Catholicos Shares Goals (Sept. 7, 2025)
From the Episcopal Office of Mar Mattai Beita d’Mshikha By the Grace of Alaha, Catholicos Patriarch To the venerable bishops, clergy, and faithful children of the Holy Church: Shlama lukh!Grace and peace be multiplied unto you from Maran, who has called us “with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His […]
Statement on the Loss of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk
In the Name of the Most High, Eternal and Almighty, we behold with sorrow and consternation the senseless loss of life in the deaths of Iryna Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine, and Charlie Kirk, commentator and public figure. We join together in mourning, in compassion, and in supplication, beseeching Divine Mercy for those who have […]
Catholicos Patriarch’s Acceptance Letter
From the Episcopal Office of Mar Mattai Beita d’Mshikha By the Grace of Alaha, Catholicos Patriarch To the beloved brethren, esteemed hierarchs, and faithful of the Holy Church: Shlama lukh!Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from the Most High, who has set His throne in righteousness, and from Maran Yeshua Mshikha, the Holy Shepherd […]
Russian Orthodox Church in Communion with Rome Dissolves
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN, 3 April 2025 — The Russian Orthodox Church in Communion with Rome has formally ceased to exist as a distinct ecclesial body under the protection of the Holy See. The majority of its clergy have entered into full communion with the Russian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, leading to the dissolution of […]
Lectio Divina for 25 January 2025
Lectio “Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands. And let you yourselves be like men awaiting their lord, when he will return from the wedding; so that, when he arrives and knocks, they may open to him promptly. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he returns, will […]
Lectio Divina for 22 January 2025
Lectio “And when you will have heard of battles and seditions, do not be terrified. These things must happen first. But the end is not so soon. Then he said to them: People will rise up against people, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences, and famines, […]
Lectio Divina for 21 January 2025
Lectio “The kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the groom and the bride. But five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For the five foolish, having brought their lamps, did not take oil with them. Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, […]
Lectio Divina for 20 December 2025
Lectio “Now you may dismiss your servant in peace, O Lord, according to your word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before the face of all peoples: the light of revelation to the nations and the glory of your people Israel.” (Luke 2:29-30) Focus on the depth and gratitude of […]
Lectio Divina for 17 January 2025
Lectio “And they went to Jericho. And as he was setting out from Jericho with his disciples and a very numerous multitude, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind man, sat begging beside the way. And when he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and to say, ‘Jesus, […]
Lectio Divina for 16 January 2025
Lectio “And behold, some men were carrying in the bed of a man who was paralyzed. And they sought a way to bring him in, and to place him before him. And not finding a way by which they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they climbed up to the roof, and they […]
