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Churches of the East

Churches of the East

Assyrian Church of the East Assyrian Church of the East Oriental Orthodox Churches Armenian Apostolic Church Coptic Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Eritrean Orthodox Church Autocephalous Orthodox Churches Patriarchate of Constantinople Patriarchate of Alexandria Patriarchate of Antioch Patriarchate of Jerusalem Orthodox Church of Russia Orthodox Church of Serbia Orthodox Church of Romania Orthodox Church of Bulgaria Orthodox Church of Georgia Orthodox Church of Cyprus Orthodox Church of Greece Orthodox Church of Poland (reported as attack site on November 8, 2009) Orthodox Church of Albania Orthodox Church in Czech and Slovak…
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Eastern Catholics 101

Eastern Catholics 101

by Dr. Adam DeVille If you ask Americans how many states there are in the Union, they will tell you “fifty.” If you ask a Canadian how many provinces there are in Canada, few of us would hesitate before answering “ten.” But if someone asked you how many churches make up the Catholic Church, what would you say? Most of us would regard it as a non-sensical question; most of us view the Catholic Church as a singular entity, and therefore we would answer “one.” But we would be wrong! Just as there are not seventeen provinces or forty-two states,…
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Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter 2005

Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter 2005

Summary and Synthesis of the Encounter of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada 24-26 May 2005, Winnipeg In May 2005, at the invitation and under the patronage of Most Rev. Michael Bzdel, CSsR, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church met in Winnipeg. At the same time, there was a gathering of the Ukrainian Catholic clergy, religious and monastics of Canada for a national encounter on the theme Mission of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada and Its Future. The Winnipeg Encounter will be remembered as a particular historical…
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The UGCC in Canada

The UGCC in Canada

By Archpriest Robert Anderson Historical Overview The history of our Church in Canada began with the arrival of Wasyl Elyniak and Ivan Pylypiw in Montreal on September 7, 1891. They had both come from the village of Nebyliv in the district of Kalush. They left Montreal and traveled by train to Winnipeg, Manitoba, a journey of approximately 2300 km.They fortunately were able to find work in Gretna , Manitoba. Western Canada had a lot of land, but needed people to settle there. Elyniak and Pylypiw made arrangements for their families to join them and then went west to Alberta (approximately…
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On True Friendship

On True Friendship

Here a few saying from Scripture and the Father of the Church on true friendship... Do not allow yourself to violate the Divine commandment for the sake of human friendship.St. Anthony the Great Do not make acquaintances with a wicked man: friendship with the wicked is friendship with the devil.St. Anthony the Great A forward man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends. (Proverbs 16:2.8) "A faithful friend is beyond price" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15), since he regards his friend's misfortunes as his own and suffers with him sharing his trials until death. A true friend is one who in times…
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