06 October 2023 20:07
Drilling of a well has begun on the site of the future St. Nicholas Church in Tanzania to provide local people with drinking water
At the construction site of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Kimamba village in Tanzania (Kilosa District, Morogoro Region), drilling of a well has begun to provide people with drinking water.
06 October 2023 20:02
A piece of the relics of the Holy Martyr Maurice was donated to the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
A piece of the relics of the Holy Martyr Maurice was donated to the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa.
05 October 2023 15:02
The Chairman of the Missionary Department had a meeting with the Ambassador of Mauritius to Russia
On September 29, 2023, at the Embassy of the Republic of Mauritius in the Russian Federation, a meeting was held between the Chairman of the Missionary Department of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, Priest George Maximov, and the Ambassador ...
13 September 2023 20:45
A mass baptism took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A mass baptism was performed at the parish of the Patriarchal Exarchate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Boma (Kongo Central). The ordinance was administered by the priest Augustine Mulamba. Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
13 September 2023 20:42
On the memorial day of the venerable Monk Moses Murin, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in Ebuyangu, Kenya
On September 10, the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, on the memorial day of the venerable Monk Moses Murin, at the parish of the Great Martyr and healer Panteleimon in Ebuyangu village (Kenya, Kakamega deanery), the dean priest Arsenios Chitwa ...
30 August 2023 22:53
Another community in Burundi entered the Russian Orthodox Church
Owing to the missionary labour of the priest Demetrios Ntahonshiki one more community entered the Russian Orthodox Church – the Magara community (Bujumbura Rural). The first Divine Service was celebrated here recently. On Saturday, 26th ...
30 August 2023 20:42
15 citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo received Holy Baptism
On 28th August 2023, on the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, 15 people received Holy Baptism at the parish of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Tenke (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
30 August 2023 20:19
Two representatives of the Xhosa (African cultural group) received Holy Baptism
On 27th August 2023, 12th Sunday after Pentecost, priest Nicholas Esterhuizen celebrated the Divine Service at the Church of St. John of the Ladder in Cape Town, South Africa. On the same day, Fr. Nicholas baptised two sisters – the ...
29 August 2023 21:54
Metropolitan Leonid of Klin: the clerics of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa noticed the surge of interest in Christian Orthodoxy from the youth
Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, wrote about the mission of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa at its present stage in his Telegram channel.
29 August 2023 21:44
Сhildren’s choir is founded at the Church of St. John of the Ladder in Cape Town
At the Church of St. John of the Ladder in Cape Town, South Africa, children's choir lessons have started.
29 August 2023 21:37
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov visited the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg
On 24 August 2023, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov visited the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Johannesburg after the BRICS summit held in the South African Republic. Accompanied by the rector of the ...
29 August 2023 15:07
Clerics of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Congo provided humanitarian aid to those who suffered in Dolisie
An outbreak of cholera, shigellosis and typhus occurred as a result of a natural disaster near the third largest city in the Republic of Congo Dolisie. There are parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church in the affected area. Priests of the ...
27 August 2023 20:09
In the Kimamba village (Tanzania) a temple is founded in honour of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
On 27th August 2023, 12th Sunday after Pentecost, the Divine Service was celebrated at the site of the future church in honour of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Kimamba village in Tanzania (Kilosa District, Morogoro Region).
27 August 2023 20:06
Dozens of young parishioners were present at the seminar at the Vihiga deanery in Kenya
In Kenya, at the Vihiga deanery, a youth seminar took place, the participants of which were 46 young parishioners from eight parishes.
10 August 2023 21:49
Preparation is ongoing to transition the non-canonical community of Gabon to the Russian Orthodox Church
With this purpose, a missionary Alexander Lyulka visited the country, where he gave catechetical talks in all four parishes inside the community: Libreville, Ntoum, and Abing-Assi.
