Philothei, a modest and very fearful daughter of God and obedient to her spiritual director, grew up like all girls but in a poor family. She approached me one day, I saw her sad and said to me: Father, my heart hurts! As you know, I am in the third grade. In two weeks we…
The sun once again began its cycle in the sky. Warm, almost bearable. Window open, a peculiar insect with long slender legs climbs onto the desk and approaches me unconcernedly. In the corridor of the clinic I hear voices. People come and go, apparently carrying X-rays, which make an almost eerie sound with every movement….
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Christ is risen! It is with great joy and love that I am communicating with you, to express once again the gratitude of my heart to you for the fact that, in the great sea called the Mission of the Gentiles, you are always beside us in peace and…
Dear friends of the Mission, Rejoice that Christ is risen, giving eternal life. It is with joyful resurrectionist feelings that I again communicate with you, the blessed co-workers of the Orthodox Mission, to invite you, on the one hand, to praise “Christ risen from the dead” for His visible and invisible benefits to us sinners…
Christ is risen! Truly risen! In the midst of this great pandemic that is still plaguing the world and humanity, where people are in agony trying to find a cure, many others have lost their jobs, others remain sick in their homes or in hospitals and unfortunately many have left this life, there is a…
My dear brothers, On this glorious holiday season, accept my warm and heartfelt wishes from far away Uganda, that the Risen Lord may grant you health and strength, in your lives and in all your good works. With God’s grace, we continue our missionary work for the evangelization of spiritually thirsty people who long to…
My brothers, Christ is risen! Since from the Apostle Paul there is the recommendation “inform your ministry…”, I would like to briefly mention some of the humble activities of the Metropolis that are always connected with adventures, struggles, anxieties, hardships, sorrows, prayers and joys that come to stimulate our spirit and struggle. Our priests are…
With God’s help, the missionary effort of the Metropolis of Kinshasa continues. It continues with hardships, joys, sorrows and agonies. Living in the heart of Africa you feel the pain of the people, their anguish, their complaint. You see so many people, children, young and old, who have not known the true God, who have…
Dear friends of the Mission, Christ is risen. I hope the grace of the Risen Christ strengthens us all. With the blessings and prayers of His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II, the Holy Metropolis of Katanga continues to carry out and increase its missionary work. For two years now, however, the congregations of the…
Dear friends of the Mission, Christ is risen! As you know, I serve as a bishop in the countries of Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. In the last issue, I was delighted to announce to you the construction of our new Church of St. Nektarios in Agboville, Ivory Coast. I will not hide from…
Indeed, by the grace of God and the action of the Holy and Ruling Spirit, the message of Orthodoxy is carried and planted and germinates in all the widths and lengths of the African continent, always, of course, with the blessings and blessings of His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All…
Dear friends of the Mission, Christ is risen! The poverty of the people in our small Caribbean country is beyond description. The wealth of the rich is increasing. Heavy weapons are growing in the hands of guerrilla groups, which are spreading day by day to the four corners of the capital. One fears the other,…
