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 ...
05 October 2023 15:01
Metropolitan Leonid of Klin held a meeting with the representatives of the ANO “World Youth Festival Directorate”
On October 2, in Moscow, the Patriarchal Exarch of African Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, held a working meeting with the representatives of the ANO “World Youth Festival Directorate” Alina Mamaeva and Ivan Gusakov.
02 October 2023 12:18
Students of pastoral courses visited the Ryazan Diocese
On September 24, the 16th Week after Pentecost, before the Exaltation, students of the pastoral courses of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa co-celebrated the Divine Service at the St. Andrew's Monastery in Moscow.
02 October 2023 12:11
On the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St.James parish in Nigeria
On September 27, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, at St. James parish in Nigeria in Adikpo town, Benue State, the dean of the parishes of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa in Nigeria, Archimandrite Niphon ...
26 September 2023 20:24
Metropolitan Leonid of Klin met with the leader of the non-canonical Church of Cameroon
On September 25, at the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of All Saints in Kulishki in Moscow, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, met with David Queen, the "bishop" of the non-canonical Church of Cameroon.
26 September 2023 20:16
SPbDA students from African countries visited the Legislative Assembly of Saint-Petersburg
On September 22, foreign students of the Saint-Petersburg Theological Academy from the countries of pastoral responsibility of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa visited the Mariinsky Palace of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Capital.
25 September 2023 17:31
An African clergyman told SPbDA students about the liturgical traditions of Orthodox Christians in Tanzania
On September 19, 2023, the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy hosted the first lecture hall of the Students Society for Liturgical Study in the new academic year. The guest of the event was a cleric of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa from ...
18 September 2023 17:09
In the current academic year, 10 new students from Africa will study at the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy
During the first two weeks of the 2023/2024 academic year, 10 students from Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Kenya - the countries which the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa takes care of - arrived at the Saint Petersburg ...
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 ...
11 September 2023 16:24
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill held negotiations with the Supreme Head of the Malankara Church
On September 6, after the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, a grand reception took place in the Patriarchal Chambers of the Kremlin’s Palace of Facets of the Moscow Kremlin. During the reception, His Holiness ...
01 September 2023 20:40
Metropolitan Leonid of Klin took part in a panel session “Cooperation in the Protection of Children’s Rights” at the Russia-Africa Summit
The Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, delivered an address on "Fundamental Principles of Church Teaching on Family and Upbringing: Traditions and Present-Day Practice"
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 ...
