March 15, 2011
On
the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13th, the Pope and
Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II,
after the Divine Liturgy, accompanied by His Eminence
Metropolitan of Kampala Mr. Jonah, the Clergy, the
Egyptian Ambassador, the Muslim religious worker in
the area and many visitors went to an adjacent area
of the Parish of Anthony the Great
Monte and held the ceremony to found the first
Orthodox Monastery in Africa, dedicated to Saint Mary
of Egypt.
The Sisterhood that will inhabit the monastery, by the
grace of God, after its completion consists of three
native Nuns - Maria, Taboria, Theosemni - who lived for
two years at the Monastery of Panagia Chrysopigi in
Chania, Crete and they were taught the Greek language,
ecclesiastical music and monastic handiwork.
Welcoming
the commencement of construction of the monastic
habitat, the Archbishop spoke of the importance of
monasticism in the Orthodox Church and expressed the
feelings of hope and joy generated by the
establishment of a monastic Sisterhood in Africa.
Official Website Patriarchate of
Alexandria
Translated by
John Sanidopoulos
