Constantinos Metallidis

After Jesus’ final and decisive command to his disciples, just before his ascension, which was decisive for all humanity: “Go ye into the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation”, the Apostle Andrew, the first-called, was called to illuminate with the unique, indescribable and always relevant light of the Gospel Bithynia, the regions around the Black Sea, Byzantium, Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly and the Peloponnese…

The prophet Jonah – whose name means “dove” – is found in the Old Testament book of the same name, not as the author of

The way and the way for the resurrection -both mainly the spiritual but also the economic and cultural resurrection- of a “third world” country was shown by St. Cosmas the Apostle…

Vladimir did not rest in idols, in the power murders he committed and in the obscenities he fell into with the hundreds of concubines he had, just as a man who knows the law of God does not rest in a life of sin. He was tormented, in a good sense, by the truth his grandmother taught him! On the other hand, he wanted, free spirit that he was, to examine and learn about the religions of the neighbouring countries of his empire…

In this fiery way, all nationalistic and linguistic barriers were broken down and it was proclaimed that the horizon of Christian preaching was not Judea, but the whole world. The event of Pentecost reveals in a magnificent way the ecumenical character of the Church…

But although their work apparently failed, history has subsequently shown that the Lord blessed it, giving to His Church spiritual fruit through the disciples of Cyril and Methodius, who preached the gospel with fervent zeal wherever they were…

He who loves God and, therefore, he who keeps His commandments, apart from his time, his youth or any other good, can – if necessary – even sacrifice his own life…

In Alaska John discovered “nuggets” of Christians, baptized but abandoned for decades by the official church. Immediately, he began his missionary work by utilizing a dilapidated chapel. He rebuilt churches, established missionary services, hospitals and schools.

Saint Photini continued her missionary work in Cartagena, Africa, until Nero was informed of her faith. So she was taken to Italy and pressured, in various torturous ways by the emperor, to deny her faith. In every trial, however, the miraculous actions of God made her whole. Finally, after much torture, she gave her spirit to the Lord in prison to meet him again in eternity…