Dear Friends of Mission, Once again, I am given the opportunity to contact you and express my deep gratitude to all of you for your assistance with our spiritual and humanitarian work in faraway Uganda, and for enabling us to relieve all those who knock on our door and ask for help. It is true…
Dear Friends of the Mission, It is with great pleasure that I contact you again In a time when all of humanity is plagued by the corona virus pandemic. The whole world is going through unprecedented experiences, and unfortunately most of the consequences fall on the shoulders of the Church, since once again, all the…
With ecclesiastical magnificence but also simplicity, as is customary in Africa, and with the blessings of HDB Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, the until recently Deacon of the Holy Metropolis of Irinoupolis Fr. Elias Katasiko, was ordained Elder by His Eminence Demetrius of Irinoupolis. It is worth stressing that Fr….
Ivory Coast – the name alone sounds interesting. It is, of course, reminiscent of another era, a tough one, that of colonialism. The colonists then gave the countries names after the products they took from them. One night, from those typical of such tropical regions, my predecessor, His Eminence Metropolitan Narcissus of Naucratis, very wisely…
Dear Mission friends and supporters, May God shower His abundant grace upon you and bless you in your life and in your hard work. I have already received from the bank the notification for two checks which you sent us, one in the amount of € 20,000 for the Church of the Annunciation and another…
Dear Mission friends, Οἱ ἐργασίες στὸ μικρὸ Νοσοκομεῖο μας λόγω τῆς ἐλλείψεως χρημάτων σταμάτησαν. Δὲν πρόλαβε νὰ λειτουργήσει, ἐκτὸς ἀπὸ τὴν περίοδο ποὺ εἶχε ἔρθει ἡ ὁμάδα γιατρῶν ἀπὸ τὴν Ἑλλάδα. Πολλοὶ πτωχοὶ ἰθαγενεῖς ἐξετάσθησαν καὶ πῆραν φάρμακα καὶ ἔγιναν καλά. Γέμιζε ὁ δρόμος ἔξω ἀπὸ τὸ κτήριο περιμένοντας τὴν σειρά τους γιὰ νὰ τοὺς…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, November 21, 2020 was the day that marked- by the mercy and grace of God- the eighth anniversary of the election of my unworthiness as the first Shepherd of the newly established Holy Diocese at first, and eventually, the Holy Metropolis of Brazzaville and Gabon, after the paternal proposal…
I always write down my thoughts, my ideas, my concerns and my feelings, not only now with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing rise in global hunger- especially here in Africa. Surprises come unexpectedly but they almost always give a hopeful message, although nowadays the situations we are going through are difficult and quite often…
Dear Friends of Mission, By God’s grace, we are doing well. This year we celebrated St. Demetrius’ feast day at Medan Cathedral with simplicity due to the fact that our parish is still closed to the large number of believers. So far we have not had any announcement from the government when churches, schools, shops…
Dear readers of the magazine, we send you the joyful greeting of our Lord from distant Aotearoa (the name of New Zealand in the Maori language). Christ can give each one of us so much joy and so many opportunities to share the beauty of the Mission! Demetrius, a 15-year-old Maori boy (mentioned in the…
