Michael Jones is an Orthodox Christian living with his wife and four children in Eagle River, Alaska. In February 2020 he assembled a mission team to travel to the Kingdom of Tonga to complete the weather-proofing phase of an Orthodox church building that was being constructed. At the time, we never could have imagined the … Continue reading Michael’s story
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The Orthodox Apostolic Ministry in the Pacific
While in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the context of my first informative episcopal journey, I met Kyriakos, a rational thinker, a businessman, an energetic and active member of the local Greek Orthodox community who spends a considerable amount of his own personal time participating in civic life, providing aid and assistance. In his own straightforward … Continue reading The Orthodox Apostolic Ministry in the Pacific
I Am with You Always, to the End of the Age…
After the admirable interventions of the Lord in the Missionary effort in Tonga with the erection of the chapel of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the house of the missionaries and the majestic Sacred Church of Saint George the Trophy-Bearer, whose construction is about to end in a month, came Samoa’s turn. Samoa is … Continue reading I Am with You Always, to the End of the Age…
The Good Shepherd
Father Varnavas, a former Hindu by the name Shree Chrisna Nair, is the vigorous, tireless priest of the formerly non-existent and yet now bustling Parish of Sts. Athanasios and Nicholas in Labasa of Vanua Levu here in Fiji. Full of strength and vigour, full of enthusiasm and fervent zeal for the prosperity and expansion of … Continue reading The Good Shepherd