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…
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…
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…
Indeed, by the grace of God and the action of the Holy and Ruling Spirit, the message of Orthodoxy is carried and planted and germinates in all the widths and lengths of the African continent, always, of course, with the blessings and blessings of His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All…
It could be said that our Missionary course has neither a beginning nor an end. We set out on a mission without knowing where we will end up: a life of adventures and surprises from one end of the African continent to the other. We still have a long way to go in order to…
And yet he came. Who? The one who this year has completed thirty years of High Priesthood and sixteen years at the helm of the Orthodox Church in Africa. He himself considered that his presence was necessary and imperative. The father of the great and historic Church of St. Mark had to show his love…
I always write down my thoughts, my ideas, my concerns and my feelings, not only now with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing rise in global hunger- especially here in Africa. Surprises come unexpectedly but they almost always give a hopeful message, although nowadays the situations we are going through are difficult and quite often…
If we must specify the firm pillar of propagation and empowerment of the missionary work in the African continent, then undoubtedly we will refer to the Holy Diocese of Nairobi, Kenya. The man who envisioned and founded this work was the late Makarios III, Archbishop and President of Cyprus. The facilities of the Holy Diocese…
