Eastern Orthodoxy in Guatemala

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Guatemala refers to adherents, communities and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Guatemala. Many of the Eastern Orthodox Christians in Guatemala are ethnic Mayas. Although the dominant religion in Guatemala is historically Roman Catholicism, in recent decades other Christian denominations have gained adherents there. Eastern Orthodox Christianity in particular has been growing rapidly, as a number of schismatic Catholic groups have expressed their desire to become Eastern Orthodox and have been received under the jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodox hierarchs. Currently, there are two distinct Eastern Orthodox communities in Guatemala, the Antiochian and the Constantinopolitan.

## Contents

* 1 Antiochian
* 2 Constantinopolitan
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 See also
* 6 External links

## Antiochian

Eastern Orthodox Christianity arrived in Guatemala at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century with immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Middle East.[1] In the 1980s two Catholic women, Mother Inés and Mother María, converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and established a monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity. In 1992 they were received into the Antiochian Patriarchate and in 1995 the Catholic Apostolic Orthodox Antiochian Church in Guatemala was formally established. The state orphanage of Hogar Rafael Ayau, established in 1857, was privatized and transferred to their care in 1996.[1][2]

The Antiochian Eastern Orthodox Church in Guatemala is part of the Antiochian Patriarchate's Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean. Its first temple was dedicated in 1997.[3][2]

On 5 November 2017, the Monastery of the Holy Trinity and the associated orphanage, Hogar Rafael Ayau, were canonically transferred from the Orthodox Church of Antioch to the Serbian Orthodox Church. Amfilohije, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and the Administrator of South-Central America, came to Amatitlán to greet Mother Inés.[4]

## Constantinopolitan

A different, mostly indigenous Mayan, group was accepted into the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2010. This had been a group which was part of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement and had rocky relations with the Roman Catholic Church. Eventually, the group's leader, Father Andrés Girón, who had previously served as a congressional representative,[5]: 141 as a senator in 1991[6] and as an ambassador to the United Nations, left the Roman Catholic Church over tensions related to his support for land reform and their support for "liturgical reform".[lower-alpha 1] Girón and his followers, who numbered between 10,000 and 100,000,[7] first joined the Society of clerks secular of Saint Basil,[8][lower-alpha 2] and later moved towards Orthodoxy, being received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2010. According to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, this may well be the largest mass-conversion to Orthodoxy since the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988.[11] The Orthodox Church promptly sent missionaries to Guatemala to educate and catechize the newfound converts.[12][13][14][15]

## Notes

1. ↑ Girón carried a pistol at his waist and "was thought to be a violent priest," but his family members were assassinated and he was assigned a four-man submachine gun armed bodyguard by president Vinicio Cerezo.[5]: 65–66, 279–280
2. ↑ Girón was the nominal president of the Society Of Clerks Secular Of Saint Basil when it was incorporated in Louisiana in 2008.[9][10]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hitos de la Historia de la Iglesia Ortodoxa y del Monasterio Ortodoxo Antioqueño en Guatemala". http://www.hogarafaelayau.org/pages/history.php.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Who we are". Villa Nueva, GT: Hogar Rafael Ayau. http://hogarafaelayau.org/cms/pages/who-we-are.php.
3. ↑ "Guatemala" (in es). Jardines del Pedregal, MX: Iglesia Ortodoxa Antioquena. Arquidiócesis de México, Venezuela, Centroamérica y el Caribe. http://iglesiaortodoxa.org.mx/informacion/?page_id=184.
4. ↑ "The Serbian Orthodox Church in Central America got a new monastery | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". http://www.spc.rs/eng/serbian_orthodox_church_central_america_got_new_monastery.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ujpán, Ignacio Bizarro (2001). Sexton, James D.. ed. Joseño: another Mayan voice speaks from Guatemala. Translated by James D. Sexton. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826323545. https://books.google.com/books?id=-COW47mrMb0C&pg=PA66.
6. ↑ Emling, Shelley (1991-09-20). "Priest-congressman works for Guatelala's poor". Guatemala City, GT. https://apnews.com/c59bfc474b6fb558f5eb224b00f899d0.
7. ↑ Klein, David (September 28, 2021). "Guatemala: Led by 'Father Revolutionary', Indigenous communities turn to Orthodox Christianity". https://www.sightmagazine.com.au/features/21920-guatemala-led-by-father-revolutionary-indigenous-communities-turn-to-orthodox-christianity.
8. ↑ "March 2006 Guatemala, consecration of Bishop Fernando Castellanos, and visits to numerous parishes, congregations, Mayan ruins and aviaries". 2006-11-28. http://www.reu.org/public/guatemal/guat06/g06.htm.
9. ↑ "The Society Of Clerks Secular Of Saint Basil". http://www.louisianacorporates.com/corp/577934.html. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
10. ↑ "The society of clerks secular of Saint Basil". Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of State. 2015-01-15. https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearchDetails.aspx?CharterID=798629_AEG62.
11. ↑ "150,000 Converts in Guatemala! - Ancient Faith Presents... | Ancient Faith Ministries". https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/150000_converts_in_guatemala.
12. ↑ Maddex, John; Jackson, Peter (2013-09-13). "150,000 Converts in Guatemala!". ancientfaith.com (Podcast). Chesterton, IN: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Ancient Faith Ministries. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09.
13. ↑ "Guatemala". Naucalpan, MX: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico. n.d.. http://www.goarchmexico.org/news_121231_4.html.
14. ↑ Brandow, Jesse (2012-08-27). "Seminarian witnesses 'explosion' of Orthodox Christianity in Guatemala". Yonkers, NY: Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. http://www.svots.edu/headlines/seminarian-jesse-brandow-gives-first-hand-account-explosion-orthodox-christianity-guatemal.
15. ↑ Kuruvilla, Carol (2015-04-15). "The Greek Orthodox Church in Latin America is not very Greek". New York. https://huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/15/greek-orthodox-church-latin-america_n_7065630.html.

## See also

* History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
* History of Eastern Christianity
* Mayan religion
* Western Rite Orthodoxy

## External links

* Abba Seraphim: Orthodox Mission In The Twenty-First Century: Guatemala
* Introducing Mayan Orthodoxy . Pictures and article by OCP (the Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Society), posted on April 16, 2014
* History of The Orthodox Church and Monastery in Guatemala, from the Orthodox nuns who have run the "Hogar Rafael Ayau" orphanage in Guatemala
* "What is God doing in Guatemala?" – An Article by Priest Peter Jackson on Missionary Work in the Central American Nation, posted on October 3, 2013 on the official site of the Eparchy of Eastern America and New York of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

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