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More than 400 schools receive support from Œuvre d’Orient for children’s education, the reconstruction of school buildings, and educators’ salaries.
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L’Œuvre d’Orient funds the care of 3 million patients in clinics, hospitals, and institutions for people with disabilities or the elderly.
Community Outreach
By supporting the formation of men and women religious, the Œuvre d’Orient enables priests and religious orders to carry out their daily missions.
Culture and Heritage
L’Œuvre d’Orient works to preserve the heritage of Eastern Christianity by protecting it in its home countries and promoting awareness of it in France.
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Two Essays on the Mission of the Catholic Church in the East
Second Vatican Council Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, *Orientalium Ecclesiarum*, November 21, 1964. “The Catholic Church holds in high esteem the institutions, liturgical rites, ecclesial traditions, and the discipline of Christian life of the Eastern Churches. Indeed, because of the venerable antiquity with which these Churches are honored, the tradition that comes from the […]
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Hail Mary (in Arabic)
Assalamu alaikum, O Maryam Hail Mary Ya Moumtaliat Naamatan Full of grace Arrabou maaki The Lord is with you Blessings upon all women You are blessed among all women May God bless the fruits of your labor Saydouna Yessoua el Massiye And the child in your womb is blessed, Ya Qaddissa Maryam Saint Mary, Ya […]
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The Lord's Prayer (in Arabic)
A-bâna lazî fis samawât Our Father, who art in heaven, Li yatakaddass Ismouka, May Your name be hallowed, Li ya’ti malakoutouka, Thy kingdom come, "As it is in heaven, so it is on earth," May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We’ll have some bread, enough for a day, Give […]
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Prayer of the Week for Christian Unity
Every year, from January 18 to 25, Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians are called to come together for the Week of Christian Unity. This prayer was written by Father Paul Couturier, who initiated this week of prayer. Lord Jesus, on the eve of Your death for us, You prayed that all your disciples might be […]
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Let us entrust to Saint Andrew the challenges facing the unity of the Church
Let us entrust to Saint Andrew, the apostle regarded as the founder of the Church of Constantinople, the challenges facing the unity of the Church Lord, you have given us Saint Andrew, brother of Saint Peter, as the patron saint of the Greek Church. Grant that we may feel this fraternal closeness in our relationships […]
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Prayer of the Sisters of the Greek-Melkite Monastery of Emmanuel in Bethlehem
Most Holy Mother of God, we call upon you as Mother of the Church, Mother of all suffering Christians. We implore you, through your fervent intercession, to tear down this wall—the walls of our hearts—and all the walls that breed hatred, violence, fear, and indifference among people and among nations. You who, through your Son, […]
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Pray for Iraq
Let us pray with the students of Kirkuk, led by Bishop Youssif Mirkis These Christian students from Mosul fled their homes in the Nineveh Plains in 2014 when ISIS arrived. Bishop Mirkis took them in at Kirkuk so they could continue their studies. Now that Mosul has been liberated, they face many challenges in returning […]
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Pray for Egypt
God our Father, You, who made Egypt the land that welcomed the Holy Family of Your Son made flesh, You who, together with Saint Anthony and Saint Pachomius, inspired the Desert Fathers to call your people to set nothing above you, You who gave us Saint Athanasius of Alexandria to extol the state of virginity […]
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