Dear Friends of Mission, I would like to talk to you about the Orthodox Mission in the wounded country of Sierra Leone. Across the country there is still a profound grief since this blood-stained land has been suffering for the last 25 years. One disaster after another. This great event began with a barbaric civil…
Dear Friends of Mission, Rejoice in the Lord from Uganda and the newly established Diocese of Jinja. We rejoice and receive strength from your love and constant help and support in all fields of the functional and social needs of our Missionary struggle. It is with great pleasure that we share with you the good…
Dear Brothers and Friends of the Foreign Mission, I greet you and embrace you in the Lord from South Madagascar, this beautiful island, the earthly paradise of travel guides and at the same time the harsh reality, marginally unsustainable for the indigenous population culminating in the catastrophic onslaught of two fierce typhoons. Houses were leveled,…
In one of our previous communications, I told you about a remote village in the Iringa region, which is perched on a 2,000-meter-high mountain, Mkombe. The panoramic view is absolutely wonderful, with the imposing mountain overlooking the green Rift Valley, which is home to Ruaha Safari, where the waters of the great namesake river linger….
Another year has passed under the scourge of the coronavirus with the relevant restrictions, the economic consequences, the bans on South Africans traveling to several countries since the fourth mutation of the virus was connected, somewhat unfairly, with South Africa. During the year, I was in constant contact with our Vicar, Fr. Joseph, on matters…
Dear Friends of Mission, I am very pleased to inform you about the progress of the work of our missionary team by the grace of God and the unwavering love of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodore. Despite all the difficulties, we continue the effort steadily. Times, as you…
This year, one of the last pioneers in Kenya, Protopresbyter Benjamin Kiptalam Rotich (1926-2022), slept in the Lord. The funeral service was conducted in an atmosphere of deep emotion. When I think of the early workers of the Gospel and Orthodoxy, I wonder under which conditions they worked and struggled when, even today, we have…
Dear Friends of Mission, With God’s help we are well. We had a great time all the 12 holy days of Christmas (i.e., from Christmas to Epiphany Day). Our hearts were full of joy and blessing. I visited our parishes in the villages, and our faithful gave me a warm welcome. I would like to…
Some people believe that the Orthodox Mission is limited to Africa and Asia, but the reality is that today Latin America is as open to Orthodoxy as ever. The biggest problem that our western society lives in, lies in its very weak interpretation of the holy scriptures, which led them to get lost in their…
Dear Friends of Mission, The eruption of Hunga Tonga volcano, located 60 km northwest of the largest island in the Kingdom of Tonga, became known around the world. It is there that our Church, with the help of many Orthodox Christians and many of the readers of your blessed magazine, has built and still continues…
