A New Church is Born

Dear Friends of Mission,

With God’s help, we are well. I would like to tell you some news from our Orthodox Mission in Indonesia.

These days I am going to leave for Nias Island to see the process of our works there and meet with the teachers of our Orthodox school.

Then I am going to visit Jakarta to bless a wedding there and after that, I am going to go to Surabaya. There, a group of Muslims, about 25 people, have expressed the desire to be taught about Orthodoxy.

Thank God I am quite well to take care of everything, although I now have to walk with a cane.

Fr. Prochoros Allo visited Borneo Island to see how we can establish an Orthodox parish there. With the money you sent us from Greece, we bought a plot of land. There, we want to build a church and a small room for Fr. Prochoros. This is estimated to cost 50,000 euro. Please pray to God to send some good-hearted people to help us.

Also, with the money you gave us, we have rented a field and have planted rice. In 3 months’ time, we will harvest and sell it and with that money, we will support our priests in Indonesia, who are deprived of a salary.

Wishing in the Lord with deep gratitude for your love,

Fr. Chrysostomos Manalu

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Fr. Chrysostomos Manalu

Fr. Chrysostomos Manalu was born in a Protestant family in Sumatra, Indonesia. He was converted to Orthodoxy by fr. Daniel Byantoro and in 1994 he came to Greece for graduate studies in Theolofy. He was then acquainted with our Fraternity and was ordained a presbyter in the Diocese of Arta. He returned to Indonesia in 2002, where he founded the Orthodox Mission in Northern Sumatra. He serves as the prelatic commissioner of Indonesia under the Diocese of Singapore.

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