As Archbishop of Nairobi, I have the honor to record the sacred events of the visit of His Beatitude—a visit that was a celebration of faith, unity, and our unwavering love for Kenya and Africa. Saturday: A Joyful Arrival and Great Vespers In the early morning hours of Saturday, His Beatitude arrived with a spirit…
The dangers here in our mission are on the daily schedule, perhaps because we are so used to it that we no longer pay attention to it. Five murder attempts, robberies, assaults, fatal diseases, car accidents, etc. – not to mention more – because I deeply believed that the invisible hand of God never ceased…
We recently held the funeral service of late Samuel, who was a reader at St. John’s parish Church in our Holy Diocese of Kisumu and Western Kenya. Samuel was one of the people of our Diocese, and in general ,of Kenya and of the African continent who die of countless diseases apart from the peaceful…
The Diocese of Nyeri and Mount Kenya is one of the 4 Dioceses of Kenya under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Nyeri Region is located in Central Kenya and next to Mount Kenya and consists of 7 districts:Nyeri, Mwingi, Meru, Embu, Laikipia, Nyahururu and Tharaka-nithi. In the headquarters of Nyeri there are various…
These days we had the graduation of the young children of our primary school. A glorious ceremony with holy water for the graduating children. Present were the children’s “parents” or friends to celebrate this pleasant and unique event for their age. Joys and songs, speeches and poems. They thanked me for the fact that the…
This year, one of the last pioneers in Kenya, Protopresbyter Benjamin Kiptalam Rotich (1926-2022), slept in the Lord. The funeral service was conducted in an atmosphere of deep emotion. When I think of the early workers of the Gospel and Orthodoxy, I wonder under which conditions they worked and struggled when, even today, we have…
On Saturday, October 22, I accompanied His Eminence Metropolitan of Nairobi to distant parts of the Diocese of Eldoret. The purpose of this long tour was to perform the funeral service of an elderly and dignified lady who was one of the founding members of the Orthodox Church and of the local school. His Eminence…
The Church of God seems to many of us to be a given that it is right next to us, close to us, and at any moment it is easy to leave our home and in a few steps we can be in the Temple, to worship and receive the grace of God and the…
I am currently on a pastoral visit to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is a beautiful day, as it seems to have rained the previous days. So today we are enjoying the green landscape with the variegated flowers and plants, the trees and even the huge stones that really remind us of the days…
Christ is risen! Truly risen! In the midst of this great pandemic that is still plaguing the world and humanity, where people are in agony trying to find a cure, many others have lost their jobs, others remain sick in their homes or in hospitals and unfortunately many have left this life, there is a…
