Education
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.
Our Latest News
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Southern Lebanon: Marjayoun Hit by Rockets; a School and a Church Damaged
In the conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, several rockets fired by Hezbollah landed last night in the predominantly Christian village of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, causing damage to the School of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts and to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, a designated Lebanese historical landmark. L’Œuvre d’Orient, […]
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L’Œuvre d’Orient Bulletin No. 823
We hope you enjoy reading this ↓ The L’Œuvre d’Orient Team
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Poll: The French and Eastern Christians
The survey was conducted among a sample of 1,004 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and older. Representativeness was ensured using the quota method (gender, age, and occupation of the respondent) after stratification by region and type of urban area. The interviews were conducted using a self-administered online questionnaire from March 25 to […]
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Charles Personnaz, France's new ambassador to the Vatican
L’Œuvre d’Orient welcomes the appointment of Charles Personnaz as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See. It extends its warmest congratulations to him and thanks him for all the remarkable work he has done to promote the culture and heritage of Eastern Christians. In this regard, it particularly commends the exemplary partnership forged around […]
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“WE WERE TAUGHT TO SURVIVE BEFORE WE WERE EVEN TAUGHT TO LIVE”
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSYANE BOULOS, DIRECTOR OF THE “LE MONNOT” THEATER IN BEIRUT. Since March 2, 2026, war has been ravaging Lebanon. More than 2,200 people have been killed, including many children. In the wake of a fragile, temporary 10-day cease-fire signed on April 16 between the Israeli government and the Lebanese government, what does […]
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Mar Paul III Nona Appointed Patriarch of the Chaldean Church
Elected patriarch at the Chaldean Synod held in Rome from April 9 to 12, 2026, Bishop (Mar) Émile Chem’on Nona, Archbishop of Sydney (Diocese of Australia and New Zealand), took the name Mar Paul III. He was born in 1967 in Alqoche (northern Iraq), the birthplace of the biblical prophet Nahum of Alqoche and the […]
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A Stamp to Commemorate the 170th Anniversary of L’Œuvre d’Orient
On April 13, 2026, La Poste will issue a stamp featuring L’Œuvre d’Orient to celebrate the organization’s 170 years of commitment to supporting Christians in the East. A Brief History… The Œuvre d’Orient was founded in 1856 against a major historical backdrop: the end of the Crimean War and the signing of the Treaty of […]
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