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 Content Updates for the Year 2000 

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Updated Pages in Blue

 

Thought for the Week by Bishop John - Updated - 12/30/00

Akathistos for Jubilee 2000 - New - 12/26/00

Biography of His Beatitude Gregory III - New - 12/3/00

Geographic Locations - Updated - 12/02/00

2001 Melkite Calendar Now Available - Updated - 12/01/00

Election of New  Patriarch - Gregory III - New - 11/30/00

Patriarch Maximos V - Updated - 11/30/00

Message from the Exceptional Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church - New - 11/26/00

Peace and Justice: Statement of Midde Eastern Christian & Muslim Religious Leaders - New - 11/12/00

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 11/12/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated -10/23/00  "May we participate in Orthodox services?"

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 9/09/00

Pilgrimage with Bishop John - New - 9/09/00

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 6/17/00

Print Bibliography - Updated - Parish History Section - 6/17/00

Geographic Locations - Updated - St. Anne, North Hollywood, CA 6/09/00

Web Sites of Interest - Updated with Holy Transfiguration, McLean Va - 6/04/00 and St. Anne, North Hollywood, CA 6/09/00

Diocesan Appeal 2000 -NEW -  5/30/00

Sophia, Journal of the Eparchy of Newton - Updated -5/30/00

Web Sites of Interest - Updated with Catholic Near East Welfare Association and the Pontifical Mission for Palestine - 5/30/00

Print Bibliography - Updated -5/30/00   

History of the New St. Nicholas - Rochester, NY - NEW -  5/30/00 (further updated 6/00)

The Bishop Answers - Updated -5/16/00  "What is your view of Archbishop Zoghby's book, We are All Schismatics?"

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 5/11/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated -5/8/00  "What is the Eastern view of Indulgences?" and "Indulgences and praying for the dead."

Patriarch Maximos V's Jubilee Year Message - NEW - 4/05/00

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 4/04/00

Eparch's Pascha Message 2000 - NEW - 4/04/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 4/04/00  "What is the function and role of a deacon? What is the place of the Council of Trent? How is a new parish established?"

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 3/23/00  "What are the monastic communities of the Melkites?

New Material from the Office of Educational Services - Articles on Christian Formation 

  • April - "Blessed Night" - NEW - 3/23/00

  • June - "Two Resurrections" - NEW - 3/23/00

  • July - "The Face of God" - NEW - 3/23/00

  • August - "Celebrating Our Holy Days" - NEW - 3/23/00

  • September - "The Feasts of September" - NEW - 3/23/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 3/09/00  "What is distinctive about the Melkites?" & "What is the process for becoming a deacon?" 

Web Sites of Interest - Updated with St. Ignatios of Antioch - 3/9/00

Geographic Locations (Augusta Georgia) - Updated - 3/09/00

Eparch's Lenten Message, 2000 - NEW - 3/02/00

1st Anniversary for Archbishop Tawil - NEW - 3/02/00

Web Sites of Interest - Updated with CyberTypicon - 3/2/00

Geographic Locations (Akron, Ohio & San Jose, CA) - Updated - 3/01/00

Building of Our Lady of Redemption, Warren, Michigan - NEW - 2/25/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 2/23/00  "What are the requirements for becoming a priest?" 

Year 2000 Calendar Made Available - NEW - 2/23/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 2/12/00  "Can there be re-union with Constantinople?" 

Bishop John Elya's Schedule - Updated - 2/12/00

Thought for the Week by Bishop John - Updated - 2/1/00

The Bishop Answers - Updated - 1/26/00  "What is the Melkite view of the post-schism Ecumenical Councils?"