 2019. (CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, Reuters) If we, as the people of God, “come together and […]
What Can a Monastery Offer the Lay Faithful?
Date Posted: June 8, 2019
The monk’s life makes present, here on earth, the full meaning of Christian existence By Jim Graves – Posted 2/20/19 at 9:10 PM The Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, a monastic order of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, purchased 65 acres of land in Castle Rock in the […]
Jerusalem, agreement for 2nd part of work at the Holy Sepulchre
Date Posted: June 8, 2019
05/28/2019, 14.02 The green light with the signature of the three leaders of the Status Quo: the Custos of the Holy Land, the Armenian patriarch and the Greek Orthodox patriarch. Christian leaders express “great joy and satisfaction”. The work in two phases of “restoration and rehabilitation” concerns the foundations of the tomb and the floor […]
Pope’s Invitation to leaders of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, July 5-6
Date Posted: May 13, 2019
Pope Invites Ukrainian Greek Catholic leaders to Rome
Apostolic Journey to Bulgaria: Visit to the Patriarch and to the Holy Synod
Date Posted: May 13, 2019
Pope’s visit to Patriarch in Bulgaria
Poway, CA Faithful Witness Attack on Chabad Synagogue
Date Posted: May 2, 2019
April 30, 2019, Orthodox News Poway, CA Faithful Witness Attack on Chabad Synagogue POWAY, CA [St. John of Damascus Church] As Archpriest Alexander Federoff and the faithful of Saint John of Damascus Church were finishing the Old Testament prophecies during the Vesperal Liturgy of Great and Holy Saturday—April 27, 2019—they were alarmed by what sounded […]