St. Zotic: Orphanage and Mission

He approached the king asking for gold and promised him that with it he would buy pearls and precious stones to offer to him and the empire. Constantine relented and granted Zoticus as much gold as he needed. Immediately, the Saint came to an understanding with the soldiers who were assigned to kill the lepers. Bribing them, he bought the sick, transported them to a region outside Byzantium, made tents for them to live in, and tried in every possible way to ease their pain…

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The Bishop of the newly created third diocese of Tanzania

On December 11, 2016, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria presided over the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal and Cathedral Church of Saint Sabbas the Consecrated of Alexandria and during this Mass he celebrated the consecration of the new Bishop of Arusha and Central Tanzania, Mr.Agathonikos. His Grace Bishop Agathonikos (Nicolaides) of Arusha and…