Dear Mission friends and supporters, May God shower His abundant grace upon you and bless you in your life and in your hard work. I have already received from the bank the notification for two checks which you sent us, one in the amount of € 20,000 for the Church of the Annunciation and another…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, November 21, 2020 was the day that marked- by the mercy and grace of God- the eighth anniversary of the election of my unworthiness as the first Shepherd of the newly established Holy Diocese at first, and eventually, the Holy Metropolis of Brazzaville and Gabon, after the paternal proposal…
The Holy Diocese of Goma is located in Eastern Congo and consists of two provinces, those of North and South Kivu. With a total area of 24,553 km2 and 12,427,000 inhabitants, Goma is the worst afflicted Congolese region with 25 years of war, illnesses such as the fatal epidemic of Ebola and a very high death toll, a region full of desperate, helpless, hopeless souls. It is in this region that the light of Orthodoxy rose with the foundation of the Diocese in order to bring hope, peace, strength and life to these humble souls…
The Orthodox Mission needs the creation of churches, since the number of the Congolese who discover Orthodoxy «which has grace and power» – as they say when they first appear before us – is growing, so they need houses of prayer to worship true God, be taught the immaculate Orthodox faith and become candles of light themselves for their fellow countrymen…
«…Αnd when He divided the tongues of fire, He called all men into unity; and with one accord we glorify the All‐holy Spirit.» This hymn sounds like a sweet caress that brings back childhood memories, somewhere in our homeland, in the small picturesque chapel or in the beauteous parish church, but always in the One…
Every man coming into this world has derived from God, since he is a creature of His love. Therefore, Orthodoxy, the true family of God, is the natural state for man. Seeking God is as natural as being thirsty and seeking water, or being hungry and seeking food. Of course, we, Greeks, have had the…
The Pygmies are a noble people. Although in earlier years they systematically avoided contact with whites in particular, since they had suffered from them during the years of colonialism, they are social with values, principles and secrets of the tribe that they strictly guard, consciously refusing to leave their ancestral homes and embrace the modern “Western” way of life…
Gabon is particularly plagued by neophyte religious movements and neo-Protestant organisations of American origin, by heresy and delusion, by superstition and the fears fostered by the leaders of traditional religions with the aim of manipulating people through the lack of freedom…
It is said that “the soul of a man is more valuable than the whole world.” This is the worldview of our Holy Church. Thus, she stands separately to each one since she is responsible for the Salvation of everyone. I appeal to your loving heart for help, brothers!
The young and smiling woman, who had been smiling until the Sunday Service, began to feel uneasy. And this discomfort turned into body twitching, unarticulated screams and falling to the ground before the consecrated water, before the final dive…
