Mexico City, November 9, 2010
His Grace, Bishop Alejo.
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10 ноября 2010 г.
"I Will Protect My Parishioners No Matter What."
Interview with Schema-Hegumen Nektariy
"I Will Protect My Parishioners No Matter What."
Interview with Schema-Hegumen Nektariy
When you live in a foreign country, and you have to speak a different language, you need to look for your own roots, for your own culture, for your own people, and preserve it to know that you belong to something. Ninety eight percent of our parishioners are Russian women – newcomers from Russia. Most are married to Mexicans, and have children who are either not baptized, or baptized Catholic. It is a difficult process to help the families become Orthodox.
The Diocese of Mexico: Forty Years of Ministry and Mission
The Diocese of Mexico: Forty Years of Ministry and Mission
The origin of what today is the Diocese of Mexico of the Orthodox Church in America were planted in the early 20th century, curiously through the Mexican National Catholic Church, distinct from the nation’s Roman Catholic Church. It was during the Revolution that antagonisms against the Roman Catholic Church were aroused by its historic association with the Spanish colonialists.
Moscow Patriarchate’s parish opened in the centre of Mexico City
Moscow Patriarchate’s parish opened in the centre of Mexico City
In compliance with an agreement between Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia, authorized by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and the Catholic Primate of Mexico, Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City, the 17th century Catholic Church of the Conception of the Virgin Mary was handed over for the free temporary use to the Russian Orthodox Church’s parish of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God.
