By grace of God, our Diocese held the general convention of Orthodox Ghanaian youth for the second time, with a turnout of 350 young people in Saint Peter Technical School in Larte, Accra, and with the help and participation of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center.
Our Orthodox Mission believes that whoever invests in youth, they belong in the future and the future belongs to them and we, the Orthodox people, want to be active in the future, in order to shape it and instill in it our Orthodox Christian values. This is our responsibility and duty and we must not wrong ourselves and our Church.
The African youth craves for learning the faith and experiencing real prayer and relation with God. This is easily shown by the high attendance at this convention, that included all daily services, catechetical lessons, bible studies and lot of play in the spacious and hospitable venues of Saint Peter Technical School in Larte.
This is also a means to give life to this school and get it back up and running, since it has ceased operations due to the financial crisis. With your precious help and support, we believe that we will be empowered to carry on this work, so that joy and smile will bloom in the faces of these angelic souls.
† Narkissos of Accra
As Archbishop of Nairobi, I have the honor to record the sacred events of the visit of His Beatitude—a visit that was a celebration of faith, unity, and our unwavering love for Kenya and Africa. Saturday: A Joyful Arrival and Great Vespers In the early morning hours of Saturday, His Beatitude arrived with a spirit…
In the 1760s, a Hieromonk of Mount Athos, with simplicity in faith, with great fervor and love for his enslaved brothers of our nation, would open another chapter in the modern Ecclesiastical History of Greece, introducing the presence of monasticism in contemporary missionary work. It was that ascetic yet simultaneously filled with boundless love, figure…
Dear brothers and siters, Rejoice in the Lord always! With the grace of the Lord and the blessings of our Most Blessed Pope and Patriarch Theodore II, our missionary work continues. We also thank you for your continuous support and help. Among many difficulties and needs, in parishes, sub-parishes, and new Orthodox communities in various…
Such a mission needed a bold call and vision. Missionary work up to that time had only been done on the African continent. In Latin America, Orthodoxy was something unknown, remote and confined to the East. With patience and perseverance the Metropolitan opened the door giving us the opportunity to know and recognize that Orthodoxy is not a national Christian denomination but the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ….
His Beatitude did not conceal his joy for this unprecedented, unprecedented, reception accorded to him by the faithful people of Accra, emphasizing in particular the spiritual role of the Patriarchate and the untiring interest of both himself and the Metropolitan concerned, together with his associates, clergy and laity.
60 years later: Event in memory of Holy Missionaries
