The Mission began in 2003 as a lay initiative by committed Orthodox Christians, and is continually supported by those who are zealous to bring the true Universal Orthodox Faith to all.

The Mission is a fraternity, consisting of Orthodox clergy, monastics and lay people. It is open to every person from every nation and background – it is not ethno-specific.

The best gift we can give to our nation (and the world) is the message of hope and salvation. This can only be achieved by using the language and culture of the nation we find ourselves in. Lest by adhering to a foreign language and culture, we isolate people or shut them out of the Kingdom, by imposing upon them the Faith in an incomprehensible language.

… preaching cannot cease;
divine worship is fulfilled according to correct rite and in an edifying manner;
iconography is uplifting and pious and the singing is sober, simple and reverent.
The fulfilment of this is the responsibility of those who serve.
It is necessary to speak out, not just in churches but also in homes,
using every opportunity to describe the Divine Reality,
and expose the seduction of our soul by the illusions of the mind and body.
[St Theophan the Recluse, The Path to Salvation]

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit inaugurated the dawn of the New Covenant Church when all heard and understood the mighty acts of God in their own language and dialect. This imperative was set by God himself.