The Mission in Central Tanzania
View highlights from the speech by Elder Maximos Kyritsis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Dionysios in Olympus, on the Mission in the Metropolis of Arusha.

View highlights from the speech by Elder Maximos Kyritsis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Dionysios in Olympus, on the Mission in the Metropolis of Arusha.
As part of the 32nd Pavleia events, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 20, an evening event titled “Contemporary Figures of the Church” was held at the Pavleio Cultural Center of Veria, dedicated to the spiritual founder of the Fraternity and pioneering missionary, Saint Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos. Speakers at the event included His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon…

An appeal by Saint John Chrysostom for practical support in missionary work, 62 years ago.

Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo. Let us build a sacred church in honor of the saint in every country where he served as a missionary!
The President of the Fraternity participated in the ceremony of the translation of relics and returned from Kananga, Congo, bearing an exceptional gift: a fragment of the sacred relic of Saint Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, which he delivered to Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki, for the sanctification of the faithful of our city.

There are voices that distance and time could never extinguish. A unique individual who became the “voice” of Africa. A true missionary who conveyed not only words, but acts of love, hope, and light to a continent in need. The story of Saint Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos is the story of a voice that transcended geographical boundaries….

On October 8, 2025, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria approved the canonization of the blessed Father Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, the pioneering missionary of Africa. Today, on the first commemoration of his memory, we publish for the first time the report of His Eminence Metropolitan Theodosius of Kinshasa to the Hierarchy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Coverage of the visit of the Metropolitan of Nairobi to Thessaloniki and his moving presence at the Fraternity’s gathering

The venerable Hierarch of Thessaloniki on the canonization of Saint Chrysostom Papasarantopoulos, a clergyman of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki

The beloved author for young and old writes about the pioneering missionary of sub-Saharan Africa

The Office of Orthodox Missions of the Holy Synod writes about the pioneering missionary of Africa

Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos describes his deep friendship with Father Ioil Giannakopoulos, which began in 1918 at the Panagoulakis Ascetic Retreat. He mentions their shared love for learning, their fervent correspondence during the Asia Minor Campaign, and Father Ioil’s contribution to his self-education before his ordination in 1926.