28 Nov A Poem:
"Lord, open my heart to your love.
Fill my heart Lord,
that temptation finds no place to dwell.
Fill my heart Lord,
the same way I fill my glass with water to the edge.
Fill my heart to its edge with your love,
that not a single drop of temptation can sneak in..."

22 Nov Our Syrian Orthodox Church has a unique love and veneration for the holy Virgin Mary and our Church fathers and our prayer books do not stop praising her blessed name according to the word of the Holy Bible (Luke 1:48). Here I will just mention a few of these fathers and a hymn from our daily prayer book (shimo)...

18 Nov  Other teachings which we have about the Virgin Mary is that she is always a Virgin. In Syriac ‘btholath bkolzban’. As we already have seen the Holy Bible clearly testifies that Mary was a Virgin when she became pregnant with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit. But we also say that she remained a Virgin after she gave birth to Jesus and that she remains a Virgin forever....

14 Nov  The Holy Virgin Mary has a big place in the Syriac Orthodox Church and that can create confusion within other Christians who do not understand or have not yet discovered who she is or why she is so important. I will not repeat what we already have written about the Saints and their prayers in heaven...

3 Dec Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
I am very concerned by this news which I have just received and want to share it with you immediately. The monastery of Mor Gabriel is known to many of us as a wonderful example of the faithful continuity of Syriac learning and spirituality.

1 Dec Dear Members,
the first version of the Melthodhaye Map is finally here - all thanks to our Lord!
Now you can easily track down any Syriac Orthodox Church in the  world (India planned in next version).
Please inform us regarding any possible updates, so that we can keep the information up to date. Go to Map

29 Nov Melthodhaye has after almost one year of activities on the website and outside of the website developed in a fast but stable and strong way. The thanks is first of all to our Lord Almighty that gives us all the strength to work for Him and to continue working the right way. We also give our enormous thanks to our Writing Group for their continues work when giving spiritual nourishment to us all...

28 Nov Patriarch of Ethiopia, His Holiness Abba Paulos and a nine member delegation from the Ethiopian Church visited the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate on 20th and 21st November 2008. His Holiness Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the Patriarch of Antioch & all the East and the Supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, welcomed H.H. Abba Paulos...

Interview with Mor Philexinos, Mor Polycarpus

01 Dec Go to Tube
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Abir Nehme in Sweden

30 Nov Go to Tube
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Sermon by Deyreyo Malke

29 Nov Go to Tube