Igagitungu is located two hours northwest of the Kindamali Mission Center. To get there, one crosses a breathtaking route through age-old trees and small villages, which are located along the dirt road. The Holy Church of the Transfiguration of our Lord, God and Savior, St. Porphyrius and St. Fotius the Great is built at an altitude of 2000 m., upon a plot that was donated by the President of the BoD, Elder Maximos. The Thyranoixia (Opening of the Doors) ceremony was celebrated by His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa during his missionary tour in Central Tanzania. It is worth nothing that prior to the construction of the Holy Church, the liturgical needs of the faithful were served by a grass-hut, which they built themselves with the few tools available to them and the humble materials collected from the nearby area.
