September 2015 issue (#230)
The September 2015 issue of our magazine on “Foreign Mission” is now available, with rich material from the efforts of the Orthodox Mission in Africa, Asia and Oceania. Flip through it, read it, share it.
Apostles from the past…
Listen to this voice from above, brothers and sisters, and bind yourselves to the Mother of the Orthodox, to consolidate the missionary struggle which was started by Greek missionaries before us and which we, obeying the Church, continue. Be, brothers, the bridges to hear the “Hail” of the victory of Death even in the most inaccessible parts of this edge of the equator…
Great Blessings for the Sumatra Mission
In Sumatra we now have 3 elders and a deacon. We pray to the Most Merciful God to grant that His vineyard in far-off Indonesia will grow and that we will have more priests…
Missionary tour in West Africa
Since the day Ebola knocked on West Africa’s door, the few airlines flying to the country have greatly reduced their flights. Others thought it best to stop flying to West Africa altogether, either because cabin crews refused to put themselves at risk of the epidemic, or because demand had fallen, or because they feared they…
Saint Hosios, Bishop of Cordova
If the mission is the spreading of Orthodoxy to nations of other religions or heterodoxy, the institution of the Ecumenical Councils is the preservation of Orthodoxy. It makes it unadulterated, genuine and unchangeable, with the aim of spreading it throughout the world…
Religious Education Programme in Sumatra
Missionary visits from America to Indonesia
Ordinations of new clergy in Indonesia
Ordination of two new priests for the Orthodox Mission in northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Saint Mary Magdalene and the role of women in missionary ministry
Saint Mary came from Magdala in Syria, which is why she is called Magdalene. Her encounter with Jesus was accompanied by her miraculous healing, her deliverance from the seven demons that tormented her. She joined the circle of Christ’s disciples and served Him with zeal and self-denial throughout His saving work, even up to His…
Diamonds of love and sacrifice from the Leo Mountains
Before leaving for Sierra Leone I filled my overweight luggage with icons, crosses, books, toothpaste, school supplies, balloons and the bread my mother had brewed for the Mass…
A clinic in the heart of the jungle
The children came up to me, grabbed my hands, my beard, and ran to their mothers and cried: “They’re just like us!”
