The sight I saw before me was tragic: an 8-month-old infant with skin that looked 70 years old. Soft and wrinkled. I asked the father what the child was eating and he replied mostly rice. A Catholic nun sparingly gives him milk. I told them that the child definitely needs milk. In the afternoon I went to a pharmacy and bought him special milk for infants…
The apostle Timothy came from the town of Lystra in Lycaonia. He had a Greek father, a pagan by religion, and his mother Eunice was a Christianized Judean. At an early age Timothy was orphaned by his father and was raised by his grandmother Lois, providing him not only with material goods but mainly with…
When we approached, we saw that the man pushing the cart was… blind! And they had walked a huge distance together in the increased traffic on the roads… The disabled man was guiding his blind brother, hoping for God’s mercy!
January 2015 The feasts of the Epiphany were celebrated all over the world. On 11 January, the Blessing of the Waters was celebrated on a pier in Hong Kong. In Sierra Leone, celebrations were subdued due to bans to prevent the Ebola virus, while our mission continues to distribute food and protective material. In Cambodia,…
Where the priest, the catechist, where he cannot go, where he cannot enter, in homes, in people of any religion, the “Voice of Orthodoxy” enters and miracles are performed…
The celebration of Epiphany in Congo Brazzaville
The offer of this school is great. Since its foundation, 1002 students have graduated, and so far it has offered us 3 young people who have recently become priests…
Really, TODAY, who and how many are living the birth of the God-Man Christ?
From heaven look upon us, O Lord. In midwest Africa, in Congo-Brazzaville, we are experiencing the same truths that the Church has been living since the blood of the Redeemer was shed. Yet this place is living in early Christian times!
New institutions will open very soon, after being inaugurated with the visit of our Patriarch. Such buildings are Holy Churches, the Orphanage, the new wing of the Clinic and the University. We praise God and thank the people for the blessings they have bestowed upon us. I would like to ask you, if it is possible, to help us with the interior fitting of the new Holy Archangels Church so that it can be open for Christmas, as well as the Holy Church of the Transfiguration…
