Pity us, O God, and spare Your inheritance by overlooking now all of our iniquities, for this accepting the fervent prayers of her who without seed gave birth to You on earth, O Christ our God, who in Your great mercy willed to take on flesh, thus assuming the form that was not Your own.   The Akathist Hymn of the Most Holy Theotokos at St. Anargroy valley road. Kenya. Yieronda Makarios Tillyrides Kenyas Here   ..read more

  Fr. Stephen Freeman Glory to God For All Things The Philokalia, that wonderful collection of writings by the fathers on prayer of the heart, has as its full title, The Philokalia of the Neptic Saints gathered from our Holy Theophoric Fathers, through which, by means of the philosophy of ascetic practice and contemplation, the intellect is purified, illumined, and made perfect. Little wonder it is known popularly as the Philokalia. That word, Philokalia, means “the love of beautiful things.” It is not a reference to expensive, decorative items, but to the things which are mad ..read more

Η Σοφία Χατζή στη νέα εκπομπή του Αντιφώνου "Δια-σταυρούμενοι" συζητά με τον Σεβ. Μητροπολίτη Καμερούν κ. Γρηγόριο. Στον ταλαιπωρημένο Νότο στο Καμερούν, οι πρώτοι χριστιανοί ζουν στην εποχή των πράξεων των Αποστόλων. Στην οδοιπορία τους βοηθούν άνθρωποι που κινδυνεύουν από ελονοσία, παράδοξες νοοτροπίες και δύσκολες συνθήκες διαβίωσης. Επισκεφθείτε, παρακαλώ, και: Orthodox Cameroon, Cameroon   ..read more

  Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries (photo from here)   1. The Orthodox Church. Its Faith, Worship and Life 2. Tradition and Traditions by Archmandrite Barnabas Lambropoulos.  A booklet that reveals the lameness of the heretic Protestant dogma that asserts that the Holy Bible alone is the source of the Christian faith, and that the Holy Tradition of the Church must be rejected. This booklet was written in response to a misleading and fictitious Pentecostal book. 3. Dogmatics Rev. John Zizioulas Metropolitan of Pergamus.  A special publication containing lessons ..read more

  Tanzania: Authorities brutally violated Maasai amid forced evictions from ancestral lands 'We will not go anywhere': Maasai resist Tanzanian government evictions  URGENT ALERT: Tanzanian Government on a Rampage Against Indigenous People  Kicking Native People Off Their Land Is a Horrible Way to Save the Planet ..read more

  Patriarchate of Alexandria THEODOROS II BY THE GRACE OF GOD POPE AND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA AND ALL AFRICA TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE APOSTOLIC AND PATRIARCHAL THRONE OF ALEXANDRIA GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE FROM OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR          JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM   My dear and blessed brothers and sisters in Christ, Filled with festive joy and rejoicing for the great and illustrious day of the Birthday of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, we exclaim together with the heavenly and bodiless powers  “G ..read more

Σημείωση: Η φωτογραφία δείχνει τον Άνταμ Άμπντελ, ένα νεαρό αγόρι απ’ το κέντρο του Νταρφούρ. Κάηκε σοβαρά όταν η σουδανική κυβέρνηση έριξε βόμβα έξω απ’ το σπίτι του, στο Μπούργκου του Σουδάν, στις 12 Φεβρουαρίου του 2015 ..read more

Tidar (Marriage) - International Trailer from Project dldl/ድልድል on Vimeo. Based on real people's stories and testimonies collected through research in Ethiopia, docudrama Tidar (Marriage) tells the story of Genet, who is experiencing domestic violence, and presents her search for a moral and practical solution to her situation within the village community. It shows how the community responds to Genet’s predicament and how personal faith, religious mediation and theological teaching influence how she thinks through her situation. The aim of the film is to raise awareness about the complex rol ..read more

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    Στον Ορθόδοξο Αμπελώνα της Αφρικής Στόν Ἀπόστολο Ματθία ἀφιερώθηκε, τήν ἡμέρα τῆς μνήμης του 9/8, ἡ νέα Ἐνορἰα στήν πόλη Shamba τῆς Τανζανίας. Γι' αὐτό τό γεγονός μετέβη στήν πόλη αὐτή ὁ Θεοφ. Ἐπίσκοπος Μπουκόμπας καί Δυτικῆς Τανζανίας κ. Χρυσόστομος καί τέλεσε τἠν Θεία Λειτουργία, σέ ἕνα πρόχειρο Ναό, μαζί μέ ἄλλους ἱερεῖς τῆς Ἀριχερατικῆς Περιφέρειας Μουλέμπας. Μαζί καί δύο Ἱερεῖς πού φέρουν τὀ ὄνομα τοῦ Ἀπ. Ματθία. Μέ χαρά ἐκκλησιάσθηκαν οἱ λίγοι, ἀλλά παλαιοί Ὀρθόδοξοι χριστιανοί.  Ἡ Shamba εἶναι ἡ πόλη στήν ὀποία ἠ Ὀρθοδοξία πῆγε τό 1970 ..read more