Diocese of Burundi & Rwanda
Patriarchal visit to Rwanda
Dear Friends of Mission, We continually praise and give thanks to God for blessing the Orthodox Church of Rwanda with the recent visit of His
Bishop Innocentios of Burundi & Rwanda
Burundi
Insurmountable difficulties
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…
Burundi
The Orthodox Mission in Burundi and Rwanda
All of you who are here I want to congratulate you because you continue to sacrifice, despite the crisis, to help in your own way.
Burundi
The harvest is long, the workers are few…
Healing, love: words that are easy to say, sound good, but translating them into action is very difficult. Close to the wounds, poverty, destitution, the difficult conditions in which they live without basic medical care, without organised education, make them unable to cope on their own and they look to us as their support and spiritual refuge. They thirst to know Orthodoxy, to be baptised, to be reborn. And we do not deny them…
Burundi
Keeping the flame alive
Our mission and vision is to spread the light of Orthodoxy in Burundi and Rwanda, which seem to have a bright future. The love, the hospitality, the education I received from you, the Greek people, while I was a student, these are what I try to offer. Our main activity is the spreading of the Orthodox faith, which is the only true…
Orthodoxy in Burundi and Rwanda
Excerpts from the speech of the Bishop of Burundi & Innocentius on the Orthodox Mission in the lecture hall of the Brotherhood.
Burundi
Two years of missionary ministry in Burundi & Rwanda
Both in Burundi and in Rwanda – in Rwanda more so – they embraced Orthodoxy with great love. They are simple-minded people, and for all their simplicity, their questions about the teachings of our Church are anything but simple-minded…
Mission in Burundi and Rwanda: a daily struggle
Excerpts from the speech of Bishop Innocentios at the Assembly of our Fraternity in February 2015
An exciting summer in Burundi and Rwanda
Just as when a small child comes into the world, everyone leans over him with great love and care and everyone asks about his news, in the same way we feel that our brothers from Greece care about the first relative steps that the Orthodox Church is taking in Rwanda and Burundi…
Burundi
Challenges for the Future of the Mission
Four holy churches, a school and thousands of descendants and many dreams for the future are the daily life of the mission in Burundi and Rwanda. Read a short tour by Bishop Innocent.
