My dear brothers, rejoice in the Lord! With God’s help we are well, and I hope that all of you are well. I would like to inform you of some events from our mission here in Indonesia, especially in Sumatra: I recently celebrated two weddings, one at St. Demetrios Church in Medan and one at…
With the grace of God and the blessings and blessings of His Holiness the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodore II, on Saturday, April 11th. and on Saturday 23 May e.a., group baptisms of our catechumens took place respectively at the Missionary Centres of St. Nektarios Harare and St. Augustine in Bulawayo….
To the Honourable Mr. Vaios Pratzos President of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood Thessaloniki Harare, 25 April 2010 Dear President, Christ is risen! I would like to inform you that, on the feast day of Saint Great Martyr George the Trophy Bearer, we celebrated with great pomp and devotion the inauguration of the Holy Church…
My dear brothers! With God’s help we are well, thank God. I would like to report to you some events from our mission here in Indonesia. A few months ago I opened an Orthodox community in a village called Sumbul. Sumbul is 120 km from our mission centre. These people were Roman Catholics. As soon…
The winter season in Fiji is a cool spring. The extreme heat recedes and the cool breeze that blows day and night brings joy to visitors and residents alike. It begins in June and ends in August. Unlike New Zealand, which has the most rain and the coldest temperatures during this period. The loving God…
My friends, I am writing to you from the beautiful islands of Fiji where I have been for two weeks now and will remain, God willing, until October, so that the mission to the tribes of the Pacific Islands can proceed. As I write to you sitting outside St. Friday’s Chapel here at our Fiji…
In the northwest of Tanzania, not far from the Ugandan border and next to Lake Victoria, lies a peaceful, green, African town, Bukoba. Its inhabitants, supported mainly by the area’s rich banana crops and small fish in the lake, are particularly friendly to foreigners, which is partly explained by the long-standing presence of several missionaries…
The June 2010 issue of the magazine “Foreign Mission”
Dear Mr. President and dear Members of the Foreign Missionary Brotherhood of Thessaloniki. Hail in the Lord always. Thank you very much for sending the ophthalmologist Mrs. Katerina Alexandrou, a member of your Brotherhood. She worked with great dedication and relieved many people with glasses and medicines that she brought from Greece. Above all, she…
By His grace and blessing since I have been in Fiji for about a month and a half, everything has changed for the better. The necessary improvements have been made to the chapel of Agia Paraskevi, the beautiful wooden iconostasis with the wonderful Holy Icons sent from Aspropyrgos has been installed and the sweet voice…
