Bishop Innocentios of Burundi & Rwanda

Ten out of the eighteen parish communities that we had have been closed due to the fact that we did not have the plots required and, in general, we did not meet the new standards. Naturally, we are very concerned about the souls we have baptized, since we cannot have them gathered…

Επούλωση, αγάπη: λέξεις, που εύκολα λέγονται, καλά ακούγονται, όμως η μετουσίωσή τους σε πράξη είναι πολύ δύσκολη. Κοντά στις πληγές, η φτώχεια, η ανέχεια, οι δύσκολες συνθήκες μέσα στις οποίες ζουν χωρίς τη στοιχειώδη ιατρική περίθαλψη, χωρίς οργανωμένη εκπαίδευση, τους καθιστούν αδύναμους να τα βγάλουν πέρα μόνοι τους και προσβλέπουν σ’ εμάς ως στήριγμά τους και ψυχικό αποκούμπι τους. Διψούν να γνωρίσουν την Ορθοδοξία, να βαπτιστούν, να αναγεννηθούν. Κι εμείς δεν τους το αρνούμαστε…

Both Burundi and Rwanda – even more in Rwanda – embraced Orthodoxy with great love. Simple-hearted people, however, despite their simple-heartedness, their questions about the teachings of our Church are anything but simplistic…

The Church in Burundi grows up; 4 churches, one school, wealthy of new members. Lately, under bishop Innocentios, there is also a good work in Rwanda. Let’s pray.

Our material help in these hard times is little, but they understand our care and concern for them as well as our love, whose perfect example is the benefactor of the whole world, God, Whom they long to meet.