The mission in Colombia primarily and then in Venezuela includes a multitude of intense and rich experiences! Upon my arrival in Colombia, the gates were opened by people with rich emotions, warm hearts, directness in communication, much joy and Abrahamic hospitality! And all this to the superlative degree! I was greeted at the airport by…
At the beginning of the Orthodox Mission in our own land, we were just a dream and a vocation created in the lives of some Colombian people, a vocation that pushes our existence towards Orthodoxy but without understanding where and why it comes from in our own heart, in the heart of Bishop Athenagoras of…
This is the century of Orthodoxy. The central theme and the big question though is: “Are we ready to respond to the great request that many people make to know our faith, Orthodoxy?” I believe that it is necessary to consider seriously creating within the theological schools disciplines that deal directly with the subject, in…
The guest speaker was Bishop Timothy of Assos, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mexico for Colombia and Venezuela. His Eminence narrated the course of the Orthodox Church in Latin America and took us vividly through his missionary journeys in these two American countries. The first meeting of the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood for 2023…
Some people believe that the Orthodox Mission is limited to Africa and Asia, but the reality is that today Latin America is as open to Orthodoxy as ever. The biggest problem that our western society lives in, lies in its very weak interpretation of the holy scriptures, which led them to get lost in their…
By grace of God, I am a Christian. My deeds, alas, prove me a great sinner and regarding my life, I am a man with no home, coming from a very inglorious family and wandering from place to place. —The Way of a Pilgrim I am writing this article thinking of every missionary who, with…
I was still in my teens when I had my first contact with Orthodoxy through some Orthodox texts from the works of the Church Fathers, which are rarely found here. In fact, they were excerpts from St. Ignatius the Theophorus. From that hour the special vocation to know the true and early Christian faith was…
Dear Friends of Mission, The person writing this article is your younger brother in Christ Timotheos of Assos, Assistant Bishop of His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico. I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your love and care for us, the unworthy and new to Orthodoxy believers in Colombia…
Our parish community lies in Cereté. We celebrate the Divine Liturgy once a month at my parents’ house, because I live in Medellín and the journey to Cereté is 10 hours long by bus. Thankfully, our community has grown a lot and I will now move to Cereté permanently with my wife and our three children…
Such a mission needed a bold call and vision. Missionary work up to that time had only been done on the African continent. In Latin America, Orthodoxy was something unknown, remote and confined to the East. With patience and perseverance the Metropolitan opened the door giving us the opportunity to know and recognize that Orthodoxy is not a national Christian denomination but the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ….
