Convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya, Saidnaya, Syria. Photo: Bernard Gagnon. When the late Pope John Paul ascended to the Papacy, he said that Europe must breathe through its two lungs, the tradition of the Western Roman rite and that of the Eastern Orthodox rite as well. Although I could not agree with him more, I would add the 50 million members of the Orient Orthodox…
