After many years of missionary stagnation, the mission in Arusha was revived, with the preparation and baptism of seven young people. It is worth noting that the mission in the African continent was started at the beginning of the last century in the above mentioned region by the late Archimandrite Nicodemus Sarika. Praise be to…
Watch the video above for a presentation on the situation in which thousands of young children from the lower social class live homeless on the streets of Kolkata. 150 of them have been blessed to be embraced by the orphanages of the Orthodox Church and thus saved from hunger, disease, ignorance, exploitation and prostitution. Help…
New project in Madagascar
1. Courses via video teaching at the Faculty of Theology continue. New University professors have taught and others continue to teach. Our new graduates, our new theologians, are receiving their degrees in a month and are ready to serve the church. 2. In the town of Gungu, 700 kilometers southwest of Kinshasa, work continues on…
The year 2012 was dedicated by our Metropolis to the fortieth anniversary of the departure of the late Fr Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, the first missionary of Congo and spiritual founder of the Brotherhood of Orthodox Foreign Mission. Thus, with the embassies of Fr. Chrysostomos, this year began with a special blessing for the Theological School of…
This is the perspective of the Apostolic work that all Orthodox need, who, if the Lord Jesus Christ had asked us: ‘Do you kiss the majority of your people?’, would probably have spent decades before we would have found an answer…
To the west of northern Sumatra, opposite the town of Sibolga, stands this magnificent Indian Ocean island, scented by the production of vanilla. The island is located near the equatorial line, on the lithospheric fault between the Eurasian and Australian plates with intense seismic activity that is often devastating to the lives of the Indonesian…
Dear brothers, Greetings! With the grace of God, we celebrated the Holy Week services again this year. Several faithful from the various rural parishes gathered at our mission center in Medan City to celebrate Holy Easter with us. These Orthodox Christians every year come and stay with us in our parish hall from Holy Thursday…
Amasi, glass, amasi… (Water, Father, water…)
On Sunday, June 10, our Brotherhood will have the honor to host the monthly meeting of its friends and members, His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Muanza. For the first time in the new decade Mr Hieronymos will be with us to share the joys and agonies of his archpriestly ministry in Northern Tanzania. You are…
