Speech on the Mission in Tanzania by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrios of Irinople
Sunday 10 April 10.30 a.m.
Hall of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood
Sunday 10 April 10.30 a.m.
Hall of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood
In Alaska John discovered “nuggets” of Christians, baptized but abandoned for decades by the official church. Immediately, he began his missionary work by utilizing a dilapidated chapel. He rebuilt churches, established missionary services, hospitals and schools.
Issue 232
March 2016
The corn, which is the staple food of the Malawians, is planted from November onwards and waits for the rains to grow. But this year, its success is very doubtful. The richest have reasonable suspicions that they will become poor and the poor will starve to death!
Sunday 13 March, 10.30 a.m.
Hall of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood
Excerpts from a lecture by Metropolitan Gregory of Cameroon, on the Orthodox Mission and the conditions in which missionaries try to carry the gospel message
Saint Photini continued her missionary work in Cartagena, Africa, until Nero was informed of her faith. So she was taken to Italy and pressured, in various torturous ways by the emperor, to deny her faith. In every trial, however, the miraculous actions of God made her whole. Finally, after much torture, she gave her spirit to the Lord in prison to meet him again in eternity…
The small trees of the Orthodox faith planted by the ardent, selfless and tireless missionary grew, grew and spread to many countries of the African continent. The present-day spiritual children of Fr. Chrysostomos are grateful to him, remember him, honour his memory with respect…
At the end of January a meeting of the Orthodox communities is organised in the village of Fomena. Believers from all over the country gather here, where the place is arranged as a camp, and for 4 days they praise and glorify God on it.
People who consciously come to Orthodoxy are seeking the Truth, as they are tired of the lies of heresies. In fact, some of them ask us.