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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
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