The Church’s Sacred Mission is courageous precisely because it is cruciform. It goes where Christ goes: among the poor, the forgotten, the estranged. It does not seek safety or approval. It does not wait for the conditions to be favourable. It moves, quietly and fearlessly, into the places of death, to speak the word of resurrection.
Tag: The Orthodox Mission in the Pacific
In the Midst of the Feast – A Priest for the Pacific
Some events in the Church take place without great ceremony or attention, yet they mark a quiet turning in the life of a community. The recent ordination of Fr. Timothy in Fiji was just such an event. Held in a modest church of Holy Trinity in Saweni, among people who had long prayed for a … Continue reading In the Midst of the Feast – A Priest for the Pacific
Where the Celebration of Resurrection First Rises: Orthodoxy at the Edge of the World
“It is the day of Resurrection, let us be radiant, O you peoples: Pascha, the Lord’s Pascha!” Before any other land utters the words, it is on Tongan soil that the Feast of Resurrection breaks forth into the world. In the far reaches of the Pacific, where the earth first greets the light of the … Continue reading Where the Celebration of Resurrection First Rises: Orthodoxy at the Edge of the World
We left our hearts in Fiji
In February 2020 Michael Jones from Eagle River, Alaska led a labor crew to continue construction of the Church of St. George in Tonga. flight from Los Angeles to Tonga had a 6 hour layover in Fiji, so Fr. Meletios, Dean of Missions in Oceania, invited the group to briefly visit to the Orthodox community … Continue reading We left our hearts in Fiji
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