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 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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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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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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In 988, the baptism of Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus’, and all his subjects marked the beginning of the evangelization of the region. In 1596, at the Union of Brest-Litovsk, the Metropolitan of Kyiv, who followed the Byzantine rite, decided to sever ties with the Church of Constantinople in favor of the Church of […]
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The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Church of the Byzantine rite. The word “Melkite” comes from the Syriac word “malko,” which means “emperor.” First used in A.D. 451, this name was given by the Monophysites to Christians who had remained loyal to Byzantium (Constantinople) and Rome after the Council of Chalcedon. In 1054, […]
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Christianity arrived in Ethiopia in the 4th century thanks to two young Syrians, Frumence and Edesi, who were held captive at the court of Axum and converted the king. Frumence, once freed, was ordained a bishop by St. Athanasius of Alexandria and sent back to Ethiopia. Ethiopia, like the Copts of Egypt, rejected the Council […]
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The Church of the East, from which the Chaldean Church originated, was founded in Mesopotamia—at that time part of the Persian Empire—by Saint Thomas and his disciples Addai and Mari. This Church evangelized the Jews and pagans of the region. It came to be known as the Church of Persia or the Church of the […]
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From Egypt to India, including Lebanon, Syria, and Ethiopia, discover the countries where the Œuvre d’Orient supports Eastern Christians.
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