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l l0YEARSOFORTHODOXWITNESSN KOREAThecompletionf 110years f Orthodoxitnessn Koreahisyear s ahistoricalVent f great mportance.his oyful elebrations an opportunityorusall'toexpressurdeepesthanks ndheartfelt raiseo.theAlmighty od or

makingoss.iblehemiraclef he oundingnd nceasingrQontinuityf heChurchof Korea, espite ll theadversenddifficult ituationst hasbeenhrough.t isan opportunity,ccordingo theadmonitionf theauthor f the Epistleoth'e, ebrewso celebratehisanniversaryitha gratefulmemory f all thosewhopreachedthe.word f God" Heb.13:7)o the Koreansuringhe astonehundredniJenyears. :Needlesso say,hisanniversaryoes otcall or fruitlessndsuperficialcelebrations.n he contrary,t isan opportunityor serious ontemplationndsincereelf-criticism.t isa time ostudy arefullyhepastn ordero draw sefulconclusionsnd essonsor hepresentnd or he uture f theOrthodoxitnessin Korea;.e.self-cri t icismor everyones membersf the Korean rthodoxChurch.Utilizing,herefore,hepreciousxperiencef thepast ndof all hose hohavewgrkedwith zealandsacrificialove, ntil oday,or the evangelizationfour Korean rothersndsisters,ndmaking n effort o learn romourmistakes,let usall walk orward ith aith, ove ndunitywith eelingsf offering elp ndassistanceor he uture nd urther evelopmentf theOrthodoxhurchn Koreain Itssecond entenary.

Mayyouall have blessed ewYear.TheMetropolitanf Korea mbrosioso. . " rraaeoftaeeoeoooaaao aoooocataa aaaccaaace aaeeoac*4.*r

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10YEARS FORTHODOXITNESSN KOREAThe orch f the 0rthodox hurch,hichs he One,Holy,ndApostolic hurch" as irstcarriedo the and f

n1900. nJanuary f hatyear heRussianrchimandriteehtkofskyrr ivedn Seouln order o servehe

eedsoth f 0rthodox ussiansho ived ndworkednswellas hose oreanshohadbecome rthodoxhilenneighboringussia.

In 1903,Fr.Chrysanthosstabl ishedsmal l emporary hapeln Seoul,o St.Nicholas,here ebegan isMission orkwithgreat eal ndhegenuine ay n whichhe0rthodox hurchxpresseshe ichnessf

swellas hegrandeurndmysticallement f its worship,as eennterestn many oreansince.

heFirstTrialsThe0rthodox hurchn (orea asmetwithextraordinaryifficultiesvenrom

thestart.DuringheJapanese-Russianar,which rokeout n 1904,heJapaneseere ictoriousnd husorcedal l Russianshowere iv ing n Koreao abandonhecountry. sa result, ather hrysanthosndhisRussiancol laboratorseturnedo Russia s wel l .Thesmal l0rthodox orean lockwasnow rphaned.

From 905-1912nother ussian issionary,rchimadriteavelvanofski,o l(or ea nd hrough ard abormanagedo makeOrthodoxyloom nceHowever,hen (oreawasoccupiedy heJapaneserom1910 1945, he

aithful nderwentany eprivations,ufferingsndharsh ersecutions.n themeantime,ur inghe Russianevolut ionhat u led n Russiaince 917,

hurch nnouncedo the0rthodoxaithful f Korea,hatbecausefheseverityf thecrisesheywere hemselvesxperiencing,heywould o ongerheKorean hurch,ither pirituallyrmaterially.

At the ime herewereno means f communicat ingi thother0rthodoxnd he ewKoreanrthodoxaithful truggledelplesslyor hespiritual

f theirChurch. ometimeater, round 950 he Korean arbroke ut.eonly (orean riest t that imewasFr .AlexeiKimEui Han,whowas aptured

North oreansnd inally isappeared.il itary rti l lery estroyedheChurchnSeoul nd heOrthodoxaithful ere ispersednordero survive.Thus,he fame

n Korea as nce gainndangerf being uenched.

t. the first Orthodoxwrissionargn Korea Laoo-Lao4)2. St. Nicholas,he first OrthodoxChurch,ocated t ChungDong n Seoultaoz)

