March 2016 issue (#232)
Issue 232
March 2016
Love will never cease to exist
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!
Lecture on the Mission in Burundi and Rwanda by Bishop Innocent
Sunday 13 March, 10.30 a.m.
Hall of the Orthodox Missionary FraternityThe Conditions of the Mission in Cameroon
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 Fotini the Samaritan: a model of missionary work
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…
π. Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos.
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…
Akooaba! It means “Welcome”
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.
Malawi: The fruitful field of Christ
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.
Event for the Mission of Cameroon by Metropolitan Gregory
Sunday 14 February, 11.00 a.m.
Mackenzie King 6, Agia Sophia Square, ThessalonikiOur little birds are leaving singing
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…
Apostle Timothy: Mission and idolatry
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…
Philalllia flowers from the field of Cameroon
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!
