A New Start in Timor
Fr. Savvas will be the first Orthodox priest permanently serving parishes in the land of East Timor…
Another Orthodox church is being built
Since early Monday morning, a large number of people had begun to arrive, in order to attend the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the third Orthodox church building in Morogoro region, the heart of Islam in Eastern Africa…
No future without young people
Our Orthodox Mission believes that whoever invests in youth, they belong in the future and the future belongs to them and we, the Orthodox people, want to be active in the future, in order to shape it and instill in it our Orthodox Christian values…
The prophecies of the Crucifixion, missionary paraphernalia
Many throughout the world have been crucified, but none of them are feared by demons. But of Christ, who was crucified for us, only the sign of the Cross when they see it do the demons tremble, because others died for their own sins, while Christ died for the sins of others…
September 2018 issue (#242)
With news and updates from 12 missionary teams from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Announcement of a tender for the lease of a property in Thessaloniki
The charitable association under the name “Orthodox Missionary Fraternity” announces a public bidding with sealed bids for the lease of a property of its full ownership and specifically an apartment of 108 sq.m. 5th floor, consisting of three rooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom, located in Thessaloniki, at the intersection of 70 Philippou Street and…
Missionary tour in West Africa
His Eminence visited the largest slum in the centre of the capital of Sierra Leone, where more than 20 thousand adults and children have found shelter, living in deplorable conditions, without water, electricity and access to human sanitation, and at risk of drowning in the rainy season from the large water streams or being killed by landslides…
Insurmountable difficulties
Ten out of the eighteen parish communities that we had have been closed due to the fact that we did not have the plots required and, in general, we did not meet the new standards. Naturally, we are very concerned about the souls we have baptized, since we cannot have them gathered…
Matthew, a Pious Maasai
One day after my return to Arusha, I see at my door a tall, thin lad in the characteristic Maasai dress and with a broad smile on his face. It was Matthew…
The sick woman who was healed
While the taxi was passing outside the Church of Sts. Athanasius and Cyril though, the woman heard the same voice say the same words: «If you want to be saved, go inside this church and do not go to hospital.» Once this happened, the woman lost her senses and collapsed…
Transformation: The Emergence of the Divine Nature of Jesus in Missionary Work
For the first time in the New Testament, he gives the disciples on the mountain – and therefore all of us who want to be disciples of Him, the revealed God – a commandment: ‘listen to him’…
And behold, I am with you…
The Pygmies are a noble people. Although in earlier years they systematically avoided contact with whites in particular, since they had suffered from them during the years of colonialism, they are social with values, principles and secrets of the tribe that they strictly guard, consciously refusing to leave their ancestral homes and embrace the modern “Western” way of life…
