Dear Commons Community,

Elaine and I attended Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of Our Lady.  Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady) (Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ , Ito dyoldath Aloho) is a Syriac Orthodox church in the center of Amsterdam. The church is used both by the Syriac Orthodox community and the Roman Catholic community of Opus Dei. The structure has the Dutch status of a Rijksmonument (National Heritage Site).

The church was founded in 1854 by the Redemptorist Fathers and was designed by architect Theo Molkenboer. In 1985 the Redemptorists left the church due to the lack of redemptorist priests. The church was acquired by the Syriac Orthodox Church of the Netherlands and the parish was renamed Moeder Godskerk (Church of the Mother of God). However, the church never closed its doors for the Roman and Surinam Catholic believers.

Elaine and I decided to attend mass here because it was being said in English.  It was a beautiful service with lots of music and singing.

Tony

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