The President of the Fraternity participated in the ceremony of the translation of relics and returned from Kananga, Congo, bearing an exceptional gift: a fragment of the sacred relic of Saint Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, which he delivered to Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki, for the sanctification of the faithful of our city.
There are journeys that change the way you see the world. Fotis Legakis returned from Madagascar with something that cannot fit into any suitcase: the realization that a well, a notebook, a hug can mean everything to those who have nothing.
On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Metropolitan Nikodimos of Nigeria made a pastoral visit to the Orthodox communities of Imo and Anambra states, with hundreds of faithful participating in the Divine Liturgy. Additionally, he visited the ecclesiastical Regina Memorial Hospital, whose building construction has been completed and is expected to serve thousands of residents in the area.
Metropolitan Gregory of Cameroon spoke to the Fraternity about his 21 years of missionary work in Africa: the wounds of colonialism that are still open, the advance of the ‘prosperity gospel,’ and the method of the Sermon on the Mount that he himself applies in the field.
We were delighted to welcome our young friends who, with great interest and questions only children know how to ask, took an imaginary journey to the countries of the Mission.
On Monday, March 9, 2026, Metropolitan Gregory of Cameroon delivered a lecture titled “Missionary Witness in Cameroon” at the Department of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The event was held as part of the courses “Christian Ethics and Bioethics” and “Mission in Africa: Anthropological, Intercultural, and Interreligious Dimensions,” in cooperation with the Orthodox Missionary…
On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, two new containers were loaded at our warehouse in Filyro, destined for Madagascar and Bulgaria.
Meeting with Metropolitan Gregory of Cameroon on Sunday, March 8, at 11:00 AM
Watch the moving interview with the new Bishop of Kisumu, Philip, on the mission in Western Kenya, the great needs, the intrusion of the Russian Church, and his plea to the Greeks.
Many laborers in the vineyard of the Orthodox Mission have recently visited our Fraternity: bishops from Africa, Tanzania, and Mexico, who reported on the progress of their work and received the scheduled financial support. Concurrently, students from the 2nd Junior High School of Toumba were given a tour of our African Art Exhibition.
2025 proved to be a milestone year for the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity: the canonization of our founder, Fr. Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, coincided with intensive activity across three continents, remittances of 514,000 euros to 31 mission outposts, and 39 infrastructure projects for the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Cash flow statement of receipts and payments of the Fraternity for the year 2025
