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  • Projects for 2025–2026

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  • France Network

    List of available documents: https://www.calameo.com/oeuvre-orient/read/0060888700a671f2f05cd

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  • The Congregation of the Mission

    The Congregation of the Mission, known as the Lazarists (named after their first residence in Paris, the Priory of Saint-Lazare), was founded by Saint Vincent de Paul in 1625 for the evangelization of the poor. This work of human and Christian development was initially carried out through popular missions in rural areas and the organization […]

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  • The Maronite Church

    The Maronite Church owes its name to Saint Maroun (d. 410), a Syriac ascetic from the Orontes Valley. The original community distinguished itself at the Council of Chalcedon (451) by remaining the only Syriacs faithful to its doctrine. The Maronites consider themselves to have always been faithful to Rome. Having taken refuge in the Qadisha […]

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  • The Greek Catholic Church of Romania

    The Romanian people came into being, both ethnically and spiritually, during the Roman conquest of Dacia (101–105). In the 9th century, following the Bulgarian invasion, the Romanians abandoned the Latin rite in favor of the Byzantine rite and came under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1697, to protect himself from Calvinist proselytism […]

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  • The Syriac Catholic Church

    The Syriac Church is one of the branches of the Church of Antioch, whose apostolic see was established in the year 37 A.D. by Saint Peter. Beginning with the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Greeks of Antioch adopted the Chalcedonian Christology, while the Syriacs gradually adopted Monophysite Christology and completely broke away from Constantinople […]

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  • The Syro-Malankara Church

    In 1653, a group of Malabar Christians rejected Latinization and joined the Syriac Church known as the “Jacobite” Church. They now called themselves Malankars. In 1930, part of the Malankara community reaffiliated with Rome. It was recognized as a Major Archiepiscopal Church in February 2005. It is currently led by His Beatitude Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, […]

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  • The Syro-Malabar Church

    After Mesopotamia, Saint Thomas the Apostle reached the Malabar Coast in western India in A.D. 52, and then the east coast, where he died a martyr in A.D. 72. This Church, which shares a common origin with the Church of Persia, was Latinized by the Portuguese beginning in 1552 and regained its Syrian identity and […]

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Countries Where Œuvre d’Orient Operates

From Egypt to India, including Lebanon, Syria, and Ethiopia, discover the countries where the Œuvre d’Orient supports Eastern Christians.

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Œuvre d’Orient's Calendar of Events

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  • Dôme du rocher, Jérusalem, février 2019

    From 29 June 2026 to 30 September 2026

    Canet Plage

    Eastern Christians, Bearers of Hope in Canet-Plage

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  • Séminaire d'Ivano Frankivsk, année 2023-2024

    From 15 July 2026 to 15 September 2026

    Périgueux

    Christians from Ukraine: A Struggle for Freedom in Périgueux

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  • The 15 September 2026

    Paris — Collège des Bernardins

    Conference: The Future of Eastern Christians

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