Apostles of the 21st Century
On September 14 in the Central House of Journalists in Moscow, the exhibition entitled, “Apostles of the 21st Century” opened. This is the first exhibition here dedicated to modern foreign missions of the Orthodox Church. Visitors were able to see how Orthodoxy is spreading in such countries as the Philippines, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, and elsewhere. The photographs were accompanied by text with quotes from the stories of both the missionaries and the newly converted. The exposition includes modern missionary publications on Orthodoxy in various languages, and displays showing how Christianity finds expression in the culture of non-Orthodox peoples. Visitors were able to hear the singing of Orthodox Africans, watch videotapes of missionary journeys, and communicate with those who have been on missions. Missionaries who had been in Mongolia invited visitors to taste authentic Mongolian tea. The exhibition was organized by the Orthodox Missionary School of the Synodal missionary department, and therefore the event also included presentations by the School, which is currently accepting candidates for the coming academic year. Representatives of the missionary department Igumen Serapion (Mitko) and Archpriest Alexander Korotikin, as well as teachers at the School Deacon Giorgi Maximov, A. V. Liulka, D. M. Volodikhin, A. M. Maler, and I. A. Molev, also spoke. The exhibition closes today, September 30. Those wishing to know more about today’s missionary work or help support missionaries may contact the St. Serapion of Kozheozersk Orthodox Missionary Society and the Orthodox Missionary School.
Graduate of the Orthodox Missionary School, Priest Roman Bychkov, who left to serve permanently in Thailand
A graduate of the Orthodox Missionary School, Deacon Andrei Kalinin, in Tyva
He left for permanent service to the Republic of Tyva, and is now the chairman of the Missionary Department of Kyzyl diocese
Archpriest Michael Li
One of the last living priests of the old Chinese mission. He was born to a family of Orthodox Chinese, and went to church from his childhood. After the Communists came to power in China he endured persecution and twenty years of imprisonment. He now lives and serves in the Australian diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
The Church of Great Martyr George in Pnom Pen, Cambodia, built in memory of the Bulgarian peacekeepers who died there
In the photo appears an Orthodox missionary who came to organize the celebration of Orthodox Pascha for the local Orthodox community
A chapel dedicated to St. John Chrysostom in Bangalor, India, of the Russian Orthodox Church
Among the parishioners is a former Brahmin, who converted along with his whole family to Orthodoxy after Christ miraculously appeared to him
