A glass of milk, a smile, a hope
In southern Madagascar, ten diocesan schools serve thousands of children with free education and daily milk and biscuits, spreading hope and Christian love amid poverty.
A Well in Ampataka: a source of life, gratitude and grace
A miracle took place in Southern Madagascar. With the help of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity, the community of Ampataka finally gained access to clean water!
Love: The Alpha and Omega of Existence
Love is the hand that lifts the fallen, the bread that is shared, the look that comforts, the tear that becomes a prayer.
Bridge of salvation and love
Dear friends of the Mission, Hello! It is with deep emotion and infinite respect that we send this speech, the fruit of gratitude for the volunteer doctors and specialists who left their homeland and came here, in Southern Madagascar. This visit was not just a journey – it was the living flame of the Gospel,…
For the priests’ house
My dear brothers and fellow companions, Christ is Risen. Our joy is great because always during this Resurrection period, the group baptisms of the catechists take place. By the Grace of God, 500 new members received Holy Baptism and became members of our local Orthodox Church. How can one describe the overwhelming feelings at that…
Milk for our children
The moment I am writing these lines is a few days before Judgment Sunday. How stunning the words of our Christ are! What does He tell us? That the criterion of judgment will be how we behaved towards our brother. Towards our suffering brothers, the sick, the imprisoned, the thirsty, the naked, the needy… My…
60 years of presence
60 years of continuous giving and love. 60 years of peace to the missionaries of Africa, Asia, Oceania, all over the world. 60 years next to our fellow human beings in pain. Next to the poor, the homeless, the sick and the imprisoned. Next to the children of Africa with their beautiful and meaningful expressive…
Hurricane of faith
Dear Brothers and Friends of the Foreign Mission, I greet you and embrace you in the Lord from South Madagascar, this beautiful island, the earthly paradise of travel guides and at the same time the harsh reality, marginally unsustainable for the indigenous population culminating in the catastrophic onslaught of two fierce typhoons. Houses were leveled,…
Ordinations and openings
Dear Friends of Mission, I am very pleased to inform you about the progress of the work of our missionary team by the grace of God and the unwavering love of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore. Despite all the difficulties, we continue the effort steadily. Times, as you…
