Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro
Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro (Chinese name "Chao Heung Jin (Cáo Héngjìn 曹衡进)") (born in Java, 1956) is an Indonesian archimandrite as well as founder of Indonesia Orthodox Church. He was served in Most Holy Trinity Parish, Banjarsari, Surakarta.[1]
Early life and education
Byantoro was born in middle-class family in Indonesia.[2] His father was Lim Ho Tjoean (Lín Huòquán, 林和全) who have a grandfather from Fukien, South China, and his mother was Tan Tjoei Tie Nio (Chén Shuǐzhìniáng, 陈水智娘) born in Lahewa village, Nias Island.[3] He was brought up by his maternal grandfather. He studied the Koran, and received Islamic teaching. According to his claim, he was converted when Christ appeared to him during his evening Islamic prayers.[2]
On 1978, he was studied in Protestant Theological Seminary, the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, (ACTS) in Seoul, South Korea. On 1982, he was found The Orthodox Church by Kallistos Ware in a bookshop in Seoul, who help him introducing Orthodox Church to him. On September 6, 1983, he was converted to Orthodox Church with blessing from Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch Demetrios, and Metropolitan Bishop Dionysius of New Zealand, and crismated by Archimandrite Sotirios Trambas (Zelon Bishop, serving in Korea).[4]
Graduated from Korea, he went to Greece, the United States, before returning to Indonesia.[4]
Ministry
On June 8, 1988, Byantoro departed from the United States and began ministry in Indonesia. First people who converted to Orthodox Church is an ex-Muslim man named Muhammed Sugi Bassari, who baptized with name Photios, on April 1989.[4]
References
- ↑ Contact - Monachos Corner
- 1 2 Profil Arkhimandrit Daniel Byantoro (by: Fr. Kyrillos Junan SL) - Monachos Corner.
- ↑ Incarnational Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia: An Interview with Fr.Dionysios (Rm.Dionisius Surya Halim) and his presbytera Artemia Rita. Orthodoxy in China.
- 1 2 3 Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia.