Video: Ark of the World Founder Fr. Antonios Speaks About His Charity

Source: The Pappas Post

February 23, 2016

    

Currently there is a fundraising and awareness campaign for Ark of the World (Kivotos Tou Kosmou), a charity in Greece that supports abandoned children and single mothers.

Fr. Antonios Papanikolaou, who founded the charity in 1998 when he was only 26 years old, speaks about its origins, how the charity has developed and evolved and the need for assistance for Greece’s most vulnerable people— young children and women.

Watch an interview with Fr. Antonios, produced by Love Greece, a campaign created by the G & A Mamidakis Foundation to showcase and highlight the dynamism and creativity of the Greek entrepreneurial spirit by sharing stories of business, creativity and philanthropy.

Support our campaign for Kivotos Tou Kosmou by clicking this link.

The Pappas Post

2/24/2016

See also
10 Reasons To Support Kivotos Tou Kosmou (Ark of the World) 10 Reasons To Support Kivotos Tou Kosmou (Ark of the World) 10 Reasons To Support Kivotos Tou Kosmou (Ark of the World) 10 Reasons To Support Kivotos Tou Kosmou (Ark of the World)
Ark of the World is a remarkable orphanage and family center based in Athens, with two additional facilities in northern Greece and on the island of Chios. St Efthimios Keratsini and the Mission to Madagascar: Greeks in Need Giving to the Needy St Efthimios Keratsini and the Mission to Madagascar: Greeks in Need Giving to the Needy St Efthimios Keratsini and the Mission to Madagascar: Greeks in Need Giving to the Needy St Efthimios Keratsini and the Mission to Madagascar: Greeks in Need Giving to the Needy
Father Constantinos, one of the priests in charge of coordinating the effort, when asked why Madagascar of all places replies, “It is important for a person in need to help. We have to pick one country to give to. If we have a chance to give, why not take it? The people in Madagascar are not different from us in Greece.” Interview with His Grace Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, President of the Synodal Department of Church charity and social work of the Russian Orthodox Church Interview with His Grace Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, President of the Synodal Department of Church charity and social work of the Russian Orthodox Church
Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk Interview with His Grace Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, President of the Synodal Department of Church charity and social work of the Russian Orthodox Church Interview with His Grace Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk, President of the Synodal Department of Church charity and social work of the Russian Orthodox Church
Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevsk
- In my youth, after finishing school, I was tormented by the question of the meaning of life. I read a great deal, trying to find an answer. I thought that one could find truth through art. But one day, as I was passing by a hospital, I thought that maybe one of the ways to find the answer to this angst-ridden question could lie in working in a hospital, side by side with people and their sufferings. So I decided to be an orderly.
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