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Holy Church of the Nativity of Christ in Chikwawa, Malawi. Completed earlier this month, it is a parish of the Diocese of Malawi under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. When Bp. Photios was consecrated to lead the diocese in 2019, the church stood in an incomplete state due to lack of funding. Thanks to the efforts of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity it opened for services in 2023 and was finally completed earlier this month. While the Missionary Fraternity supports many projects, the founder and president of the group took a keen interest in this project and personally solicited his friends to support it. Among the donors he found was Archim. Kyrillos, the late abbot of the Pantokrator Hermitage in Melissochori. Houses of God are a great blessing for a land, and one that is important for the faithful to pay forward to lands where Holy Orthodoxy is only now being planted.
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Mass Baptism celebrated in Vietnam
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The Sacrament was celebrated at the parish in Ho Chi Minh City.
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The Annunciation Hermitage on St. George's Hill in Hungary, built through the efforts of a single inhabitant, Father Martin.
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Orthodox mission in Cherrapunji, India. The first liturgy was served there in 2025 by Fr. Clement, a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Meghalaya region is the earliest site of modern Christian mission in India, with Protestants first going there in 1841. Nearly 200 years later, one of the Protestants of Meghalaya is now finding his way to Holy Orthodoxy, with the liturgy being served in a restaurant owned by a Presbyterian pastor who is now seeking to become Orthodox. While the Russian Orthodox mission in India is still in a very early state, Fr. Clement is doing yeoman's work traveling around the country and serving both Russian expatriates and Indian converts who are in need of spiritual sustenance.
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Church of St. Nicholas in Limassol, Cyprus. Consecrated in 2024, it is a parish of the Metropolis of Limassol under the Church of Cyprus. It began in 1995 when Russian immigrants requested a Church Slavonic parish to meet their pastoral needs. This was granted almost immediately, and a small wooden church was donated by the Russian government for the use of the faithful. The size and demand of the community outstripped their expectations however, and ultimately construction started on a larger church. Services began in that church in 2022, and cooperation proceeded apace despite broader tensions between the local churches of Cyprus and Moscow. Met. Anthony of Volokolamsk served the consecration and was joined by Mets. Athanasios of Limassol (the ruling bishop of the metropolis) and Paul of Bostra (exarch of the Jerusalem Patriarchate to Cyprus).
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This concelebration and the existence of the parish itself confesses the catholicity of the Church, while supporting the spiritual needs of the Orthodox faithful. While the challenges facing the Church today are considerable, they can still be overcome through the power of Christ.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Says Muslims are Increasingly Embracing Orthodoxy

ISTANBUL — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has stated that increasing numbers of Muslims are voluntarily converting to Orthodox Christianity, emphasizing that the Church accepts those who come freely while rejecting any form of coercion.

According to reports cited by The Atlas Wire and Neos Kosmos, the Patriarch made the remarks during services at the Patriarchal Cathedral in the Phanar on Thomas Sunday. “The Patriarchate does not pursue proselytism and will never pressure anyone to convert,” Patr. Bartholomew said, adding that those who approach the Church of their own free will “cannot be refused.”

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