The Mission in Sierra Leone was founded in December 2007, after His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II gave his blessing to the then Archimandrite Fr. Themistocles Adamopoulos to minister to a nation in pain, the much suffering nation of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone had never seen Orthodoxy before. That was the first attempt to evangelize and…
Dear Friends of Mission, I would like to talk to you about the Orthodox Mission in the wounded country of Sierra Leone. Across the country there is still a profound grief since this blood-stained land has been suffering for the last 25 years. One disaster after another. This great event began with a barbaric civil…
Recently, the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma, declared that this West African state has overcome the epidemic of Ebola. For all of us who live in Sierra Leone and went through this nightmare of a deadly epidemic that in 2014-2015 claimed thousands of lives, this is wonderful and very comforting news…
We are in one of the poorest nations on the planet, recovering from a long and barbaric civil war, a deadly Ebola epidemic and devastating floods. Therefore, the obligation to feed the poor becomes an imperative in the practical theology of our mission…
Living along and ministering to Sierra Leoneans during the Ebola outbreak crisis is a challenge to love more
A message from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone
None of the Orthodox flock and our workers here in Sierra Leone have been infected with the virus. And our people continue to receive Holy Communion without fear of being infected. Such is the level of faith here…
We mainly need food, medical equipment (but not pharmaceuticals), school supplies, church supplies.
Memories from the Missionary and Pastoral Visit of the Patriarch of Alexandria to the Diocese of Sierra Leone, by Fr. Themistocles Adamopoulos
Watch missionary Fr. Themistocles Adamopoulos speak about the reality of missionary work in Sierra Leone.
