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Photo: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople embraces newly enthroned Pope Francis after his inaugural Mass in Rome on March 19, 2013.

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Statement of the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Syria 2013-12-09
Missing Syrian nuns appear in video 2013-12-09
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew prays for Ukraine 2013-12-07
New Byzantine Catholic bishop in Passaic continues 1,000-year tradition 2013-12-05
Orthodox prelate warns Greek lawmakers against vote for same-sex marriage 2013-12-05
Turkey: major Byzantine monastery to become mosque 2013-12-03
Pope renews support for Syrian Christians; rebels kidnaps Orthodox nuns 2013-12-02
Christians, East and West, should combat persecution, Pope says in message to Patriarch Bartholomew I 2013-12-02
Pope-emeritus Benedict says he prays daily for Christians of the Middle East 2013-12-02
Ukrainian Catholic prelates back protestors, condemn police crackdown 2013-12-02
European official rues plight of Iraq’s Christians, calls for aid cut to Baghdad 2013-12-02
Melkite Patriarch greets Pope as Simon of Cyrene 2013-12-01
Sardinia will welcome Gregorios III Laham 2013-12-01
Archbishop Lubomyr Husar: The True Ukraine Stands on Maidan 2013-11-27
Greek-Catholic and Ukrainian Faithful: Be Committed Every Day to Brotherly Communion 2013-11-27
Up to 300,000 Christians have left Egypt 2013-11-26
Report: Islamist militants invade Syrian city, detain Christians 2013-11-26
Putin visits Pope Francis; Syria tops agenda 2013-11-26
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor 2013-11-25
UGCC Patriarch led liturgy at the altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican 2013-11-25
Pope, other Christian leaders recall Ukrainian famine-genocide 2013-11-25
Melkite Patriarch: stop arming Islamist Syrian rebels 2013-11-25
The Catholic East Committed to Daily Interreligious Dialogue 2013-11-25
Meeting of Pope Francis with the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs, Assembly of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 2013-11-25
Address of Patriarch Gregorios III To Pope Francis 2013-11-25
Pope Francis speaks to the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops: Set an Example of Sobriety 2013-11-22
Pope ‘will not rest’ while Christians are endangered in Middle East 2013-11-22
Christians fleeing Iraq amid ‘surge of bloodshed’ 2013-11-22
Turkish official wants Hagia Sophia to become mosque; Greece reacts sharply 2013-11-22
Ukrainian Catholic leader sees growth of 'bottom-up' ecumenism 2013-11-21
Lebanese president: Christians should not rely on foreign powers, autocratic regimes 2013-11-20
Father Robert Yetsko, TOR, killed in car crash 2013-11-20
UGCC Bishops to Pray for Victims of Holodomor in Rome 2013-11-15
Pope Francis meets with Metropolitan Ilarion Alfeyev 2013-11-13
UGCC Prepares to Mark Three Anniversaries in Rome 2013-11-13
Warmer Rome-Moscow relations produce new talk of Pope- Patriarch 'summit meeting' 2013-11-13
Vatican foreign minister renews call for diplomatic action on Syria 2013-11-13
Surge in kidnappings of Egypt’s Christians 2013-11-13
Damascus: children at Christian school killed by rebel fire; 2 churches hit 2013-11-13
Vatican newspaper: Pope’s Syria peace appeal may launch ‘real dialogue’ with Islam 2013-11-13
Pope meets Russian Orthodox prelate; a prelude to visit by Putin? 2013-11-12
Chaldean patriarch: granting of asylum to Iraqi Christians ‘threatens our existence’ 2013-11-12
Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Church Wishes to Contribute to Discussion about European Values’​​ 2013-11-11
Syrian bishop: Aleppo a ‘disfigured and exhausted city’ 2013-11-11
European court rules against Greek civil-union law 2013-11-08
Syrian prelate denies report of new massacre of Christians 2013-11-08
Chaldean patriarch: clergy should serve the faithful, monks should return to monasteries 2013-11-07
Ukrainian churches: remember victims of Stalinist famine-genocide 2013-11-07
Latin Catholic Patriarch denounces Israeli demolition of church-owned building in Jerusalem 2013-11-06
Syrian priest tells Islamists who destroyed his parish that they are betraying ‘true Islam’ 2013-11-06

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St. Nicholas: A Model of Faith

The truth of your deeds has revealed you to your flock, * as a rule of faith, an image of gentleness, and a teacher of self-control. * Therefore, you attained the heights through humility, * and riches through poverty. * O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, * pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved. (cf Gal 5:22-23) (Troparion)

 

In Myra you were shown to be a performer of the sacred things, O holy Nicholas, * for, fulfilling the Gospel of Christ, you, O venerable, laid down your life for your people, * and saved the innocent from death. * Therefore, your have been sanctified as a great initiate of God's grace. (Kontakion)

 

Troparion for December 6th. St. Nicholas of Myra is the Patron Saint of all Byzantine Churches.

Zenit News

    • Pope Francis' Weekly General Audience, Dec. 11th
    • Pope Francis Named TIME's "Person of the Year 2013"
    • Developing the Case for Being a Tea Party Catholic
    • Pope Francis: Church Invites Us to Face God's Judgement With Joyful Hope
    • Pope Francis Sends Message to the Americas
    • Ukrainian Church Condemns Police Action in Kiev's Independence Square
    • Text for Today's Global Wave of Prayer to End Hunger
    • Pope Francis: We Cannot Ignore World Hunger
    • Copes, Humeral Veils and Blessings
    • Lebanon Trying to Secure Release of Orthodox Nuns
    • Response to Safeguarding Children Report: Diocese of Down & Connor
    • Response to Safeguarding Children Report: Diocese of Kerry

Wisdom from the Church Fathers

Do all in your power not to fall, for the strong athlete should not fall. But if you do fall, get up again at once and continue the contest. Even if you fall a thousand times because of the withdrawal of God's grace, rise up again each time, and keep on doing this until the day of your death. For it is written, 'If a righteous man falls down seven times' - that is, repeatedly throughout his life - 'seven times shall he rise again' [Prov. 24:16].

John of Karpathos
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