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Please keep the two abducted Archbishops
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Both Archbishops were abducted
on Monday April 22, 2013

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أمسية روحية بمناسبة عيد شفيع الكنيسة القديس مار افرام السرياني

March,17 2019

امسيةٌ لا كالأمسيات، وجموعٌ زحفت بالعشرات وتعدى تعدادها المئات. الحَدَث هو الأول من نوعه في بهو كاتدرائية مار افرام - بربانك، بمناسبة عيد شفيع الكنيسة القديس مار افرام، وقد شمّر كاهنها الشاب الاب كبرئيل حنا بحيويةٍ مثالية وبجهدٍ متواصل حثيث لاشهرٍ عديدة سهراً وتدريباً وتلقيناً للألحان والكلمات ليكون هذا الحَدَث كبيراً بحجم الأبرشية الحاضنة لأك...More

Faith Without Works Is Dead

March,14 2019

“What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus, also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

But someone will say, “Yo...More

Patriarchal Encyclical of the Holy Lent

March,8 2019

ܒܫܡ ܐܝܬܝܐ ܡܬܘܡܝܐ ܐܠܨܝ ܐܝܬܘܬܐ ܕܟܠ ܐܚܝܕ
ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܟܘܪܣܝܐ ܫܠܝܚܝܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܘܕܟܠܗ̇ ܡܕܢܚܐ
ܘܪܝܫܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܐܪܬܕܘܟܣܝܬܐ ܕܒܟܠܗ̇ ܬܒܝܠ
ܕܗܘ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܡ̄

We extend our apostolic benediction, benevolent prayers and greetings to our brethren, His Beatitude Mor Baselius Thomas I, Catholicos of India, and their Eminences ...More

Patriarchal Encyclical of the Holy Lent

March,8 2019
ܒܫܡ ܐܝܬܝܐ ܡܬܘܡܝܐ ܐܠܨܝ ܐܝܬܘܬܐ ܕܟܠ ܐܚܝܕ
ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܟܘܪܣܝܐ ܫܠܝܚܝܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܘܕܟܠܗ̇ ܡܕܢܚܐ
ܘܪܝܫܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܐܪܬܕܘܟܣܝܬܐ ܕܒܟܠܗ̇ ܬܒܝܠ
ܕܗܘ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܡ̄

نهدي البركة الرسولية والأدعية الخيرية إلى إخوتنا الأجلاء: صاحب الغبطة مار باسيليوس توماس الأوّل مفريان الهند، وأصحاب النيافة المطارنة الجزيل وقارهم، وحضرات أبنائنا الروحيين نواب...More
Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople Enters Eternal Rest
March,8 2019
Constantinople-Turkey: With submission to the will of God, His Beatitude Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church has entered eternal rest at the age of 62. He was the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, which is one of two regional Sees (other being Jerusalem) of the Armenian Orthodox Church.

His Beatitude Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan was under medical treatm...More
الاجتماع الدوري لكهنة الكنائس المحلية
March,7 2019
بتذكيرٍ من سكرتارية الكاتدرائية عُقِد الاجتماع الدوري الاول لهذه السنة لكهنة الكنائس المحلية لأبرشية غربي الولايات المتحدة تحت رعاية الحبر الجليل مار إقليميس اوجين النائب البطريركي لهذه الأبرشية. وذلك يوم الثلاثاء المصادف 5 آذار 2019 بقاعة اجتماعات كاتدرائية مار أفرام السرياني في مدينة بربانك، كاليفورنيا. حضر هذا لاجتماع معظم الكهنة، وتغيب عنه...More
مهرجان كنيسة السيدة العذراء مريم في مدينة اورنج
March,5 2019
كان يوم أمس الاحد 3/3/ 2019 يوماً مميزاً في كنيسة السيدة العذراء في مدينة اورنج حيث ترأس نيافة الحبر الجليل مار اقليميس اوكين النائب البطريركي لأبرشية غربي الولايات المتحدة، القداس الإلهي وعاونه الآباء كاهن الرعية القس توماس توتونجي الخوري جورج توما والخوري عبدالاحد شارا، وخدمت القداس كورال الكنيسة بألحانهن المتقنة كما وشارك عددٌ كبيرٌ من الشم...More
A name that is one and many
February,6 2019
“God” in Hebrew
The God of Israel is known by many names in the Hebrew Scriptures, but one name is especially prevalent: Elohim. Usually translated simply as “God”, this name is very unique from a linguistic perspective, This is because in the original Hebrew, it is both plural and singular at the same time. How can this be? What can this divine name teach us about God?

The name most frequently ...More
Simeon Sees God’s Salvation
February,2 2019
25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the c...More
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The Western Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, providing Syriac news, spiritual guidance and leadership to the Syriac Orthodox community, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization comprised of 25 churches and parishes in 17 western states. It was established in 1952 as the Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church encompassing the entire United States and Canada. In November 1995 by the Holy Synod of Antioch, the Western Archdiocese was formed to exclusively serve the 17 states of the western half United States.

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