The Church of young people
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The Church of young people

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you….” This article is not a simple update on the missionary activity of Orthodoxy in the lands of Colombia and Venezuela,…

New workers in the vineyard
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New workers in the vineyard

Dear members of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity and readers of this wonderful and very useful magazine, rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a great pleasure for me personally, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Archangels in Levin NZ Archim. Fr. Meletios and the Graduate of the Patmian Ecclesiastical School Mr. Moses…

Patriarchal visit to S. Madagascar
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Patriarchal visit to S. Madagascar

His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in the city of Toliara in Southern Madagascar on Friday, September 9, 2022. Patriarch Theodore’s great interest in the mission is a given and this is evidenced by his many pastoral tours throughout Africa. This is the third time he has visited Madagascar and…

Patriarchal visit to Rwanda
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Patriarchal visit to Rwanda

Dear Friends of Mission, We continually praise and give thanks to God for blessing the Orthodox Church of Rwanda with the recent visit of His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore II, a visit which took place from October 27 to 31, 2022 with the main purpose of inaugurating the first…

Orthodoxy in Fiji

Orthodoxy in Fiji

On Sunday 9 October, the friends of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood had the opportunity to welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Myron of New Zealand. His Eminence together with Fr. Meletios Pandits screened a beautiful documentary about the mission in Fiji entitled “Hello Orthodox”. He then spoke about the experiences, problems and miracles that occur in…

“He pleased God, and was beloved of Him 
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“He pleased God, and was beloved of Him 

“He pleased God, and was beloved of Him  It is about our beloved brother and father Barnabas, pastor and spiritual father of the newly established Orthodox community of Labasa, on the second largest island of Fiji, Vanua Levu. The message of his passing into eternity was sudden and unexpected because he was still young and…

Hospitality in the Land of the Meek-Hearted
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Hospitality in the Land of the Meek-Hearted

“Wherefore, children, let us not faint, nor deem that the time is long, or that we are doing something great, for the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us… Nor let us think, as we look at the world, that we have…

Immediate Missionary Needs
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Immediate Missionary Needs

Dear Friends of Mission, We are contacting you at the beginning of the ecclesiastical year to wish you every blessing from the Lord in your valuable work to support the missionary divisions around the world. Your Fraternity’s support to the Holy Diocese of Bukomba so far has been great and important and we thank you…