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Upon hearing news of the early-morning earthquake on February 6, 2023, the hearts of IOCC’s staff went out to all those affected. We then got in touch with partners in and around the affected regions.

Our local partners in Syria have indicated that basic needs (like food, bedding, and clothing) are most pressing right now. As we assess needs of those displaced by the earthquake and identify the most appropriate and effective response, please join our efforts by:

> Praying for all those affected in Syria and Turkey.
> Keeping up with IOCC’s response on our social media channels and in the “Latest” section of our website.
> Supporting our International Emergency Response Fund, which allows IOCC to mobilize aid quickly and effectively on the ground.
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He is not here, for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay.
Then go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead.
Matthew 28:6-7

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Sunday of Zacchaeus / Sunday of the Canaanite Woman
January 29

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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
February 5

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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
February 12

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Sunday of the Last Judgment
(Meatfare Sunday)
February 19

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Sunday of Forgiveness / Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
(Cheesefare Sunday)
February 26

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Clean Monday
Beginning of Great Lent
February 27

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Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 5

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Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
March 12

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Sunday of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
March 19

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Annunciation to the Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
March 25 / April 7

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Sunday of St. John of the Ladder
March 26

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Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
April 2

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Saturday of Lazarus
April 8

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Entrance of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday
April 9

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Great and Holy Friday
April 14

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Great and Holy Sabbath
April 15

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GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA
RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
April 16

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Sunday of St. Thomas
April 23

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Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women
April 30

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Sunday of the Paralytic
May 7

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Mid-Pentecost
May 10

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Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
May 14

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Sunday of the Blind Man
May 21

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Ascension of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
May 25

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Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
May 28

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HOLY PENTECOST
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ~ TRINITY SUNDAY
June 4

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Sunday of All Saints
June 11

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Beginning of the Apostles Fast / Peter and Paul Fast
June 12

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Sunday of All Local Saints
June 18

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Feast of SS. Peter and Paul
June 29 / July 12

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Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!

For context see the Metropolitan Joseph: The Scandal section in our Archives 2020-23 linked at the top of this page.

Metropolitan Antonios (El Souri)

Patriarchal Vicar to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

This brief report consists of a compilation of notes provided to Orthodoxy in Dialogue by various clergymen and laypersons of the Antiochian Archdiocese who attended Metropolitan Antonios’ meetings with parishes and deaneries and the recent Special Convention to nominate a new metropolitan for the Archdiocese. Metropolitan Antonios was appointed by Patriarch John of Antioch as patriarchal vicar to the Archdiocese during its transition to a new administration pursuant to the forced “retirement” of the adulterous and sexually predatory Joseph Al-Zehlaoui. It seems now that the Vicar’s assignment has more to do with damage control and PR for the Patriarchate and the Archdiocese than with actually pastoring the faithful, treating the clergy and laity as equal partners with the hierarchy in the good governance of the Church—as per the pre-Constantinian ecclesiological model—and bringing closure and resolution to the events leading up to this disastrous juncture in the Antiochian Church’s life.

Perhaps the most astounding item to come from the Vicar’s meetings was reported to us by a clergyman who writes: “Metropolitan Antonios clearly indicated that the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy has no bearing on a bishop or metropolitan. The bishops are judged exclusively by the Holy Synod, and therefore the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy has nothing to do with them.” When we asked said clergyman where “the Archdiocese sexual misconduct policy” can be found, he replied with a succinct “No idea.” This shockingly irresponsible, unpastoral, and possibly illegal lack of protocols for victims to report sexual abuse and misconduct at the hands of the Archdiocese’s hierarchs, clergy, employees, and volunteers stands in stark contrast to the admirable transparency of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church in America, as we reported earlier. Read More

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Metropolitan John (Zizioulas)

January 10, 1931 ~ February 2, 2023

Memory eternal. Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη.

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