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MISSION
Fr.
Gregory's talk to the Greater Manchester Churches Together "The Baptism of Rus" a talk by Dr. Theodore Voronov The Orthodox Approach to MissionBooks could be, (and have been), written on this. Some of the best guides have come from Orthodox missionaries who have gained wisdom by doing it rather than by talking about it. I offer the following hints in the belief that they reflect best practice.
Planting Churches - How to Do ItWeb ResourcesThe Orthodox Christian Mission Centre has information
on Orthodox mission work throughout the world. In Asia the Orthodox Church has had a presence for a
long time, arriving in China before the first western missionaries.
Information on this can be found at the website of the Metropolitanate of
Hong-Kong and South-East Asia at: http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/hkmetropolis.html The website of the Autonomous Orthodox Church of
Japan may be found at: Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean have also enjoyed Orthodox mission work, though only relatively recently. The St. Spyridon Orthodox Mission Association of
Puerto Rico has further information about Orthodox mission in the
Caribbean. http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch11325 “Project Mexico” has information about an
Orthodox Orphanage and mission in Mexico The website of the Archdiocese of Mexico (ROCOR) - in Spanish, but can be translated using Alta Vista at: has information about Orthodox mission in Mexico and
Latin America. Below are some links to sites about Orthodoxy in America that have a lot of information, not just on mission work but also on Orthodoxy in general. OrthodoxWiki's Orthodox Convert page Finally, Europe..... The British Antiochian Orthodox Deanery has about ten parishes and seven missions in England, information on which and on Orthodoxy in Britain can be found at: There is also information on the Orthodox Church of Finland in English at the following website: and how some of the Finns came to be converted to Orthodoxy several hundred years ago and more. |
