al-monitor:

This uncredited photo is said to show gutted homes of Copts living in the Cairo suburb of Dahshour — the work of an enraged Muslim mob earlier this month. A quarrel between a Muslim and a Christian triggered this latest episode of Muslim attacks on the Copts, in which numerous Coptic homes and businesses were destroyed and looted and more than 100 Christian families were expelled from the area. Moheb Zaki, writing in Al-Monitor, says: “With the probability that things will get worse for the Copts after the Muslim Brotherhood strengthens its grip on power, hundreds of thousands of Coptic families, mostly from the middle class, are fleeing their ancient homeland, immigrating to the United States and Europe.”

Up early tomorrow to attend the Consecration of a New Indian Orthodox Church in Hemel Hempsted. Please keep myself, all in attendence and the whole family of the Orthodox Church in your prayers.

God bless and keep you all this night without sin and in his peace.

In Xp,

Daniel

On 27 August, 2012 the Committee of the Eritrean Orthodox UK subdiocese of Europe met together with Abba Seraphim in Charlton to confer on their mission and progress. Prayers were said for the entire European diocese and especially for His Grace Bishop Makarios, whose ministry in caring for the worldwide Eritrean diaspora has already borne much fruit.

Abba Seraphim especially welcomed the latest member of the priesthood, Father Mulebrhan of Birmingham, who was ordained last month by His Grace Archbishop Antonios of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewehedo Diocese of North West Europe due to the reluctance of Bishop Markos of the Eritrean Synod to ordain clergy loyal to he legitimate Patriarch Abune Antonios as opposed to Archbishop Dioskoros (The false Patriarch)

May these Priests help the word of God grow and spread, become fruitful and blessed, across the world.

Excessive care about worldly matters is characteristic of an unbelieving and fainthearted person.

St. Seraphim of Sarov

“There is no better teacher than death. Have death before your minds: the time when you will leave this unreal world and will go to the other one, which is eternal.”

 – Saint Cosmas of Aitolos

Musings of an Orthodox Brit Blogspot – First plug since my return.

I know that my blog is not active these days but here is the link.

I am slowly adding things on it and planning to write more articles when I have time. If anyone has ideas or topics they would like covered I would be happy to give it a go if free.

God bless you and keep you all.

Musings of an Orthodox Brit Blogspot – First plug since my return.

scientismisfun:

orthodoxwayoflife:

The Most Orthodox Country In The Western Hemisphere

Whenever someone speaks of “American Orthodoxy,” there is usually an unspoken understanding that the term refers to North American Orthodoxy: the United States, Canada, and sometimes Mexico. This way of speaking is indeed convenient, considering that the majority of Orthodox parishes in the Western Hemisphere are still located in North America. However, in the past few years a great change has occurred in Latin America that makes it increasingly inaccurate to focus on North America as the western outpost of Orthodoxy. Just two years ago, in 2010, the Orthodox Church received a large group of Guatemalan converts numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Now Guatemala, and possibly all of Latin America, holds tremendous promise of becoming fertile ground for the Orthodox Christian Church.

The seed of Orthodoxy in Guatemala was planted by the nuns of the Hogar Rafael Ayau, an Orthodox orphanage in Guatemala City. Many people are familiar with the incredible work of Mother Inés, Mother Ivonne, and Mother María. In fact, just this year a group of seminarians from St. Vladimir’s Seminary traveled with the seminary Chancellor/CEO Archpriest Chad Hatfield to see the work of the nuns and to assist at the orphanage. It is through these nuns that the Guatemalan soil was first prepared for the Orthodox Church.

Now, with the recent chrismation of a new group of Guatemalan converts that numbers between 100,000 and 200,000, the Orthodox Church is ready to blossom in Guatemala. The magnitude of the event cannot be overstated. Almost overnight, Guatemala has become the most Orthodox country in the Western Hemisphere (by percentage of national population). Furthermore, the Orthodox communities in Guatemala continue to grow rapidly and attract attention throughout Guatemala. There is still, however, little information available to the broader Orthodox world on the history and character of these new communities. For this reason, I traveled to Guatemala this summer, spending two months visiting many of the Orthodox parishes, meeting the leaders of the communities, and accompanying the bishop of the Guatemalan Church—His Eminence, Metropolitan Athenagoras—as he made his historic first visit to the new parishes in Guatemala. I returned to the United States with the desire to share what I saw and the conviction that the Holy Spirit is at work with power in Latin America…

Source: Byzantine, TX

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This is amazing.

This is Great. The full story is that 520,000 members of the Orthodox Catholic Church of Guatemala entered into the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. 

They were mainly from the Indigenous population and were well established with over 300 Churches and even indepdendent Schools. Many of their Clergy are now at Orthodox Seminaries (Including one in Guatemala) being educated in the Orthodox faith rather than the Eastern Style Catholicism which they previously had.

As well as this, the Syriac Orthodox Church are in talks with a Schismatic-Catholic community with who wish to be in communion with the Church (Story and link to Arabic full story here) so this would make the numbers up to over 1.3 million.

Yes… 10% of Guatemala will be Orthodox!

imaginarydances:

Trinity Orthodox Church, Bellingshausen Station, Antarctica.

The Fax Machine: Sometimes I think people forget…

harmanville:

that Christianity originated in the Middle-East. Jesus was not a white American who spoke fluent English while waiting on his regular dosages of NASCAR/NFL.

He spoke Aramaic. Even for those who claim his divinity, one would still have to admit that his environment had a large role in his life.

So the next time you make fun of the Middle-East for what you claim to be satiated with “savages” and “uncivilized” dolts, just remember that He and his followers claimed that place as their homeland.

The Fax Machine: Sometimes I think people forget…

Striving for a heart after His own: Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer Turned Priest

stina2711:

Religion and the law often seem to be two quite distinct and divorced categories in life. But this wasn’t the case for Reverend Father Matthew Attia, a priest at Saint George Coptic Orthodox Church in Sydney. Earlier this week, I spoke to Fr. Matthew about his previous career as a lawyer and…

Striving for a heart after His own: Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer Turned Priest