February 22, 2012

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Diocese Announces the Opening of St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church, a Missionary Parish in Orange County

February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With great joy, the Dio­cese announces the open­ing of a new parish in Orange County: St. Paul Amer­i­can Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church. As the name sug­gests, this parish is mis­sion­ary in nature, aim­ing to reflect the light of Ortho­dox Chris­tian­ity to people…

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Ordination of a Fr. Cyril Gorgy for St. Mark Church in Los Angeles

January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With great joy, the Dio­cese announces the ordi­na­tion of a new priest on Sun­day, Jan­u­ary 15, 2012 to serve in the Dio­cese at St. Mark Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church in Los Ange­les.
Emad Gorgy was ordained as Dea­con Cyril on Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 14, 2012 and o…

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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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Statement by the President on the Celebration of Coptic Christmas

January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Michelle and I wish Cop­tic Ortho­dox Chris­tians in the United States and around the world a blessed and joy­ous Christ­mas. On this spe­cial day, we give thanks for the extra­or­di­nary con­tri­bu­tions that Cop­tic Chris­tians have made to the United States. I wa…

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Festal Message for the Glorious Feast of the Nativity 2012

January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

My Beloved, the Blessed Chil­dren of the Holy Church,
It is my plea­sure to wish you a
Blessed Feast of the Nativ­ity of our Lord, God, and Sav­ior Jesus Christ and a
joy­ous New Year.
This past year was deeply tinted
with the blood of our martyrs…

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Now Available: “More than Just Sports” DVD

December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Par­tic­i­pat­ing in sports activites is not only about phys­i­cal gain. It’s about teach­ing our youth life lessons and mainly about build­ing their psy­cho­log­i­cal and spir­i­tual strength and expe­ri­ence.
“More Than Just Sports” presents t…

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Ordination of a New Priest for Archangel Michael Church in Santa Ana

November 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With great joy, the Dio­cese announces the ordi­na­tion of a new priest on Sun­day, Novem­ber 27, 2011 to serve in the Dio­cese at Archangel Michael Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church in Santa Ana.
The can­di­date, Habeeb Hanna, was ordained Dea­con Mau­rice Hanna on F…

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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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Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Issues Statement “On the Plight of Churches in the Middle East”

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The North Amer­i­can Orthodox-Catholic The­o­log­i­cal Con­sul­ta­tion held its 81st meet­ing at St Paul’s Col­lege in Wash­ing­ton Octo­ber 27–28. The meet­ing was chaired by Catholic Arch­bishop Gre­gory Aymond of New Orleans. The East­ern Ortho­dox co-chairman since…

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George Washington University Survey of Copts in the Diaspora

November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Dio­cese encour­ages all her chil­dren to par­tic­i­pate in a study of Copts liv­ing out­side of Egypt through the fol­low­ing sur­vey. Please review care­fully the mes­sage below from GWU Pro­fes­sor Jen­nifer Brinker­hoof.
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Given cur­rent events in Egyp…

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