In 1963 the Brotherhood of Orthodox Foreign Mission was founded under the name “Friends of Uganda”. We are talking about the time when the African states were then young countries, having just received their independence. Uganda was one year old, having received its independence in 1962. It was in the context of independence that the…
At the beginning of the year, Metropolitan Ieronymos from Mwanza was elected as the new Metropolitan of Kampala. His Holiness is Ugandan and knows very well the conditions prevailing in his country and its missionary reality. An effort is being made in the administrative organization of the HM of Kampala. His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos has…
In Africa, since the problem of people’s daily survival is dramatically and desperately pressing and there is no end to it, the challenge is painful. The need leads to the ministry of the tables (in the broader sense), thus the daily dual struggle between the need and the divine service of preaching divides the missionary apostle and penetrates his heart like a double-edged sword…
If trained personnel are available, the machine is capable of drilling 24 wells per year. We have obtained a country-wide drilling license from the State of Tanzania and we are working with the Ministry of Water for laboratory testing of the water quality of the wells drilled. These are then recorded in the state’s general well inventory
The Church is called to become the embodiment and teacher of the admittedly great mystery of piety, and the nations are called to be discipled and initiated into the mystery…
His Beatitude lit a candle with the Light of Christ that illuminates, brightens, sanctifies and liberates those who groan under the oppression of the devil and his tricks. Only in this Light, close to Christ and His Holy Church, will the continent of Africa obtain the benefits of true peace and justice.
Countries with great natural wealth but at the same time extremely poor. Not in the sense that the world gives to poverty, but in the ontological and spiritual sense. Places with hidden “treasures” in their bowels, but mourning in Truth and awareness…
What are the concerns of the Orthodox youth of Africa? What are they asking of the Church? See a disarming response from the Diocese of Mwanza
A great complaint of people is why true faith in God came so late to them. Why is it that what the Greeks, for example, have possessed for two thousand years, has not been shared with them for so long? It is a staggering question and a very difficult one to answer.
The charitable work of the Holy Metropolis of Moanza is a direct function of the love and contribution of our Greek Orthodox brothers and sisters. It is they who enable us in various ways to benefit and relieve the wounds of the indigent and helpless Africans.
