September 2014 at a glance

Fiji

The Holy Trinity Church is nearing completion.

Indonesia

Extensive monsoon damage to the Orthodox Mission farm. Damages exceed 10,000 euros.

Hong Kong

New Chinese have joined the Orthodox Church of Christ in Hong Kong.

Kenya

  • The translation of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in various African dialects is being prepared.
  • The Holy Church of St. John Chrysostom was founded on the border with Tanzania.

Rwanda

On September 14, the first ordinations of a priest and a deacon were celebrated on Rwandan soil. Thousands of converts and catechumens attended and celebrated the event.

Catechesis in Rwanda
Catechesis in Rwanda

Burundi

On September 19, a consecration ceremony was held at the Buramata Primary School, where stationery was distributed to more than 600 children, as a result of the love of the “Agios Alexios” association.

Malawi

Work has begun on the construction of the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Nkhuwala.

Sierra Leone

Ebola rages in Sierra Leone. The epidemic and the measures taken to contain it have suppressed all social and economic activity and the country is threatened by the spectre of a food crisis.

Zimbabwe

Metropolitan Seraphim visited an orphanage, where he distributed humanitarian material.

The Brotherhood

  • We sent €15,000 for the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Malawi.
  • We sent €12,000 for the Church of St Luke of Crimea and the Holy Archangels in Burundi.
  • We sent €11,000 for the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.
  • We sent €6,000 for baptisms in Mwanza and Brazzaville.
  • We sent 4.200 € for the educational adoption in Katanga.
  • We sent 3.000 € for educational adoption in Indonesia.
  • We sent 1,000 € for the orphans of Calcutta.

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