Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The complete list of the Primates of OCR:


03-04.07.1877- 22.01.1902 Frederick George Lee
22.01.1902-03- 01.1911 Arthur Henry Stanton
03.01.1911-20. 12.1919 Arnold Harris Mathew
21.12.1919-08. 08.1933 Arthur William Howarth
08.08.1933-03. 10.1958 George Kennedy Allen Bell
03.10.1958-28. 04.1967 Friedrich Johann Heiler
28.04.1967-07. 07.1998 Diederik D J Quatannens
07.07.1998-01. 07.2005 Bertil Persson
01.07.2005- Peter Paul Brennan

Friday, November 21, 2008

Archbishop for Great Britain of the Apostolic Episcopal Church



On Sunday November 23rd in London, UK, Archbishops Bertil Persson from Sweden, Philip Lewis and Paget Mack (representing Abp. Francis Spataro) from the USA, will gather for a service in which John Mar Joannes III (The Most. Revd. Professor John Kersey)GCSC, KCStG, KGStJ, DD, MMusRCM, LThMin, FRSA, FRGS, FSA ScotMetropolitan Primate and Titular Archbishop of Karim, The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church) will be enthroned as Archbishop for Great Britain of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, an office which he will hold in addition to responsibilities he holds within the LCAC.

During the service, a number of bishops present will exchange consecrations sub conditione as a gesture of ecumenical support and unity. The following list of bishops have indicated that they intend to be present and that they wish to participate in this element of the service: +Bertil Persson- +Philip Lewis- +Paget Mack- +John Kersey- +Andrew Linley- +Alistair Bate- +Charles Mugleston

The Most Rev. Michael N. Buckley, OCR is the Primate of the Ecclesia Rosae Rubeae & Aureae Crucis in Sussex, England & will be in attendance for this Holy occasion.

Roman Catholic Church receives 2nd visit from Armenian Apostolic Church this year


...


Vatican City, November 21 (CNA).-Ecumenical relations between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Catholic Church are continuing to progress as the Vatican announced today that a high-level leader from the Armenian Church will visit the Pope.

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, whose See is located in the Lebanese town of Antelias, is scheduled to make an official visit to the Pope and the Church of Rome from November 23-27.

As Catholicos of Cilicia, Aram I presides over a large sector of the Armenian Apostolic Church which includes Syria, Cyprus, Iran, Greece and Lebanon. The term "Catholicos" is used in the Armenian Apostolic Church to refer to the chief bishop of a region.

In May of this year, Pope Benedict XVI received Karekin II, the head of the whole Armenian Apostolic Church and held discussions about the necessity of prayer for increasing unity amongst Christians.

The upcoming visit by Catholicos Aram I will begin with a visit to St. Peter's Basilica and the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the morning of Monday, November 24.

Following his visit to the late Pope's tomb, Aram I will visit the Patio of St. Gregory the Illuminator to pay homage to the saint considered to be the apostle of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He will subsequently be received in audience by Benedict XVI.

On November 26, the Catholicos, his entourage, and a group of around 50 Armenian lay people who have come to Rome for the visit will attend the weekly general audience that Pope Benedict XVI holds each Wednesday.

The Catholicos also has other important events on his schedule including attending a liturgy on Monday at the basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the- Walls, which will be led by Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the basilica.

On Tuesday, he will attend Vespers in the basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Isola Tiberina in Rome, where he will offer a relic of Armenian martyrs. Later the same day he will participate in a prayer meeting at the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, a communiqué from the Vatican press office says.

Aram I will also participate in an academic ceremony to be held in his honor at the Pontifical Urban University, and meet with Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and other officials of that dicastery.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Western Orthodox Cathedral in L.E.S.



For the average person, the mention of Orthodox Christianity conjures references of Eastern Orthodox churches of Romania, Greek or Russian origin.  Most are unfamiliar with what would constitute someone or something being 'Western Orthodox',  but at San Isidoro y San Leandro at 345 East 4th Street near Avenue D in the Lower East Side of Manhattan there exists an old Western Orthodox church which works the Mozarabic liturgy in Spanish.  For those with whom the traditional, mystical orthodox approach to worship resonates, this place should hold some interest, providing one is not entrapped within political boundaries of feuds for legitimacy that constrict some members of the Orthodox Community.