On Saturday April 20th, 2019, the parish of St. Mary’s in Worcester, Massachusetts, hosted a Spiritual and Traditional Hymn night, “Journey to the empty Tomb”. this event is under the auspices of His Eminence Mor Dionysius John Kawak, and with the presence of His Grace Bishop John Atallah of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. The Choirs of the Antiochian Orthodox church, the Coptic Orthodox church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church performed hymns of Holy Week.
Fr. Augeen Alkhouri, Fr. Anton Sabha, Fr.Alan Shaltan, Father Milad from the Antiochian Orthodox Church, Fr. Samuel Hanna from the Coptic Orthodox Church were also present at this event. At the end, His Eminence during his speech, he thanked the Almighty Lord and the ones who worked tirelessly to organize this spiritual and traditional night.