On November 1, 2026, the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, the Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Konstantin of Cairo and North Africa, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, in the Meshchanskaya Sloboda district of Moscow.
His Eminence was concelebrated by the Vicar of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, Bishop Euphimy of Lukhovitsy, Dean of the Egyptian Ecclesiastical District; Father George Maximov, Chairman of the Missionary Department of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, and members of a delegation of clergy from ten African countries currently visiting Russia with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, as well as the clergy of the church.
Before the service began, His Eminence performed the ordination of Eleutherius Tsoungi of Cameroon and Jacob Mbenga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as readers.
Following the Great Entrance, Metropolitan Konstantin ordained Deacon Thomas Nisengwe, a cleric of the Parish of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Burundi, as a priest.
At the conclusion of the Liturgy, His Eminence delivered an archpastoral address and words of encouragement to the African clergy.
The bishop warmly congratulated the newly ordained priest, Thomas Nisengwe, with his ordination to the priesthood and wished him God’s help in his ministry.
Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
