Archbishop Antonio Chedraoui
The
Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage is under the
responsibility of the Catholic Apostolic Orthodox
Antiochian Church of Guatemala.
The
Church of Antioch is one of the Oriental Churches
belonging to the five original sister churches of
Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Alexandria, and
Constantinople.
The
Church of Antioch founded by St. Peter and St. Paul,
is part of the Universal Catholic Church. She has
given to the world innumerable martyrs, fathers of
the Church, theologians and liturgists and has
maintained the faith and the Liturgy of the origins.
It is there where the followers of Christ were
called "Christians" for the first time.
She
is subject to the highest authority of the Universal
Church wich is the Ecumenical Council and is
presently under the guidance of His Beatitude,
Patriarch Ignatius IV. She loves and respects all
the Sister Churches and their respective Patriarchs.
The
Antiochian Church in Guatemala is under the
jurisdiction of Metropolitan Antonio Chedraoui,
Archbishop for Mexico, Central America, the Caribean
Islands and Venezuela.
Link to the Orthodox Church
Mexico Web Site
