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The Missionary Church of St Dionysios on Olympos since its establishment has fought with the support of its members and faithful supporters of the Missionary Church to offer a better tomorrow to the children in Africa. It is through a variety of actions that we seek to make love and solidarity a reality. This venture, […]

“If but one child in any corner of the world is dying of hunger or war, then civilization has severely failed” (N. Kazantzakis) It is no small feat to offer a plate of food to our fellow man, young or old, in faraway Tanzania. Hundreds of children are fed at the Iringa Missionary Centre, children

All children have a right to live! In the 21st century, thousands of ‘angels’ leave this earth bound for heaven, because this earth does not have sufficient water to quench their thirst or because we did not care enough to offer these children water to drink… Certain people nowadays are desperately seeking water on Mars,

The Holy Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania celebrated Christmas Day with the anticipated solemnity and splendor. Hundreds of faithful people from every corner of the Iringa region gathered at the Kindamali Missionary Centre to attend the Divine Liturgy and receive the holy communion! After mass, a rich meal was offered to all present so

A few days before Christmas, we are all busy preparing for the festive meal, which shall be an occasion of joy and meeting for the whole family. In Africa, many are the families that donot have the “necessary” goods, as is the case in the “civilized” societies. Nevertheless, the joy is manifest and is endlessly

His Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania, exercising his duties as locum tenens of the Bukoba Diocese, conducted a Trisagion service on the tomb of the late Fr. Sosthenes Kiyonga. Fr. Sosthenes was the first Orthodox priest ordained in Tanzania with a huge missionary work. He is the father of Fr. Anastasios Kiyonga,

Moreover, on Saturday 19 September an assembly of Priests was held at the Diocese of Bukoba, during which his Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania, locum tenens of the Diocese, appointed the new General Patriarchal Commissioner of Bukoba, Archimandrite Chrysostomos Maidonis, and thanked the priests for their admirable cooperation during that year of

Η διανομή τροφίμων και η παράθεση συσσιτίων είναι ορισμένα από τα βασικά αγαθά που μπορούμε να προσφέρουμε στους αδελφούς μας στην Αφρική. Ο καθημερινός αγώνας για την εξεύρεση τροφής είναι άνισος. Πόσα παιδιά στην Αφρική επιστρέφουν από το σχολείο και δεν βρίσκουν ένα πιάτο με ζεστό φαγητό; Για αυτά τα παιδιά αξίζει να συνεχίσουμε αυτή

A festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the newly constructed Holy Church of the Assumption of the Theotokos on the day of the feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos, on the 15 th of August, in the village of Igangimale, of the Iringa area, of the Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania. The faithful

Another significant aspect, which His Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania attaches special importance to, is the care for people with special needs. The purchase of a wheelchair seems like a utopian dream for many of our brothers and sisters in Tanzania. Nevertheless, his Grace, responding to the need of one of our