It's been a while since anyone has posted a link to a Maronite parish website, but I came across that of Holy Family Maronite Church in Mendota Heights MN this weekend, while working on the Directory. It could do with the addition of some educational material, but it's a nicely done site that demonstrates what looks to be a small, but vibrant, parish.

Another parish website that came to my attention this weekend was that of St Jude Melkite Church in Miami FL, now pastored by Father Eugene Mitchell, an old and dear friend. The site is still in process - with a lot of the links still coming up blank - but it has a definite look of promise about it, including what it seems will be mirrored English and Spanish versions. This is the first sign in years of a viable website for that community and I'm looking forward to seeing it fleshed out.

Many years,

Neil

The website of St Joseph the Betrothed UGCC in Chicago is well-worth seeing. Much of the website, the bulletins, and calendars are available in both English and Ukrainian. There are links to Ancient Faith Radio and to RISU, news pertinent to the UGCC, and links to the parish's Facebook page and YouTube channel. There are also children's pages. Nicely done!

Many years,

Neil

St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church Barberton, Ohio
St. Nicholas - Web
St. Nicholas - Facebook

Without absolute certainty I can make the bold claim that the website is especially "worth seeing", I bring you that of St. John the Baptist UGCC in Brantford, Ontario. The gallery at least is worth seeing. Our church is very beautiful.

Please have a look. I am Roman Catholic and ignorant of the Christian East, I invite therefore your hearty correction of such mistakes as I have certainly made.

www.stjohnbrantford.com

Very nice indeed, I see a lot of changes on the website since I looked at it last. I'll be updating the parish directory entry to include an interior photo and links to the parish's FB and YT pages.

Many years,

Neil

Our relatively new member, JDC. promised me recently that the redesigned website of this parish would be well worth adding to this thread. He's has clearly kept that promise. Very nice already and I see that Bulletins and a contact e-mail link are coming. I'll be adding the website link to the directory entry, which already has a link to the parish FB page.

Many years,

Neil

I meant to say, anybody willing to exchange reciprocal links (yours links to my parish website, mine links to your parish website) which will help both of us improve our Google rank, please PM me with your site address.

In fact, what parties are willing, we could all of a group link one to another, the better to be more easily found by the pagan Googling masses we wish to evangelize.

Thanks to our friend and brother, Deacon David, for posting a link on Facebook that caused me to see this website. Holy Trinity Orthodox Church is an ACROD parish in Spring Hill, FL. Very nice site, with a lot of good material available.

Many years,

Neil

The joint website of St Mary Byzantine Church in Herminie (PA) and St Stephen Byzantine Church in North Huntingdon/Irwin (PA) is very nicely done and presents some excellent material. The photo albums include some particularly interesting shots of the iconostasis under construction - not sure that I've ever seen examples of that before.

I also liked the survey, which parishioners can answer either electronically or print to paper, to assist the parish in setting priorities for upcoming spending on repairs/maintenance. It shows just how a site can be employed for both spiritual and practical purposes.

The linked facebook site offers brief, quick, timely reminders of coming events - including times for Divine Services.

Kudos to the webmistress, Kristin Fullerton/K Fullerton, one of our newest members.

Many years,

Neil

Greetings,

Apologize me for posting this topic probably in the wrong section, but I couldn't find another place in the forum to do it. Feel free to move it where it fits better.

I would like to share with you the blog site of the Greek Orthodox Church of Bordeaux, in France, dedicated to the "The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple" and which belongs to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople : http://egliseorthodoxegrbx.blogspot.com/

You can find there everything related to our news, current activities, story, mainly in french language, as well as many links regarding the Orthodox Church in France. You can easily switch to english, greek or other languages with the translate google bar button in the top right of the main page.

Thank you for reading and Christos Anesti!

Vassilis,

Welcome to the forum. A beautiful and informative site! You certainly posted it in the right forum, although I'm moving it to another thread in this same forum - 'Parish Websites Worth Seeing!' - which we use to highlight websites that are particularly noteworthy for their content and style. Our goal in that thread is to offer examples and ideas to other parishes and communities as they develop or expand their own sites.

Thank you for sharing this one with us.

Many years,

Neil

The web site of St. Basil's in Irving (TX) has been recently updated with a lot of scenes from our recent liturgical clelebrations, during the Great Fast, Holy Week & Pascha (cf. "photo gallery") - incl. scenes from the baptism of a young adult @ the vigil of Pascha. I'm under the impression that adult Baptism is relatively rare in most of our Eastern Churches...

http://www.stbasilsinirving.org/

St Melany the Younger Byzantine Church in Tucson has revamped their website and it is excellently done.

Besides all the expected (or hoped for) material, there are podcasts of homilies by Father Robert (Rankin), Gospel Readings, and Zenit links. A 'Virtual Tour' link doesn't seem to be working as yet, but the site is a definitely worthwhile addition to this list.

Kudos to Patrick Cullen, the webmaster, and Father Robert. And, special thanks to Patrick for taking the time to provide me w/ updated links and a better photo for use in the parish's directory entry.

Many years,

Neil

Zenit links! The less I hear from the Legionnaires of Christ the better!

Bless, Father Economos,

I don't want to get into a debate here about the value of Zenit (or other Catholic media), to ECs or to Catholics generally - it's not why this ongoing thread exists. And, if this thread starts - even slightly - to look like that's happening, the posts on the subject will be moved elsewhere. However, I do want to reply to our obvious disagreement as to whether a Zenit link on a parish website is or is not a 'plus'.

One can certainly find fault with Zenit but the fact remains that it is a reasonably accurate source of Catholic news. As such, it can be a valuable resource. Appearances to the contrary, as one looks around the web, not everyone in the Catholic world - Latin or Eastern - participates at on-line venues, such as this forum. And, frankly, the resulting knowledge level about happenings in the Catholic world, outside one's own parish bounds (beyond scandals), is pitiful (not that it necessarily improves with on-line participation, as a quick look at principally Latin fora will affirm).

Thus, I submit that any medium which can potentially cure that abyssmal knowledge gap is worth the space afforded the link.

Many years,

Neil