Orthodoxy in Madagascar
Excerpts from the speech of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Madagascar on the Orthodox Mission in the hall of our Fraternity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9Eee2aIa0
Excerpts from the speech of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Madagascar on the Orthodox Mission in the hall of our Fraternity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9Eee2aIa0
At one point I decided to cross the road in the jeep, but I was in danger of being swept away by the current. A sea fell on the car and the cabin filled with water…
New institutions will open very soon, after being inaugurated with the visit of our Patriarch. Such buildings are Holy Churches, the Orphanage, the new wing of the Clinic and the University. We praise God and thank the people for the blessings they have bestowed upon us. I would like to ask you, if it is possible, to help us with the interior fitting of the new Holy Archangels Church so that it can be open for Christmas, as well as the Holy Church of the Transfiguration…
The Patriarch’s visit was a blessing for the Holy Metropolis of Madagascar. His Beatitude’s presence was necessary because it gave us the courage to continue our struggle, to overcome difficulties and problems, to communicate with him like children with a father, to express our problems freely and to take decisions together for new projects in the future…
Highlights from the 10-day visit of the Patriarch of Alexandria to the Orthodox mission of Madagascar
Metropolitan Ignatius of Madagascar speaks about the continuation of the missionary work in the Metropolis of Madagascar which was first begun by the Bishop of Madagascar, Mr. Nektarios
Such thoughts come to my mind when I often walk on the paths through the forests until I reach the villages that the mission car cannot access…
In the midst of difficulties we are also tested, as our faith is tested. A moment ago I was reading in the Acts of the Apostles the sufferings of the Apostle Paul. Of course, there is no comparison, but we take many examples from the First after the One that the way of Salvation and Mission is not flowery.
The Greeks, in the economic crisis they are experiencing, are pioneers in charity and missionary activity. From a poor and small country today, a large continent is being evangelised, which until yesterday lived in the darkness and delusion of idols, paganism and heresies everywhere…
How can we stop such a work, when the Grace of the Holy Spirit is leading the way and opening the way to the evangelization of immortal souls? When people, living remotely in isolated villages, leave toil and hardship by walking for hours to reach us and beg us to go and indoctrinate them to know the true God and join the body of the church?