The Mission in Southern Madagascar
With Bishop Prodromos of Toliaras and Fr. Polycarp Agiannanitis
Sunday 10 February, 11 a.m.
The Patriarch of Alexandria blesses the humanitarian aid missions
On Sunday 27 January, volunteers at our Brotherhood’s warehouses loaded another container with humanitarian aid for Ivory Coast. Twenty-five tons of food, clothing, household equipment, church supplies, etc. left Thessaloniki and have already started their journey to West Africa. His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria visited our facilities in Filiro and blessed the volunteers who…
St. John Chrysostom: All for the glory of Christ
According to the synaxarist of Saint Nicodemus of Mount Athos, John Chrysostom came from Antioch and was the son of pious wives – the Commander-in-Chief Secundus and Saint Anthousa[1]. He was born in 354 AD.[2]. Secundus died shortly after the birth of his son, leaving the young mother a widow, who preferred not to remarry…
Our new church in Ibongo
Dear Brothers in Christ, Lately, in the blessed field of Mission and always by the grace of God, we have experienced many and great blessings which I wish to share with you because to a great extent, we owe their realization to you. On July 30th, we conducted the service for the laying of the…
Shipments of love for Kinshasa
The Mission is a constant course towards the Kingdom of God. A liberating bugle call to the humankind that is tormented by heresies, pagan traditions, subordination of men to the ruler of this century, the devil. In this struggle, there are times that you feel the earth move under your feet and yourself sink, you…
Christmas: a special presence for the young children of our slum
The birth of Christ, the King and Ruler of the universe, is an event that truly shocks every Christian believer. God, out of His infinite and boundless love for the people He created, came from heaven to earth. Thus, He became man, so that all of us who are here on earth can become like…
Inauguration and ordination in Malawi
Dear friends of the Mission, We are writing these lines to share with you the joyful events in Malawi. We all know how important it is for our Orthodox Church to consecrate a church. How holy and how sacred it is. And this holy event took place a few days ago here in this third…
Saint Ahmed: Mission to Muslims
Saint Ahmed or Ahmed lived at the end of the 17th century in Constantinople. In religion, as his name reveals, he was a Muslim. St. Nicodemus the Athonite in his new Martyrology informs us that he had a slave companion, Russian in descent and Christian in religion, who after each church service returned home, having…
For God Loves a Cheerful Giver…
Every man coming into this world has derived from God, since he is a creature of His love. Therefore, Orthodoxy, the true family of God, is the natural state for man. Seeking God is as natural as being thirsty and seeking water, or being hungry and seeking food. Of course, we, Greeks, have had the…
The only meal of the day
Dear friends of the Mission, Sitting in my office and planning the daily schedule, I suddenly noticed someone come in. It was the person in charge of the kitchen for the little children who we offer breakfast and lunch daily. He stood in front of me and courteously as well as shyly said to me:…
