Sister Nectaria

Need for reconstruction

Dear Friends of Mission, I greet you in the name of the Holy Triune God. Please accept my apologies for my past silence. Here in Calcutta, West Bengal, I continue the missionary struggle with the substantial support of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity, which has been a fellow companion in the Mission of India since the

Diocese of Singapore

Freely you Have Received, Freely Give

Dear Friends of Mission, First of all, I would like to thank you for your love and continued financial assistance to the missionary and charitable work being carried out in faraway India with the blessing of the Holy See of Singapore, where the Orthodox Church of India belongs ecclesiastically. We all know that the missionary

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Far from Kolkata but so close

Dear Friends of Mission, Reasons independent of my will did not permit me to communicate with you earlier. Unfortunately or not, I am still in Greece, since India due to the pandemic remains closed for foreigners. From here I am coordinating the whole work by online means, until God permits my return. In general, as

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Health crisis

Dear friends of the Mission, Christ is risen! May the Light of the Resurrection of our Lord bless and enlighten the souls of all. The situation in India is tragic. Out of control now. Only God can stop this madness. Our children in the orphanages are fine as we are keeping them completely isolated. But

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Continuous praise

Dear Friends of Mission, Your god-sent donation came as a gift from the heavens, so valuable and necessary that you cannot possibly imagine, giving us a breath of life and courage for the continuation of our struggle. I have no words to express my feelings of deep gratitude to the Fraternity, which still helps and

Concern of Love

Every day I have to deal with the feeding problem of our poor brothers. Among them there are blind, disabled, children, elderly, who lack basic necessities and cannot survive without help…

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Working for hope

We were about to discontinue this program due to lack of funds and our whole existence was suffering thinking all these blind, disabled and elderly people who for years survive only thanks to this little food that our Mission gives them every day. It grieved me but I had no way out. The solution was finally given by the all-merciful Lord…

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Care for tomorrow

Nine of our girls who finished their studies are now working in our English school. My dream is to leave the school in Orthodox hands. Otherwise, without Orthodox witness and perspective we are straying from our purpose…

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Holy Easter in Kolkata

Up until Good Friday we had services in the Holy Church of the Orphanage, but on the night of the Resurrection we all went to Calcutta to celebrate in the Greek Holy Church of our Saviour Jesus Christ…

60 years later: Event in memory of Holy Missionaries