The Anglocatholic Church

On February 23, 2023, The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church, was invited into the First Channel of the Estonian National TV to explain the meaning of Ash Wednesday.

As we enter into the Lenten Time on Ash Wednesday to prepare ourselves for the great Paschal Triduum, we look into our lives and thru repentance and self-examination and by almsgiving we allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and change more to the people of God, who love and serve our Triune God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We wish you Blessed Feast of Lent and the beginning of it on Ash Wednesaday! Blessings to all Bishops, Priests, Deacons and Laity of The Anglocatholic Church.

Pax et bonum!

The Most Reverend Lord Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, MA, MDiv, DMin, LittD, DD, the Patriarch of The Anglocatholic Church of Tallinn Patriarchate

A message from the Primate of All Africa of the The Anglocatholic Church for Lent.

Hello my beloved in the Lord, Lent is the time established to commemorate the forty days of prayer and fasting of our Lord Jesus Christ in the desert, but also to prepare the faithful for the feast of Easter through penance as well as the Hebrews did it for forty years before entering the promised land.

The means of penance that the church proposes at this time are: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a time of struggle and renewal.

This time begins on Ash Wednesday. On that day, in fact, in order to recall the thought of death, which is so salutary for living well, ashes are placed on the head of each one. This liturgical act means: remember, O man, that you are dust and you will return to dust.

To all of you, I wish you a good Lent, may the Lord bless his Anglocatholic Church in this period of penance and may he come to our aid. Amen

Yours truly
His Eminence Dr. James Christian Macaire Miafouanandi,
Primate of All Africa of the Anglocatholic Church

For the priestly formation St. Joseph Interdiocesan Major Seminary has been opened in Cameroon. Rector and two seminarians are already attending theological training.

Patriarch Dr. Heigo Ritsbek’s book “History of the Church” in French – “Histoire de l’Eglise” is in printing just now. Soon available to our Priests and Students.

With sadness we mourn with our brothers and sisters of Roman Catholic Church with the passing away of late Pope Emeritus Benedictus XVI. R. I. P.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus!

God willing, we will be in Christmas Time tomorrow and accept New Year of the Lord soon – two thousand and twenty three. What will it bring to us we do not know yet. What it brought this year AD 2022 to us? When we look at our The Anglocatholic Church, then we are thankful to God, that from His Mercy and Grace we still minister in this world in 28 countries in 126 parishes or missions with 32 Bishops, 175 Priests and 74 Deacons  – total 281 clergymen – with 29,885 faithful Christians in eleven Archdioceses and Sixteen Dioceses.

Lord Jesus Christ is faithful! In my this Christmas Message I want you to read Romans Chapter 16, written by Saint Paul the Apostle. These are personal greetings! Let us send personal greetings to our Clergy and Laity as much we can during this Christmas season! Let us pray that the Russian genocide in Ukraine will stop and there will be really “peace on earth” in Europe and around the world.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2023 TO YOU ALL!

Pax et bonum!

Ego Patriarcha H.

My dear Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Subdeacons, men and women religious, my brothers and sisters in the Lord.

I send you all my best wishes for peace and prosperity for the Feast of Nativity.

May the Lord, born in stable as the poorest among the poor out of love for us and our salvation, fill you with abundant graces and grant you peace, joy, health, and the will to carry out your mission with constancy and perseverance in service of oy holy Anglocatholic Church.

Be the radiant witnesses of your faith, your love of God, in these difficult times and moments when the church is too often replaced by the pagan fest which fills the pockets of merchants of illusions in a world where sects and islam are advancing rapidly, let us unite and pray for each other.

May your commitment to the Anglocatholic Church be constant and unfailing. I humbly commend myself, the clergy of the whole world and the faithful in Africa to your prayers.

With my prayers and and my Apostolic Blessing.

+++ His Eminence Dr. James Christian Macaire Miafouanandi, D.D., Primate of All Africa and Metropolitan Archbishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dr. Raivo Kodanik, Bishop of The Diocese of Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God, was the celebrant of the Holy Mass of the First Advent.