Help Eastern Christians to fulfill their missions in the service of the whole population.

Mgr Pascal Gollnisch,
General Director of the Œuvre d’Orient

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Ukraine

Ukraine: Fostering the Integration of the Disabled

In Ukraine, where 90% of the population is Christian, the Eastern Catholic Churc...

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Iraq

Iraq: Support for the Resettlement of Families in Mosul

Mosul: A city badly hit since the beginning of the war… The Christians of ...

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Syria

Syria: An Educational and Social Centre for the Poor

Aleppo: giving hope to the people after 7 years of war     In 7 years of war,...

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Egypt

Egypt: Support a Home for the Elderly

The congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (Saint Frai) has been c...

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Syria

Syria: Reconstruction of the Maronite Cathedral of Saint Elijah in Aleppo

The cathedral is located in the centre of Farhat square, in the district of the ...

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News

Francophonie & Heritage in the Midd...

Below you will find the summary of Charles Personnaz’s report handed to the President of the Republic: “Stre...

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Christian schools in the Middle East: a ...

Christian schools in the Middle East: a challenge of civilization – by Msgr Pascal Gollnisch, General Director of ...

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Mideast Synod’s Concluding Statement (...

Here is the Vatican translation of the Message to the People of God that the synod fathers of the Special Assembly for t...

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Vatican II: Decree on the Catholic Churc...

  DECREE ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE EASTERN RITE ORIENTALIUM ECCLESIARUM SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS ...

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Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans an...

Louis Raphaël I Sako’s speech at the UN Security Council meeting on Eastern Christians (2015)   New York, 27...

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THE COUNTRIES OF ACTIONS OF THE ŒUVRE D’ORIENT

For more than 170 years, l’Œuvre d’Orient has been helping Eastern Christians from 23 countries in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, Eastern Europe, and India. Discover our interactive map to find out more about our actions in these countries.


2 000 000

Christians

almost 40%

Christian population

94

communities assisted


400 000

Christians

Less than 2%

Christian population

24

communities assisted


1 500 000

Christians

6%

Christian population

47

communities assisted


3 200 000

Christians

90%

Christian population

3

communities assisted


2 000 000

Christians

50%

Christian population

6

communities assisted


100 000

Christians

Less than 0.3%

Christian population

7

communities assisted


19

Christians

99%

Christian population

16

communities assisted


80 000

Christians

0.1%

Christian population

5

communities assisted


300 000

Christians

4%

Christian population

6

communities assisted


150 000

Christians

2%

Christian population

19

communities assisted


40 000 000

Christians

90%

Christian population

19

communities assisted


60 000

Christians

1.2%

Christian population

8

communities assisted


Ste Croix des Arméniens

0

Christians

%

Christian population

communities assisted


10 000 000

Christians

10%

Christian population

47

communities assisted


60 000 000

Christians

62%

Christian population

28

communities assisted


39 000 000

Christians

2.9%

Christian population

49

communities assisted

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