By the grace of God the first four years were completed in the vineyard of the Lord in western Tanzania, which His right hand planted. Four years have passed since His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore entrusted to our Minority the Diocese of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, and six months ago also the long-suffering Diocese of Ruanda.
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
Dear friends of the Mission First of all, let me congratulate your Fraternity on completing 60 years since its establishment; on the 60 years of your presence in ministry of Overseas Mission; on your 60–year-engagement in the epic of modern Hellenism, the Orthodox Mission. Let me congratulate you on the 60 years of your contribution
The children arrived at the Camp singing happily! They were coming into the jungles from the shanties where they live. The camp for them must have looked like a palace! Unlike them, we were in despair! The Kasikizi Camp season started, but we had no money to buy food (beans, rice and n’dizi – the
We would like to extend our great appreciation and deep gratitude to the Orthodox Missionary Fraternity, which for 60 years now has organized the rear of the Mission, has cultivated the missionary consciousness in the homeland and has strengthened the ministry on the front line. They are accompanied by the blessing of the first missionary
Dear Friends of Mission, We are contacting you at the beginning of the ecclesiastical year to wish you every blessing from the Lord in your valuable work to support the missionary divisions around the world. Your Fraternity’s support to the Holy Diocese of Bukomba so far has been great and important and we thank you
When we went to our parish churches, I noticed that they had neither baptismal fonts nor baptisteries. When we were at baptisms, another surprise awaited us. They did not have a baptismal font! Well, we ask them, where is the baptismal font? – We do not have one, they replied. We have a bucket, we
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I want to thank you for your support of the whole Missionary Work in Bukoba, Tanzania. The help came at the beginning of the project and was a relief for the big issues we were facing. I do not forget your advice from your cooperation with dozens of missionaries
Roads of Christ, roads of the Apostles, roads of love were the tours of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch Theodore in Bukoba diocese, Tanzania, on October 18-21, 2021. He has a great love for all, but especially for Tanzania and Bukoba. This is the fourth time he has been to Tanzania and his third
Α΄. The creation of the local clergy The great missionaries of our Orthodoxy, Cyril and Methodius in the past and Saint Cosmas in more recent times, taught us that in order for the mission of the Church to be able to progress, it must have a local pastor. The leaders of the missionary teams organize
