Antiochian
2026 Western Rite Vicariate Conference
Hosted by the three Western Rite parishes of the Denver area: St Augustine, St Columba, and St Mark, together with the Monastery of Our Lady and St Lawrence, the Antiochian…
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Three notable articles on the Western Rite in the Orthodox Church published in 2025
Three articles published in 2025 on the Western Rite within the Orthodox Church offer interesting insights and raise important questions for any reader interested in these topics. Here is a…
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Ex Oriente Lux: a new book on Joseph J. Overbeck
If there is one person who deserves the title of founding father of Western rite Orthodoxy, it is probably Joseph J. Overbeck (1820-1905). A German by birth, ordained a Catholic priest…
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New books in French on Bishop Jean de Saint-Denis (Eugraph Kovalevsky) and the Gallican Rite
Several new books related to Western Orthodoxy have recently been published in French. They all come from a group of French lay people who launched a website on Bishop Jean de…
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Russia: Orthodox believers interested in Western Rite Orthodoxy
In the most recent issue of Présence Orthodoxe (No. 195), a quarterly journal published by the Église catholique orthodoxe de France (ECOF, Orthodox Church of France), one can read a long interview…
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St. John Cassian Bi-Ritual Ordo & Calendar 2019
On Facebook, Fr. Hieromonk Aidan has published an announcement about the following publication: ST. JOHN CASSIAN Bi-Ritual ORDO & CALENDAR 2019 (132 full-size pp., softbound, full color printing throughout) Contents:…
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2018 Western Rite Vicariate Conference
The biennial conference of the Western Rite Vicariate will be held Tuesday, August 7 through Friday, August 10, 2018, at St. Peter Orthodox Church in Fort Worth, Texas, according to…
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New Orthodox Missal
After three years of trial use, the new Missal, The Orthodox Missal according to the Use of the Western Rite of the Holy Orthodox Church, will be available soon. The…
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