Every gift becomes something real: a school year for a child, a bag of food, clean water.
Sponsor a child
For €100 a year you become a child’s sponsor and cover all their school needs for the whole year, so that a child can go to school lacking nothing.
“Bag of Life”: 100 bags for the next distribution
A simple bag of essentials and basic food, full of love and hope. Given out after the Divine Liturgy at St Nicholas Cathedral in Mahajanga, together with a shared meal, and soon across the whole Diocese. See the photos.
Dig a well: clean water for a village
Lack of drinking water is one of the most serious problems in the villages of Northern Madagascar. €3,000 pays for a new well, giving clean water to a school or a whole village.
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This option is always open: each time the amount is reached, the Diocese digs another well wherever the need is greatest. Water is life, health and dignity.
“St Philothei of Athens” School of Pattern-Cutting and Sewing
Another project we are about to launch in the coming days is the “St Philothei of Athens” School of Pattern-Cutting and Sewing.
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Our vision is to create hubs of creativity and small businesses that will strengthen household income and offer people real opportunities, useful in their daily lives.
Many people have already enrolled and, as soon as we complete the purchase of the sewing machines, the school will open its doors to welcome its first students.
We believe that learning a craft can create new opportunities, foster creative initiatives and give rise to small productive activities that support families and strengthen people’s economic independence.
Our aim is for knowledge to become creation, creation to become work, and work a real opportunity for a better life.
“Samaria” Schools: kindergarten, primary and secondary
In the parish of Sts Constantine and Helen. The school complex was rebuilt in the summer of 2026 and since September houses a kindergarten, a primary school and the new secondary school, where Greek is taught for the first time. Made possible by the Missionary Association “St Kosmas the Aetolian” of Thessaloniki. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
“St Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions” Nursing School
One of our goals for 2027 is to found the “St Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions” Nursing School, in partnership with the University Hospital in Mahajanga.
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Our vision is to train people who will support primary health care, especially in rural areas, where access to medical services is often limited.
Our aim is for every parish to have a nurse, with the necessary equipment, to provide first aid and basic nursing care.
A work of life and service, aimed at prevention, protecting human life and truly supporting the people of the countryside.
Building a Health Centre
A major project we plan to launch in 2027 is the creation of a Health Centre, so that the people of the region can have access to basic medical tests – blood work, microbiology and cardiology – which today are out of reach for many because of poverty.
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Our aim is to offer prevention, early diagnosis and basic medical care, so that no one is deprived of health because they cannot afford to pay.
Because health is a right for all, not a privilege for the few.
“Panagia Soumela” Mission Centre: a vision for Pontic Hellenism
A great vision we hold for Pontic Hellenism is the creation of the “Panagia Soumela” Mission Centre. At its heart will stand a church housing a faithful copy of the holy icon of Panagia Soumela.
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Around the church we plan to build a conference centre, a school and other supporting facilities, so that the site becomes a place of faith, learning, culture and encounter.
Our aim is to make the martyred Pontic Hellenism known beyond the borders of Greece: its history, its uprooting, its traditions, language and customs, and the richness it can bring to the culture of the region.
A vision that unites faith with historical memory and culture, keeping the Pontic heritage alive and passing it on to the next generations. Read the message.
A second “Samaria” school
Another great vision that has become reality is the “Samaria” Schools, which include a kindergarten, a primary school and a lower secondary school. It is a pioneering educational effort for the region: beyond the official state curriculum, pupils will be able to take lessons in agriculture, learning how the land is cultivated, how farm produce is grown and how to use modern farming practices.
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Another school of the same name, in another town of the Diocese, so that “Samaria” can reach more children.
New well for the “Samaria” school complex
For the “Samaria” primary school, secondary school and kindergarten, where pupil numbers have already tripled. It will also water the school’s 5-hectare farm and supply the local community through storage tanks. See the photos.
A well for a whole village in Antalaha
In the parish of Sts Zechariah and Elizabeth, on the plot where a new church of St Nektarios is planned. The well will serve the entire village. See the photos.
“St Nectarios of Pentapolis” Seminary
Here the future clergy of the Diocese are prepared to serve the parishes of Northern Madagascar. See the photos.
The first well in Ambovondramanesy
Clean water for the pupils and their families, made possible by the Missionary Association “St Kosmas the Aetolian”. “Water is life. Thank you for the gift of life.” See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
Mission Centre in Diego
The Diocese’s second centre is now ready. The bishop’s house and the priest’s house in Diego, painted blue and white, have been completed thanks to the generous gift of Mr Panagiotis Taloumis, Honorary Consul General of Greece and Cyprus in Madagascar.
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From the foundation stone in July 2026 to completion in October, the buildings went up in less than four months. The grounds and boundary wall remain to be finished. See all the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
Renovation of the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Alongside the Diocese’s new buildings, the church was lovingly renovated and given the colours of Greece, blue and white. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
Renovation of St Nektarios Church
The renovation of the church is complete, thanks to the zeal of Fr Ilarion and his helpers. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
Renovation of St Nicholas Cathedral and its grounds
The Diocese’s historic cathedral, built in 1929 by Nicholas the Cretan, was fully renovated inside and out in spring 2026, and the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Thomas Sunday. This was followed by the redesign and paving of the courtyard, new toilet facilities in a better location, lighting of the grounds, new chandeliers and new liturgical books. A work made possible by the benefactors and donors of the Mission. See the renovated church.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
St Spyridon Church, Sambava: furnishings and solar power
The church received chairs and tables made locally, as well as a solar power system. Until then there was no electricity at all; now the church and its grounds are lit and catechism and gatherings can also take place in the evening. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
New Church of St Basil the Great in Antsohihy
The Orthodox parish of Antsohihy, capital of the Sofia region, now has its own church, in the Ambalambe district, dedicated to St Basil the Great. The first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in October 2026. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
New premises for St Charalambos Parish in Ambanja
The parish has moved to a better, more beautiful and more accessible building, with accommodation for Fr Paisios and a bicycle so he can reach the faithful more easily. See the photos.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible!