The flow of things, in the popular expression, divine providence in reality, led our steps to the beautiful Savu-Savu of Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island. The schedule called for this trip to take place the following month. But a sudden, great ordeal of one of our Orthodox brothers, Pantelis Baravillala, forced us to leave…
The people of Samoa have a peculiarity. They are calm, smiling and very religious. I think they too are entitled and deserve to become members of the Holy and true Orthodox Church and not to wait for the spiritual crumbs of the heretic Protestants…
Only a few months after the first visit of an Orthodox missionary to this isolated island country of the Pacific Ocean, the few Orthodox believers welcomed us again with much love and praise to the Lord for the new Church that His love has given them…
Oceania decides to follow the Saviour of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, at the very moment when Europe closes its doors to the One to whom it owes everything…
The missionary fire in Oceania is spreading to other countries. Already the first historic visit of an Orthodox missionary to the Tonga Islands is a fact…
In Fiji, by the grace of God, Orthodoxy is slowly but surely advancing. The building of the orphanage in Saweni, as shown in the photo, is finished and the opening will soon take place…
Father Savas approached a nurse and said to her: “We are from the Greek Orthodox Church. Can we just crucify her?” Then he takes out the cross, which had Holy Wood in it, and began to crucify her on her face…
Most Reverend Bishop Amphilochios speaks about the new missionary efforts of the Orthodox Church in the country “of the Day Before”
In Fiji, one of the most beautiful flowers in the Pacific, Orthodoxy is beginning to spread its spiritual fragrance.
One is proud of the zeal and effort with which they work, not only the paid craftsmen and workers, but also all the members of the missionary echelon with our Priests and Monks. Even the children of Pantelis, who has many children, and other neighborhood children.
Donors sought for the construction of a Temple on the island of Viti Levu, Fiji
Article by His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilochiou of New Zealand
