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On 9 July 2013, Pope Francis ratified the election by the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of V. Rev. Archimandrite Edward Daher as Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Tripoli in Lebanon to succeed the late Mgr. George Riashi of blessed memory. Born in Qaa (Lebanon) on 23 April 1973, Archimandrite Edward Daher took his final ...
The Particular Law of the Eparchy of Newton and The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, promulgated in 1999, contains reference to a detailed policy regarding reports of inappropriate behavior of the clergy. Both the policy statement and procedures have been in force since 1995 and have been implemented by the Eparchy of Newton.
Mar 27, 2011 · On the enthronement of the new Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. by Max Massell | Mar 28, 2011 | Patriarchate. Speech of His Beatitude, Patriarch Gregorios III Of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem During the Meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Held after the consecration of the new Major Archbishop of ...
Jun 15, 2011 · “Theeparchy of Berytus, in ancient times suffragan to Tyre, was made a metropolitan see in 451 A.D. by the Council of Chalcedon. As a Melkite GreekCatholic eparchy, it has existed officially since 1736, following the division of the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch into two branches, one Orthodox and one Catholic in 1724.
May 20, 2015 · The seat of the Eparchy is in Boston (Newton) Massachusetts, where its Eparchial Cathedral of the Annunciation is located. Because of the vast extent of the Eparchy, Bishop NICHOLAS requested the naming of a Co-Cathedral on the West Coast in order to express to the Melkite faithful there the unity of the Church and the solicitude of it bishop.
He was ordained a priest for the Eparchy of Newton on May 10, 1970 and served as a pastor in Melkite parishes in Los Angeles, Chicago and New Jersey. Bishop Samra has a B.A. from St. Anselm’s College, in Manchester, New Hampshire, and a B.D. from St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Three approaches to fasting and abstinence have developed. These might be called 1) the Law – that is required of us, 2) the Tradition – that which devout followers adhere to, and 3) the Compromise – that which is most widely accepted. The Holy Synod has permitted each eparch to ease the obligations of fasting while, at the some time ...
