December 2016 issue (#235)
December 2016 issue
A wedding in Kenya
His simplicity and his love for God made him worthy, through all these existing difficulties, to celebrate a church wedding and to experience the great sacrament of marriage in a church. His wife, a young girl, who was very modestly dressed, listened attentively to the blessings and the whole service in the local dialect of the tribe and in Swahili…
The Apostle Andrew and the missionary work of the Ecumenical Patriarchate until the Fall
After Jesus’ final and decisive command to his disciples, just before his ascension, which was decisive for all humanity: “Go ye into the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation”, the Apostle Andrew, the first-called, was called to illuminate with the unique, indescribable and always relevant light of the Gospel Bithynia, the regions around the Black Sea, Byzantium, Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly and the Peloponnese…
The pain of separation
Last period, I was in the hospital, day and night, next to a 6-year-old girl, who suddenly, while healthy and happy, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which manifested itself with a severe headache. I immediately took her to the doctor, but there she lost consciousness and never woke up again…
Speech by His Eminence Metropolitan Nikephoros of Kinshasa
His Eminence Metropolitan Nikiforos of Kinshasa speaks about the difficulties and the work of the Orthodox mission in Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahM5WEUnpJs
The fruits of the Theological School
It is a great blessing for us that our Orthodox Church in Indonesia is gaining another minister. Fr. Chariton comes from this island and is a graduate of our Theological School. Also, his elder is also a graduate of our seminary and has a diploma in education. They have a girl, whose name is Eugenia. Fr. Chariton will be ministering in Nias because we have three communities there. Also, the St. Nicholas Orthodox School operates there with 135 students…
Keeping the flame alive
Our mission and vision is to spread the light of Orthodoxy in Burundi and Rwanda, which seem to have a bright future. The love, the hospitality, the education I received from you, the Greek people, while I was a student, these are what I try to offer. Our main activity is the spreading of the Orthodox faith, which is the only true…
Pastoral Visit of the Patriarch of Alexandria to Mouanza
His Beatitude lit a candle with the Light of Christ that illuminates, brightens, sanctifies and liberates those who groan under the oppression of the devil and his tricks. Only in this Light, close to Christ and His Holy Church, will the continent of Africa obtain the benefits of true peace and justice.
Event for the Mission in Congo with Metropolitan Nikephoros of Kinshasa
Sunday 13 November, 10.30 a.m.
In toil and trouble…
Our Theological School has again this year awarded new graduates from our own Metropolis and from the neighbouring Metropolis of Katanga. Nine new cadres in the Orthodox Church, nine new graduates of Theology, nine young men ready for action…
