Special Announcements & Events
2015 Diocese Christmas Concert
November 19, 2015
Support IOCC's Syrian Relief Fund and enjoy a wonderful Christmas tradition at the 26th Diocese of Worcester Christmas Concert! Saturday, December 5 at 6pm in Worcester, MA and Sunday, December 6 at 3 pm in Dedham, MA Read more »
Music, Photographs and Stories from Syria
October 01, 2015
How does a punk rock drummer from Washington, D.C. end up helping to archive Syrian history? This year's annual Fr. John vonHolzhausen Lecturer will answer that question on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 12:30 pm, in a talk entitled Music, Photographs and Stories from Syria. Read more »
Archbishop Joseph Elected Metropolitan of North America
July 02, 2014
His Eminence Archbishop Joseph has been elected Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America by the Holy Synod of Antioch, led by His Beatitude Patriarch John X, meeting in Balamand, Lebanon on Thursday, July 3, 2014. Axios! Read more »
Arabic-Speaking Clergy of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem Announce Seven Demands
June 07, 2014
The content of this letter was written with much concern and anxiety over the future of the Orthodox faithful of the Church of Jerusalem and of the Orthodox Church in general, which today is facing enormous problems and challenges. Read more »
Rejoicing at Release of Captive Nuns
March 10, 2014
On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 9, 2014, multiple media outlets including a leading newspaper in Lebanon, The Daily Star, reported that the thirteen nuns held in captivity by Syrian rebels for over three months were freed late in the day, as a result of Lebanese and Qatari mediation. Read more »
The Coptic Christians of Egypt: 60 Minutes Episode
December 30, 2013
The turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worse persecutions of the country's Coptic Christians in the nearly 2,000-year history of the sect. Bob Simon reports from Egypt. Read more »
The St. Ignatius Catechetical Group - Enquirers’ Class
September 27, 2013
The group is for non-Orthodox adults who are interested in exploring the Christian Faith as it has been - and continues to be - understood, preached, and lived by members of the Holy Orthodox Church who descend from the early Christian community of Antioch where, "the disciples were for the first time called Christians" Read more »
Syria Relief Benefit - October 12, 2013
September 26, 2013
Join us at St. Mary Church of Pawtucket on October 12 for an evening of prayer, food, and support for the relief effort desperately needed in and around Syria. Read more »
Bishop Basil of Wichita on the Syria Crisis
September 08, 2013
This week will be a very important week, an historical week, one way or another--our church, our Patriarchate in particular, and this world in general. This week our elected representatives will be asked to vote either for or against supporting aggression in the Holy Land. Read more »
Metropolitan Philip Urges Faithful to Contact Congress on Syria Vote
September 04, 2013
I write to you today as our president and United States Congress contemplate military action against Syria. As those of us with deep roots in that land already know, more bombs and destabilization of the country will only lead to further bloodshed and devastation. Read more »