Organizations
 

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Archdiocese of the Western USA

• Archdiocese of the Western USA (this site)

• St. Ephraim Cathedral, Burbank, CA

• St. Ephraim Burbank Child Care Center

• St. George Church, San Fernando, CA

• St. Mary Church, Orange, CA

• St. Paul Church, San Diego

• St. Elias Church, Chico, CA

• St. Thomas Church, San Jose, CA

• St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, Portland, OR

• St. Mary Church, Phoenix, AR

• St. Ephrem Church, Houston, TX

• St. Julian Church, High Desert, CA

• St. John Church, Las Vegas, NV

• St. Elias Church, San Bernardino, CA 

• St. Peter the Apostle, San Dimas, CA

• St. Matthew the Elder, Seattle, WA

• St. Thomas the Apostle, El Cajon, CA

• St. Helena, Palmdale, CA

• St. Behnam, Sacramento, CA

• Virgin Mary, Vancouver, BC

• Holy Cross, San Luis Obispo, CA

• St. Gabriel, Dallas, TX

• Virgin Mary of the Holy Belt, Ventura, CA

 Syriac Orthodox Church

• General Sites

  • Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate

  • Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate Eng

  • Syriac Orthodox Resources

  • The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, maintained by Theodora, Touma and Tomayess Issa, Australia.

   

• Archdiocesan/Monastery Sites

  • Archdiocese of the Eastern USA.

  • Germany, Patriarchal Vicariate

  • Malankara Diocese of North America.

  • Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Greater India.

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• Syrian Orthodox Malankara Church

• MalankaraSyriacVoice.com - Online News Portal of SOC in Malankara

• RadioMalankara.com - Online Radio of SOC from Malankara

• MalankaraVision.com - Online TV of SOC from Malankara

• Malankara World

 

• Groups & News

  • SOR Forum

  • Suryoyo Online News (German & English)

  • SOC-Malankara Forum

   

• Syrian (Orthodox) Christian Heritage

  • Saint Ephrem's Hymns on Fasting.

  • Lectionaries Page maintained by Kevin Edgecomb.

  • Susan Harvey, "Sacred Bonding: Mothers and Daughters in Early Syriac Hagiography", Journal of Early Christian Studies 4.1 (1996) 27-56.

  • Syriac NT Studies Page maintained by Steven Ring.

  • Mor Gregorius of Parumala (Parumala Kochu Thirumeni) web site maintained by K.J.Philip.

  • Chor Episcopus V. Rev. Curian Kaniamparambil, "What shall I do to be saved?"

   

• Books, Periodicals, and Music

  • Syriac Music

  • Syrian Orthodox Church Music CD (from amazon.com).

  • Liturgical songs in Malayalam

  • Heto: Syriac Literature Magazine

   

• Community Sites

  • Suryoyo Online [in German and English]

  • Friends of Tur Abdin [German & English]

  • Aynwert [German]

  • Syriac Help Foundation

  • Tur Abdin Community [Swedish]

  • Turabdin Online [Swedish & English]

  • Suryoyo World [Swedish & English]

  • Suryoyo Chat

  • Qolo, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm. [Web radio broadcasts in Turoyo]

  • Suryoye Postcards

 Syriac Studies (Academic Sites)

• Syriac New Testament.

• Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute.

• Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies.

• Universities that offer classes in Syriac, maintained by the University of Minnesota.

• The Paul van Moorsel Centre for Christian Art and Culture in the Middle East (The institute sponsors a research project, "The formation of a communal identity among West Syrian Christians (451-1300)" and seminars on Syriac Orthodox Christianity.

• Tell Tuneinir, Syria excavations of a Syrian Christian site in Syriac, maintained by Prof. Michael Fuller and Neathery Fuller.

• Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies The Oriental Institute, Oxford University.

• The Peshiitta Institute Leiden

• Old Aramaic Gospel of Matthew (F.C. Burkitt's English Translation, 1904)

• Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies

• Bet Aramaye (Japanese site maintained by Atsushi Numata, Univ. of Nagoya)

 Other Oriental Orthodox Churches

• Ecumenical Sites

  • World Council of Churches

  • The Middle East Council of Churches

  • Pro Oriente

  • Oriental Orthodox Mailing List.

  • Oriental Orthodox Churches Links

   

• Coptic Orthodox Church

  • The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt

  • British Orthodox Church

  • Coptic Church Review

  • Coptic Orthodox Resources

  • Copt-Net: The Coptic Orthodox Church

  • RemnKemi Coptic Orthodox Page

  • Coptic Calendar of Saints (Synexarion)

  • Coptic Music Web Site

  • The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles

  • Lent Hymns of the Coptic Orthodox Church

   

• Armenian Orthodox Church

  • Armenian Church Links

  • The Armenian Web Ring

  • St. James Armenian Church of Los Angeles

  • Kirakos Ganjaketsi's History of the Armenians

  • The Armenian Enlightment Chronicle

  • Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia

   

• Ethiopian Orthodox Church

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

  • UNESCO World Heritage Document

  • Dabre Abuna Aaron, the cavern church of Lalibela

 Other Churches of the Syriac Tradition

• Assyrian Church of the East

  • Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

  • East Syrian Christian Monument in Hsi-an, China.

              Links to community sites can be found on Assyria Online.
  
   

• Maronite Church

  • Bkerke: The Maronite Patriarchate Site.

  • North American Maronite Research Institute, with links to other Maronite sites.

  • The Maronite Research Council.

  • The International Maronite Foundation.

  • The National Apostolate of Maronites.

   

• Chaldean Catholic Church

  • The Chaldean Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle in the US

  • The Chaldeans

   

• Syrian Catholic & Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

  • The Syriac Catholic Church

  • Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Diocese in the U.S. and Canada

  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Mission of North America

   

• Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyoor)

  • Malabar Independent Syrian Church

 Eastern Christian Churches

• General

  • Alnemat Arabic Christian Internet Magazine

  • Via Dolorosa: English monthly that aims at reviving Christian Arab Culture. For subscriptions, contact eddycalis@earthlink.net

  • Indian Christianity

   

• Byzantine Rite

  • Orthodox World Links

  • Melkite Byzantine Church

   

• Roman-Catholic Rite

  • Al-Bushra: Arab-American Roman Catholic Community (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

 Other Sites of Interest to Oriental Orthodox Christians

• Writings of the Church Fathers

  • Anti-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers

  • Early Church Fathers maintained by Roger Pearse (Texts omitted from the Anti-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers)

  • Early Church Fathers. (Zeitun-eg.org)

  • St. Ephrem Library

   

• Bible Resources

  • Bible Society: Syriac Texts

  • Article on the Peshitta Bible (Web Site maintained by Glenn Davis)

  • Web sites on Peshitta http://www.peshito.com/pn/ · http://www.peshitta.org

  • The Holy Bible Web Site (with Coptic Orthodox traditions)

  • Fr. Tadros Malaty's Bible Commentaries

  • Malayalam Bible

            For the Peshitta Syriac Bible, see under Syriac Orthodox above.
  
   

• Christology

  • Christological Controversy

   

• Miscellaneous Sites

  • Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar

  • Kingdom of Osroene

  • Inner Light Productions, fine art photographs of Eastern Orthodox and Coptic monasteries

  • The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-16

  • The Armenian Genocide (Educational Flash presentation)

  • ANI Website dedicated to the Armenian Genocide

  • Alphonse Mingana's "Syriac Influence on the Style of the Koran"

  • Hope for Family

  • Christmas Rhymes (Arabic & Syriac)

  • Phoenicia

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The Western Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, providing spiritual guidance and leadership to the Syriac Orthodox community, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization comprised of 24 churches and parishes in 17 western states. It was established in 1952 as the Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church encompassing the entire United States and Canada. In November 1995 by the Holy Synod of Antioch, the Western Archdiocese was formed to exclusively serve the 17 states of the western half United States.

417 E. Fairmount Rd., Burbank, CA 91501
Tel: (818) 845-5089 Fax: (818) 953-7203
E-mail: bishopric@soc-wus.org