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Pope Tawadros and Coptic Orthodox Delegation in Historic Meeting with Pope Francis

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

On Fri­day, May 10, His Holi­ness Pope Tawadros II, the Patri­arch of the See of St. Mark and the Church of Alexan­dria, con­cluded an his­toric meet­ing with His Holi­ness Pope Fran­cis, the Patri­arch of the See of St. Peter and the Church of Rome. The two Pop…

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Bishop Serapion Joins H.H. Pope Tawadros in Vatican to Meet H.H. Pope Francis

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

On Wednes­day, May 8, His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion trav­eled to the Vat­i­can to join a del­e­ga­tion of Cop­tic Ortho­dox bish­ops accom­pa­ny­ing His Holi­ness Pope Tawadros II in an his­toric visit to meet His Holi­ness Pope Fran­cis of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Tawadros’ visit marks the first offi­cial visit by the Pope of Alexan­dria to […]

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The Reflections of Fr. Alexander Schmemann on Meeting His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Blessed Memory

April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 11, 1978
Immer­sion yes­ter­day and today in a totally unknown (to me) world of Cop­tic Chris­tian­ity. Right away I must express my main impres­sion: it is edi­fy­ing and it is alive. I remem­ber my trip to the Mid­dle East in 1971 and my…

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5th Annual Pan-Orthodox Day of Praise — May 12, 2012

April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With the grace of God and the bless­ing of His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion, St. Peter and St. Paul Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church will hold the Fifth Annual Ortho­dox Day of Praise on May 12, 2012.
This day is a gath­er­ing and a …

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Bishop Serapion Attends Reception for Newly Elevated Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop Joseph

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

On Sun­day, Jan­u­ary 8, His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion attended a ser­vice and recep­tion at St. Nicholas Cathe­dral hon­or­ing the Anti­ochian Ortho­dox Arch­bishop Joseph (Zehlaoui) who was ele­vated to the rank of Arch­bishop by His Beat­i­tude Patri­arch Ignatius IV o…

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Joint Declaration of the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (November 14, 2011)

November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexan­dria and Patri­arch of the See of St. Mark, H.H. Patri­arch Mar Ignatius Zakka I, Patri­arch of Anti­och and all the East, H.H. Catholi­cos Aram I, Cat…

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Expresses Sincere Support for the Coptic Christians of Egypt

October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – At the Fall 2011 meet­ing of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Ortho­dox Arch­dio­cese of Amer­ica, the Most Rev­erend Mem­bers of the Holy Synod unan­i­mously adopted the fol­low­ing state­ment:
“On behalf o…

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Statement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the Egyptian Military’s Massacre of Copts

October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Russ­ian Ortho­dox Church has fol­lowed the devel­op­ments in Egypt with con­cern and bit­ter­ness. Blood has been spilt and Chris­t­ian churches have been destroyed again. There is another man­i­fes­ta­tion of grow­ing intol­er­ance towards Chris­tians and their …

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Fifth Annual Patristics Conference — July 8–9, 2011

May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Cop­tic Ortho­dox Dio­cese of Los Ange­les, South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, and Hawaii joy­fully invites you to the Fifth Annual Patris­tics Con­fer­ence under the aus­pices of His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion.
This year’s con­fer­ence will focus on the Mys­tery of Bapti…

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Fifth Annual Patristics Conference — July 8–9, 2011

May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Cop­tic Ortho­dox Dio­cese of Los Ange­les, South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, and Hawaii joy­fully invites you to the Fifth Annual Patris­tics Con­fer­ence under the aus­pices of His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion.
This year’s con­fer­ence will focus on the Mys­tery of Bapti…

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Ecumenical Prayer Meeting for the Martyrs of Alexandria and Iraq on Sunday, February 13, 2011

January 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New Year

On Decem­ber 31, 2010, Islamic extrem­ists per­pe­trated a heinous attack that killed 23 peo­ple and injured numer­ous oth­ers at the Saints’ Coptic Church in Egypt. While this event brought sor­row and pain to all Cop­tic Ortho­dox Chris­tians, it has also brought a sense of unity to Chris­tians world­wide. In San Diego, mem­bers of the dif­fer­ent Chris­t­ian denom­i­na­tions have reached out […]

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Diocese Participates in Joint Oriental Orthodox Meeting

September 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

On Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 28, 2010, His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion and mem­bers of the dio­cese clergy par­tic­i­pated in the Annual Joint Ori­en­tal Ortho­dox Liturgy and Meet­ing in Los Ange­les.
This year, the gath­er­ing was hosted St. Ephraim Syr­ian Ortho­dox Chur…

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