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Starting a Mission and Building a Parish

April 14, 2016 By Fr. John 3 Comments

by Fr. John Whiteford This article from Fr. John is excellent. It is focused on suburban and urban American environments. While it may look basic, don’t be deceived. Starting and growing a mission may seem easy, but it isn’t easy to do well, and an innumerable number of factors can make it immeasurably more difficult. Fr. John knows […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Missions, News Tagged With: Church, Fr. John Whiteford, mission, orthodox, starting

Orthodoxy in Ixcan, Guatemala: A Story of Resilient Faith

April 8, 2016 By Fr. John 1 Comment

by Fr. John Chakos Up until the late fifties, the sparsely populated jungle area of Ixcan in western Guatemala was thought to be worthless by the government. In an effort to populate the region for the benefit of the indigenous tribes, a program of land reform was initiated. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a Maryknoll […]

Filed Under: Clergy, Latest Stories, Missions Tagged With: Guatemala, ixcan, Mayan, orthodox

More Orthodox Baptisms in Indonesia

April 5, 2016 By Fr. John 1 Comment

Fr Daniel Byantoro recently served orthodox baptisms for 12 new converts to the Orthodox faith, on March 19th, 2016 in South Jakarta, Indonesia. Glorious apostolic work! Congratulations to the newly illumined warriors of Christ!     More Orthodox Baptisms in Indonesia

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Now This is Glory: Orthodox Baptisms in Aguacate, Guatemala

March 9, 2016 By Fr. John Leave a Comment

Orthodox baptism Guatemala

Orthodoxy in the New World This village is almost entirely Orthodox Christian, so large baptisms are very common. The baptisms in this video were part of a full baptism service in the parish of the Annunciation.  Listen to the music of those beautiful children! It is so wonderful, I could not pass up the opportunity […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Mass Conversions, Missions Tagged With: Guatemala, Mayan, orthodox

Baptism of 184 in Meocan, Salasang and Sto. Nino, Arakan Cotabato

March 4, 2016 By Fr. John 2 Comments

On December 17, 2015, a mass baptism was held in a river for the catechumens of 3 former communities of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church (Aglipayan) in Meocan; Salasang, and Sto. Nino, all in Arakan Valley, Cotabato, who embraced Orthodoxy after almost 2 years of catechism. The mass baptism was officiated by Fr. Kirill. 184 […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Missions Tagged With: baptism, filipino, orthodox

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