A visit to a remote region of Africa where the inhabitants lack water and food. Elder Makarios describes the arrival of two trucks with food and water at a local school and why the Mission considers education and nutrition equally important duties towards our brethren there.
Metropolitan Agathonikos of Arusha thanks the Fraternity for its support to the Mission in Tanzania, including the first Orthodox Church in Dodoma, the Cathedral of Arusha, and two boreholes for clean water. At the same time, he appeals for a new church in Matalauwe.
Bishop Nektarios of Gulu presented motorcycles, donated by the Fraternity, to priests in Northern Uganda to facilitate their ministry in the region’s scattered Orthodox communities. Please help with the second purchase.
On July 4, the first Orthodox church in Colombia was inaugurated. This is the Holy Church of Saint Athanasius the Great in Cereté, built with a donation from the Fraternity. Bishop Timothy recounts the entire journey from the establishment of the Metropolis of Panama to this historic day for Orthodoxy in Colombia.
Fr. Methodios Sri Gunarjo describes the latest developments of the missionary work in Central Java, Indonesia: sixteen Muslims expressed interest in Orthodoxy, three were baptized, and the annual camp concluded with seventy participants, six of whom are preparing to become catechumens!
Let us support the Holy Diocese of Goma to proceed with the construction of the first Orthodox school throughout Eastern Congo and offer the gift of education to over 1,000 children of Goma.
