Congo (DRC)

Healing Human Pain

I often think, especially at night before I lie down, whether there are any medications in stock in the little clinic that your Fraternity built in the area of Shamana to the north of the Congo jungle. Sadly enough, there is no way of communicating with that place…

Diocese of Mexico

The First Guatemalan Cathedral

This time, we had the formal opening of the first Cathedral of the country, which was held in Aguacate, Guatemala, organized by Father Damianos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Mexico. Thousands of Mayan Indians welcomed Archbishop Athenagoras with the Holy Relics of the Martyrs with tears in their eyes…

Diocese of Nairobi

There is Plenty we Can Do!

It is so painful to be confronted with such a temptation and have to withstand this ordeal while being surrounded by little orphaned children every day! I, however, take solace in knowing that there is ample space for God, Who goes beyond barriers and limitations just to give rest and comfort to these souls, provided our hearts are touched, and we take prompt and effective action for their salvation…

Diocese of New Zealand

Anthem Of Orthodoxy

Forty-four years ago I was humbly ministering by the grace of God to the Orthodox Mission in Zaire, now Congo, in Central Africa. I asked God for help and I composed this hymn which is short but has deep meanings…

Diocese of New Zealand

I am with you always, to the end of the age…

We made the sign of the cross on Pepe’s foot with the piece of the Tree of Life that our brother Savvas from the Holy Mountain has, with the relic of St. Barnabas the Apostle, the icons of the Theotokos, of Saint John the Theologian and Evangelist and of other saints, chanting their troparia. The next day, Pepe came again telling us that he was not in pain anymore and descended the stairs of the courtyard running…

Stories

Help the Light of Orthodoxy Reach East Timor

One of our students named Savvas Marcelino, who comes from the independent country of East Timor, will finish his studies at our St. Paul Theological School and now he is ready to return with his wife to Dili, the capital city of East Timor. Any possible help will be greatly appreciated so that the Orthodox faith can reach this new country…

Diocese of Kampala

One “thank you” is not enough

The same year 1997 His Eminence the new Metropolitan Jonah of Kampala and All Uganda appointed me rector to the historic parish of the Transfiguration in the village of Degeya. Historic parish indeed, because this was the first parish of the local African Orthodox Church…

Diocese of Guinea

Visit to the Metropolis of Heroes

Έβλεπα πώς σκοτωνόντουσαν μικροί και μεγάλοι για ένα πιάτο φαγητό ή για τα ρούχα που έπαιρναν, και δεν άντεξα. Για αυτό ζητώ από όλους τους αναγνώστες να πείτε έστω ένα Κύριε ελέησον για αυτό το λαό…

Diocese of Mwanza

Mission and Education in Africa

The Church is called to incarnate and teach the great, admittedly, mystery of godliness, and the nations are called to become disciples and be initiated into the mystery…

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