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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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Health Care and Social Services
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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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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Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian for the East
Lord our God, You chose the East to send Your only Son and fulfill the plan of salvation. You chose a young woman of the East, the Virgin Mary, to carry and give birth to your only Son; It was in the East that He grew up, worked, and chose His apostles and disciples; It […]
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Prayer to Saint Anthony the Great
O Holy Spirit, abide with us always, for it is good for us to be with You. But the soul doesn't always feel this good, because pride causes us to lose grace. That is how, long ago, they sought you, Mary and Joseph, both filled with anxiety; What was your mother thinking in her grief, […]
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Pray for Syria and the Christians of Syria
This prayer is recited every day in Ananias’s house in Damascus, a former underground chamber where Ananias baptized Paul of Tarsus, who would later become the Apostle Saint Paul. This building has been used as a church since the early centuries. Lord Jesus Christ, You who appeared in the sky over Damascus to your apostle […]
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Prayer to Saint George of Lydda
Let us pray that one day, everyone will work hand in hand and spread peace, justice, and love everywhere, regardless of their religion. May the day come when everyone gathers around the same table, sharing the same bread and drinking from the same cup. God, our Father, who is a God of peace, love, and […]
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