June, 13th. The second debates with the followers of the United Church of God were held over zoom. Missioners from USA, Craig Truglia (see his blog: Orthodox Christian Theology) and Sergey represented the Orthodox side. Father Ambrose was on a flight to Dominica and joined by the end of the session. The discussion was focused...
Category: Missionary diaries
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Debates with UCG followers
On June, 6, debates with followers of the United Church of God teachings were held over zoom with over 30 participants. United Church of God are descendants of the sabbath-keeping adventists who did not agree with the vision of Ellen G. White. The representatives on Grenada claim that this church existed from the beginning. Church...
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“MY GRENADA” ‒ PART III ‒ FROM THE DIARY OF HIEROMONK AMBROSE (SITALO)
Anna said yesterday that on the island of Tobago, her friend Elias, a member of the Thaer family who had been visited by missionaries the year before the last, was shot during the attempt to rob his store. He is already dying. Anna says that Elias is Orthodox, even wanted to become a priest, but...
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“MY GRENADA” ‒ PART II ‒ FROM THE DIARY OF HIEROMONK AMBROSE (SITALO)
Read Part I here. August 12-13, 2019. Annual carnival. Historically, in Catholic countries, before Lent, a carnival (in Latin, “goodbye meat”) is organized. It has long lost its religious significance, but acquired an entertaining meaning for Caribbean people and their culture. In order not to compete with Trinidad and Tobago, where it is celebrated mostly in...
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“MY GRENADA” ‒ PART I ‒ FROM THE DIARY OF HIEROMONK AMBROSE (SITALO)
I would like to offer selected memoirs from my diary from July to December 2019 and tell about the development of the missionary parish in the Caribbean, where the Lord judged me to serve. I hope it will give answers to some questions and become an inspiration to Orthodox Christians for missionary work. I accepted...