During the period of 15 August, we started a new missionary tour, 670 kilometres away from Colosse. Our tour had three legs. On the one hand, to celebrate with our Christians the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the city of Sandoa, and on the other hand, to see for ourselves the…
“O depth of riches and wisdom and knowledge of God, as his judgments are unsearchable and his ways unfathomable,” writes Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles to the Church of Rome (Romans 11:33) and by extension to Christians throughout the ages. For the “great mystery” of the salvation of human souls, which the love, mercy…
The dangers here in our mission are on the daily schedule, perhaps because we are so used to it that we no longer pay attention to it. Five murder attempts, robberies, assaults, fatal diseases, car accidents, etc. – not to mention more – because I deeply believed that the invisible hand of God never ceased…
At the beginning of the Orthodox Mission in our own land, we were just a dream and a vocation created in the lives of some Colombian people, a vocation that pushes our existence towards Orthodoxy but without understanding where and why it comes from in our own heart, in the heart of Bishop Athenagoras of…
Excerpt from the presentation of the Bishop of New ZealandMr. Myron to the Synod of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate I was given the opportunity to see and experience first-hand early Christian apostolic experiences of our Church. To see for myself that everything described in the Epistles and the Acts of the Apostles is…
For historical reasons and to be precise, it would be good to follow the preparation of Fr Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos for his long and unknown journey to the Black Continent. For this reason, we will let him open his heart to us to listen to its vibrations and speak to us through his own writings and…
In the context of the course “Contemporary trends in mission”, an event on “Christian Missionary Witness in Sub-Saharan Africa” was held on Wednesday 13 November 2024 at the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The event was held under the responsibility of the teachers of the course, Dr. Peter Panagiotopoulos, Associate Professor,…
Wednesday 13 November, 14.00, at the Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Presentation by Bishop Polycarp of Bunia and Kisangani on Sunday 10 November
Metropolitan Makarios of Kenya It is for many decades that I have been dealing with the life and work of late pioneer missionary Fr. Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos. I was not blessed to meet him in person, but, I believe that the Divine Providence brought him into the path of my life in another way when I…
