The Word from Guatemala is JOY!

We are overjoyed as thousands of Mayan people enter the Orthodox faith. Follow us as we guide them in this transition and help us through your prayers and support.
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BISHOP OSIOS ORDAINS…

On December 15, 2024, the San Andres Seminary celebrated its first ordination to the priesthood of one of its graduates- Antonio Pata (now Father Elias). Bishop Osios of Sasima, himself ordained to be an auxiliary hierarch of the Metropolis of Mexico on October 13, 2025, officiated at this his first ordination. Father Elias grew up […]

GUATEMALAN FAITHFUL…

On October 13th, 3,500 Orthodox faithful joyfully shouted “Digno”and “Axios” (worthy) upon receiving the former Archimandrite Evangelios Patá, now His Grace Osios of Sasima, from the hands of His Eminence Santiago, Metropolitan of Mexico. His Grace Osios’ consecration took place at the Saints Peter and Paul Formation Center, on a scenic mountaintop overlooking the city […]

INCARNATIONAL…

A message for Mission Walk Sunday on 10/13/24, sponsored by the Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood of Greater Pittsburgh. It will benefit the mission work of the Church in Guatemala. I would like to begin with a marvelous story about a four-year-old child who awoke one night in fright. She was convinced that in her dark room […]

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