For six years I have been ministering in Congo (Brazzaville) at the invitation and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Central Africa. There, at the end of the 1980s, three parishes had been established in as many cities, when the country was ecclesiastically dependent on the Metropolis of Cameroon. Without any building…
The Saint Demetrios Church in the Congolese capital Brazzaville is under construction. It is the first Orthodox church in Brazzaville and is a perpendicular architectural church with arches and arches of aesthetic harmony, designed by the missionary architect Fr Theologos Chrysanthakopoulos, who was recently appointed Patriarchal Commissioner of the Holy Diocese of Brazzaville and Gabon….
The Faculty of Theology of the Orthodox University of Congo is located in the community of Mont-Ngafula in the capital of the country, Kinshasa. As its construction continues, it attracts a number of workers, many of whom are Orthodox and live with their families in the surrounding area. Thus their children have the opportunity to…
And in Kisangani the light of Orthodoxy is advancing. The first missionary church is founded with the pioneer doctor Mr. Luke Antipepepe. Through the actions of Mr. Luke, the church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, which belonged to the Greek community and was abandoned, was renovated. Below is the corresponding letter of His…
With donations and offerings of our dear and pious brothers and sisters from the Orthodox Foreign Missionary Brotherhood, a well was opened in mid-December in an amazingly original way, in the yard of the Church, where the Primary School is located, in the area of Tsiluba. A well, where even a little boy with a…
Bobo, 12/6/09 With this letter, I wish to inform you of the projects which the Brotherhood has financed in the Holy Metropolis of Kampala and All Uganda – Bombo chapter. 1. I am referring to the primary school in the parish of St. John -Gavu-Kibirizi. This school was finished last year and one hundred and…
From the Holy Metropolis of Kenya With the help and grace of God, this year marks fifty years since the foundation of the Holy Metropolis of Kenya. A period that from the time of its foundation had as its main objective the evangelization of the tribes of East Africa, something that was achieved through the…
Analysis of the income and expenses of our Fraternity for the year 2010
It is with great joy that we note that another Orthodox Ι. Temple completed in Western Kenya to worship the Triune God. The joy is greater than the fact that he, along with so many others, was sponsored by a regular member of our Fraternity who wishes to remain anonymous. The Church of the Assumption…
In the early morning hours of February 10 , 2009, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, at the airport. His Beatitude was received by His Eminence Metropolitan Makarios of Kenya, the Ambassador of Greece in Nairobi and African priests. After a short rest, around noon, His Beatitude…
