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A testimony about 40 years of priesthood, about a living Orthodox community and about the love of some Chileans for the Romanian Orthodox Church

They are trips from which you return with photos, with memories and with the joy of people you met. But there are also trips from which you return with something much more precious: with a testimony of what God works in the souls of people, sometimes thousands of kilometers from the places where we were born. For me, visiting Chile was one of those experiences.

Between October 29 and November 4, 2026, with the blessing of His Eminence Father Nicolae, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the two Americas, I had the joy of visiting the Parish of "Saint Siluan the Athonite and the Holy Martyr Filofteia" in Chiguayante, in the area of ​​the city of Concepción, as well as participating in pastoral and official meetings in Concepción and Santiago de Chile. The main reason for this trip was the 40th anniversary of Father Alex Aedo Vilugrón, the pastor of this community.

Forty years of priesthood is not measured in years alone. It is measured in Holy Liturgies, in people brought to Christ, in tears on...