By the grace and blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the fatherly love and blessing of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, the architectural study for the new Bishop’s House of the Missionary Diocese of Majunga and North Madagascar has been completed.
With feelings of deep gratitude we express our warm and heartfelt thanks to the Architect Engineer Mr Stergios G. Voliotis of Thessaloniki, who, with love for the Orthodox Mission and a spirit of selfless giving, prepared the entire architectural study of the project free of charge, offering a precious gift to our local Church.
The new Bishop’s House was designed with functionality, simplicity and service to the needs of the Missionary Diocese of Majunga and North Madagascar in mind.
On the ground floor there will be two guest rooms for receiving clergy, co-workers and visitors of the Mission, as well as an Office, a Dining Room and a Medical Room, to cover the daily administrative, pastoral and social needs of the Diocese.
On the first floor are the Bishop’s living and administrative areas. Specifically, there will be the Bishop’s private room, two more Guest Rooms, the Bishop’s Office, the Diocesan Secretariat Office and a Meeting Room, where meetings, clergy gatherings, pastoral assemblies and the administrative work of the Missionary Diocese will take place.
The first big step has been taken with the completion of the architectural study. Now we need the second, equally important step: finding the necessary financial resources to carry out this great project. By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the intercessions of the Most Holy Theotokos, who until now guides and protects every effort of our Missionary Diocese, we hope and pray that we may soon be found worthy to see this vision too become reality.
We pray that the all-good God may grant Mr Stergios G. Voliotis and his family health, strength and every good thing, and richly reward his precious and selfless offering to the Church and to the Orthodox Mission.
With faith in God and hope we continue our work, so that the new Bishop’s House may become a beacon of faith, love and service, contributing substantially to the establishment and further growth of the Orthodox Church in North Madagascar.
