Metropolitan Makarios of Kenya It is for many decades that I have been dealing with the life and work of late pioneer missionary Fr. Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos. I was not blessed to meet him in person, but, I believe that the Divine Providence brought him into the path of my life in another way when I…
“Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord” This message was heard loudly at the arrival of the God-sent bishop of the Great Church of Christ, His Eminence Fr. Athanasios Kayembe, a fellow cyrenian of the great missionary HDB Pope and Patriarch of the Great City of Alexandria and all Africa Theodore…
“Following CODECO’s massacre of 17 civilians in Djugu, ADF terrorists in turn killed mercilessly 11 Congolese in Irumu. Faced with the silence of the state authorities, Ituri continues its descent into hell. Mined by local and foreign militias, the area has become a real site of bloody raids, as has North Kivu. … …
We recently held the funeral service of late Samuel, who was a reader at St. John’s parish Church in our Holy Diocese of Kisumu and Western Kenya. Samuel was one of the people of our Diocese, and in general ,of Kenya and of the African continent who die of countless diseases apart from the peaceful…
Christ is Risen! Dear Members of the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity, Rejoice in the Lord always. In the Resurrection joy of Pentecost, we meet once more through letter communication to thank all the members of this Fraternity and each member individually for all the benefits you have offered to the faithful of…
Christ is Risen! By the Grace of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, the Wishes and Blessings of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa THEODORE II and your prayers, our diocesan ministry continues in faraway Malawi. Glory to God for all things! After the Great and Holy Week and the Resurrection…
My dear brothers and fellow companions, Christ is Risen. Our joy is great because always during this Resurrection period, the group baptisms of the catechists take place. By the Grace of God, 500 new members received Holy Baptism and became members of our local Orthodox Church. How can one describe the overwhelming feelings at that…
Christ is Risen! We thank the Almighty God and express our gratitude for your immense love towards our missionary work and specifically for the donation we received for the construction of wells, due to the difficulty that exists in our communities to have access to drinking water. We are very happy to inform you that…
Dear Mission Friends and Supporters It is with much emotion and infinite respect for your philanthropic hearts that I am writing these lines in order to update you about the course of missionary activity in the Holy Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania. By the Grace of God, we are trying to continue the construction…
Blessed brothers, CHRIST IS RISEN! The story of Rwanda is a painful one; perhaps the most painful story in the world with the largest genocide in history in 1994. What was the cause? Racial discrimination, with the colonialists encouraging the divisions and conflicts between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes. For 100 days the country…
