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History The Melkite Church originated in Jerusalem and Antioch, where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians. It is one of the largest Christian Churches in the Holy Land. Melkites first settled in the United States over a century ago, but the recent situation in the Middle East has […]

St. Nicholas The Wonder Worker Melkite  Catholic Church   Address : 1492 Spencerport Road Rochester, NY 14606 Website: https://stnicholasmelkitegreekchurch.com/ Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/StNickRoc/ E-mail : stnicholasrochester@gmail.com Phone : +1 585-426-4218   Rev. Fr. Michael Copenhagen Phone : (585)-426-4218 Rev. Fr. Deacon Edmond J. Elhilow, Jr. Phone : (585) 467-5475 Rev. Fr.

History When Walt Disney decided to build his amusement park, Disneyland, amid the orange groves in Anaheim, CA, the orange groves of Orange County in this sleepy county southeast of Los Angeles blossomed, not with orange blossoms, but with new homes. The groves quickly disappeared, and new blossoms came forth

History According to memories and anecdotes, Melkites settled in Arizona since early 1900’s. They established themselves around the cities of Globe, Superior and Ray. (According to the web site of the city of Kearny, the city was established during the mid to late-1950s when the older towns of Ray, Sonora,

History The parish of Saint John in the Chicagoland area dates back to the 19th Century. Over the years, it has fluctuated between periods of prosperity and struggle for survival. The parish was founded in 1894 by Father Basilios Souaya, a Basilian Shouerite priest who had arrived in the United

St. Anne Melkite Church Address : 11245 Rye Street North Hollywood, CA 91602 Phone :  818-761-2034 Fax :  818-761-2922 E-mail :  support@st-anne-church.org office@stannecathedral.org Website:   www.melkitesinlosangeles.org   Rev. Fr. Fouad Sayegh  

History In the early 1900’s Archimandrite John Haddad, pastor of the Melkite-Greek Catholic Church in Chicago used to travel occasionally to Milwaukee to minister to the needs of the growing Syrian community.  In 1911 Archbishop Mesmer approved the founding of a mission parish under the patronage of St. George the

History In December of 1967, His Excellency, the late Bishop Justin Najmy, the first Apostolic Exarch for the Melkites in the United States appointed Fr. Nicholas Abraham, B.S.O, as Administrator of The Melkite Mission in Greater Miami. Our Dream became a reality on Sunday, December18, 1967 when the Mission’s first