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RebirthButsoon fter,hemiracle f rebirth uickly egano unfold. od,ewarding

thesacrificesndunshakableaithof Orthodox(oreans,reparedhe way or aperiod f regroupingf Hisnewly eorganizedhurch,n spite ftheshatteringar hathad aken lace.Theovingnd nassumingefforts f the ateArchimandritendreas alkiopoulos,howassent long ith heGreek rmed orcestationedn (orea, eremetwithsuccessndonce gainhe (orean rthodoxaithfu lmanagedo form Parishn Seoul.During is ime n KoreaheChurch ui ld ing as estored,(orean rphans ereprotected

and eddaily ndhundredsf new0rthodoxonvertsere atechizedndbaptized.BeforeeavingorGreece,r.Andreasook ainso see nother(oreanriest eingordainednTokyoJanuaryth1954),hepious orisMoona manwhohadbeenchoseny hemembersf he0rthodox ommunitynSeoul.Now,heestablishment,xpansionnd urther preadingf theOrthodoxaithin l(orearodona long nddifficult ath. r.Boris,ogether ithhisdevotedo-workerstruggledi thsuperhumanffortsomaintainhe small lock"of the0rthodoxaithful,o saveheproperty f theChurch hich adbeen onfiscatedy he (oreangovernment,nd o finally uild he Byzantinetyle hurch f St.Nicholasathedraln 1968on hesite hatstandsoday. herewasa problemo be solved, owever.he0rthodox hurch f l(orea idnotbelong

to anyecclesiasticalurisdiction.o, n December956,aftermuch onsiderat ionndprayer,he membersfthe0rthodox orean ommunityrganizedGeneralAssemblynd oted nanimouslyo send pet i t ionothe Ecumenicalatr iarchatendask o beacceptedundertsecclesiast icalur isdict ion.heEcumenical

Patriarchateeplied ositivelyo their equestndundertookheadministrationfthe (orean rthodoxhurch.

Unti l 2004 the Churchof Koreawas an ExarchatePatr iarchatendwassupervisedy His Eminence ionysiosMetropol i tan of New Zealand, who was assisted byArchimadri teSoti r iosTrambas ince1975 and who wasordained ssistant ishop n L993. n 2004 he Church fKoreawaselevatedo a Metropolis i th Bishop otir ios s tsfirstMetropoli tan.n May2008Metropoli tanotir iosesignedvoluntar i lyrom this postand was electedMetropol i tan fPisid ia.Since hen, he new Metropol i tan f l (orea s HEAmbrosios ographos.

of the Ecumenical

3. Qreek rng Chaplain, rchivn. ndrewHalkiopoulosLa52*LQ 54)4. Korean riest,Fr. BrisMoon La54-Lq77)5. ThenewBgzantinetglechurch f St. Nicholas athedraln Mapo-ku Lq68)a. Arrivalof Archirn. otiriosTrambasn Seoul(L-L2-Lq7s)

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Journeyhrough lessingsThe ecent ecadesf the0rthodox hurch f l(orea aswitnessedmulti faceted

expansionn var iousields,ome f whichwi l l bementionedelow:. So far, he l(oreanPriestsFatherDanielNa, Fr.AntonyWoo,Fr StephanosHwang, r.Alexandrosan,Fr.Pavlos(won,Fr.JeremyCho,Fr. larion eong ndthe Deaconsaiah (im have eenordainedo Priesthoodndare servingn sevendifferent arishes.. Apart romSt. Nicholas athedraln Seoul,hereare Parishesn the cit ies fPusan,ncheon,heonju,huncheon,alang-r indUlsanas wel l as numerous hapels. few years go he HolyMetropolisf l(orea ssistedn buildingheChurch f theHolyTrinityn Pyongyang,orth (orea.. 0ur Church'subl ishingrganizational led l(orean

0rthodox Edi t ions" hasundertakenhe askof translat ingnto (orean l l thebasic i turgicalexts, heological or l

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. The irstvisitof HAH he Ecumenicalatriarch artholomewo l(oreawas nApril 1995,whichwasa sour-cef joyandan opportuni tyf spir i tual t rengtheningfor a l l 0rthodox oreans.ur inghisvisi t ,the0rthodox hurchf Korea asofficiallyrecognizedy he Korean overnment.womore isitsweremade y,HAH o Korea, nein 2000and secondne n 2005.. Caresbeingakenor hespiritudleeds f all those hocomeromRussiaandotherBalkan ountr iesy celebrat inghe Divine i turgyn the Slavoniclanguage.or his eason easkedhe Moscow atriarchateo dispatch RussianPriest. sasa result,Hieromonkr.Tfreophane(imcameo Korean 2000and spresentlyervingnourParishesnSeollandPusan.lso, veryastSundayf eachmonthhe Divine iturgyscel.ebratedi the Englishanguageor Orthodoxngfishspeakers.. Another orthmentioningorkis hecomingf Greekolunteeragiographerswhovisi t Korea egular lyn order o paintourChurchesndChapelsswellas he Church f ourMonasteryn Kapyeong.. Lastbut not east,he 0rthodoxMetropolisfKoreamaintainsWebsiten heKoreanndEnglishlanguages.http://www.orthodox.or.kr).

TheAnniversaryf 110years f 0rthodox itnessn Koreas or heOrthodoxChurch f Korea, hich s now ourneyingoward he irstdecade f i ts secondcentenary,landmarkfgreatmportancendmarkshebeginningfa new lessedera n he Land f Morningalm".

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