My dear brothers and fellow companions, It is not so long ago that our local Church decided to deal with what every society diligently wants to forget: the inmates of penitentiaries. We got our vehicle loaded with rice and utensils and we visited as many prisons as we knew. This happened for days. If you…
Dear Brothers and Friends of our Mission, Rejoice in the Lord. As Missionaries in African countries, our concern is to teach people faith in Christ, make them members of His Church and lead them to the path of salvation. We want to teach them the truth about God, the truth about God’s relationship with man,…
My Dear Brothers in Christ, By the Grace of the Most Holy God and the blessings of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa Theodore II, we continue the blessed struggle of spreading the Gospel and offering to our fellow man. Recently, your gracious love has given us two new sacred…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, honorable President Mr. Charalampos Metallidis, Vice-President Mr. Nostis Psarras, other members of the board of directors and other select collaborators of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity of Thessaloniki, Rejoice in the Lord. By the Grace of our Savior Jesus Christ, the blessings of H.D.B Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of…
By the Grace of God, through the intercessions of the Virgin Mary and our Saints and with the love of the brothers from Greece and elsewhere, the work of the Mission in the Metropolis of Kinshasa continues. The seed sown by the late predecessors, high Priests, priests and missionaries, has borne fruit and people today…
With the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Mystery of God’s Providence, the plan of God’s love for the salvation of the world, begins to unfold. This is a great and supernatural event. “Which human being can grasp the infinite depth of the Mystery of the Annunciation? The Son and Word of God becomes…
At the beginning of the year, Metropolitan Ieronymos from Mwanza was elected as the new Metropolitan of Kampala. His Holiness is Ugandan and knows very well the conditions prevailing in his country and its missionary reality. An effort is being made in the administrative organization of the HM of Kampala. His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos has…
Judging by our life style and what we take for granted, we could never imagine that a plate of hot food could save small children’s lives. Indeed, for us it is inconceivable and exaggerating if we claim that in the 21st century there are children who are thirsty and hungry and do not have direct…
In Colombia the Orthodox faith is growing. In 2000, we only had one parish community in the whole of Colombia with very few believers coming from different Orthodox countries, and I must say that this parish had the only Orthodox Church and place of worship in the whole country. This parish hosts the current Cathedral…
Weeks ago the President of Indonesia warned us about an upcoming economy recession. On our part, all we can do is plant something in our fields and raise a few farm animals. So next week I will be going down to the fields and tell the people there that we should start planting tomatoes, sweet…
