churches. A few others, especially in larger metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, assimilate into Arabic-speaking Mainline Protestant or Evangelical denominations. Many, especially younger, Melkites are "Nones". Seminary programs In 1975, Archbishop Tawil founded a seminary program for the eparchy, after the Basilian Salvatorian Fathers -- a religious order separate from the eparchy with a superior of their own and who had originally been charged with the formation of Melkite eparchial clergy -- closed their program in Methuen, Massachusetts. Salvatorian students subsequently enrolled at Weston School of Theology, then in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eparchial students matriculated at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts and received supplemental instruction from eparchial clergy. Both Weston and Holy Cross were members of the Boston Theological Institute, as it was known then. In 1976, the eparchy purchased a house in Newton Centre, Massachusetts as a residence and house of studies for its seminarians, and named it St. Gregory Seminary. Eventually, Bishop John Elya sold the complex—along with the former chancery offices and bishop's residence in West Newton—to a private developer, at which time the chancery and bishop's residence relocated to an area adjacent to the cathedral. Following ancient Christian tradition the eparchy counts among its clergy both celibate and married priests and deacons. Most celibate eparchial clergy study at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh. Most of the married clergy study at various other Catholic schools of theology prior to their presbyteral ordinations. Other Offices and Functions The vocation office is co-located with the Melkite mission in San Antonio, Texas The Judicial vicar/Tribunal is co-located with St. Ignatios Church in Augusta, Georgia. The Economos is co-located with St. Ann Church in Woodland Park, New Jersey. Office of Educational Services provides "catechetical materials and training programs for the parishes of the eparchy." It is, in essence, run from the Melkite community in Sacramento, California. Sophia Press publishes liturgical and prayer books, as well as biographies, histories, and other texts of Melkite interest. OES Publications publishes booklets for sacramental preparation and spiritual development.Sophia is the quarterly magazine of the eparchy. The office of the eparchial Victim Assistance Coordinator (VAC) is expected to be established in 2022. There is a periodic national convention generally hosted by a Melkite parish, the last one held in July 2022 in Rancho Mirage, CA, the first hosted by no parish. Other eparchial groups (e.g.,