Saint Kosmas the Aetolian: Mission and education
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…
Saints Olga and Vladimir, the Enlighteners of the Russians
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…
Mission: The consequence of Pentecost
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…
Saints Cyril and Methodius: The Illuminators of the Slavs
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…
St Jason the model of missionary work
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…
Saint Innocent Veniaminov, the married missionary
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 Fotini the Samaritan: a model of missionary work
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…
Apostle Timothy: Mission and idolatry
The apostle Timothy came from the town of Lystra in Lycaonia. He had a Greek father, a pagan by religion, and his mother Eunice was a Christianized Judean. At an early age Timothy was orphaned by his father and was raised by his grandmother Lois, providing him not only with material goods but mainly with…
The real Christmas
Really, TODAY, who and how many are living the birth of the God-Man Christ?
Saint Frumentios, the missionary of Ethiopia
God’s plan for the salvation of the people of Ethiopia is clearly revealed. From here on, the missionary initiatives of St. Fromentius begin. He gathers the few Christians in the country and establishes the first Church…
Saint James the Confessor and his missionary teaching
Saint James the Brother, according to Saint Nicodemus, was ordained by the Lord himself as the first bishop of Jerusalem. He wrote the Divine Liturgy taught by Jesus himself, which made it an integral part of the Apostolic ministry as well as of ecclesiastical history, revealing its divine origin. The writing of the Divine Liturgy…
Saint Aquila – Martyrdom: the best way of Orthodox Witnessing
This cowardly, cowardly, cowardly man, who bent before the yatagani of the Pasha, the traitor of his faith, offered the Church a missionary model, not only for the inhabitants of Zagliveri and the neighbouring villages or the people of that time, but for all of us, the people of the following centuries.
