Our Panagia, the “Pascha of the summer” and a special day for our Diocese
Today, a day of great joy and blessing for all of Orthodoxy, our Church honours with special reverence the glorious Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, our Panagia, the Mother and Protector of us all.
From faraway Madagascar, from the Missionary Diocese of Majunga and North Madagascar, today we send our love and heartfelt wishes to the whole world, to our Greece and to all our Orthodox brothers and sisters, wherever they may be.
Today is especially important for our Diocese too, as God made us worthy to experience an event of historic significance: the ordination of Alexandros Karachalios from Athens, the first Greek who came to our Diocese and joined the work of our Mission.
Alexandros is my spiritual child and today, with the blessing of our Christ and with the blessing of His Divine Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, he was ordained a Deacon in our Missionary Diocese, to offer his strength and help the great and difficult work being done in Madagascar.
For us this is a special blessing and a great joy. It is a sign that our Missionary Diocese can become a place where people from Greece and from every corner of the world can come, get to know the Mission and offer to the Church.
The work before us is great and difficult. It requires sacrifice, toil, faith and people who will truly love this effort. That is why we rejoice especially when we see new people coming close to us and becoming partners in this work.
Today’s ordination, then, is not only a personal blessing for our new Deacon, but also a blessing for our whole Missionary Diocese.
With God’s help, with the blessing of our Christ and under the protection of our Panagia, we continue all together. With the priests, the deacons, the catechists, the co-workers and all the people who support the Mission, we move forward with faith and hope.
Today, then, from Madagascar, we send a great message of love to all of Greece and to all of Orthodoxy.
Happy feast to our Greece, which today celebrates the “Pascha of the summer”!
Happy feast to all Greeks, wherever they may be.
Happy feast to all our Orthodox brothers and sisters in every corner of the earth.
May our Panagia shelter Greece, Madagascar, our Missionary Diocese and every family.
And especially today, may our Panagia bless and strengthen our new Deacon Alexandros Karachalios, so that with strength, humility and love he may serve the Church and contribute to the great missionary work of our Diocese.
Many happy and blessed returns!
Happy feast of the Dormition to the whole world!
With much love and good wishes to all.
† Nephon of Majunga and North Madagascar
Happy Feast from our Diocese.
Today, 15 August, our Holy Church celebrates with splendour the glorious Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
May our Panagia, the Mother of our Lord and Mother of us all, shelter with her love and protection every person, every family and our whole missionary effort in Madagascar.
From the Holy Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Majunga, we wish everyone a happy, blessed and peaceful feast.
May our Panagia always be our helper, shelter and comfort, and guide our steps close to Christ.
With the blessing of our Christ and our Panagia,
the Missionary Diocese of Majunga and North Madagascar.
Many happy and blessed returns! 🙏
