My Adventures in Africa is a sequel
to Adventures in the Unseen: The Silent Witness [all the book here]. Many people who have
read the latter have expressed further interest in the life of Orthodox
Mission in Africa. The manner in which Orthodoxy was introduced into
East Africa during the twentieth century, and the way in which it has
taken root and spread, can only be explained in terms of a Divine
miracle. Orthodoxy has spread phenomenally throughout East Africa.
From
Uganda, it has spread into Kenya, Tanzania and all Africa. In recent
years, the Orthodox Churches of Finland, Greece, Cyprus and America have
assisted their sister Church in East Africa. This help in no way
detracts from the fact that the planting of Orthodoxy in East Africa was
achieved by African men and African enterprise without any external
missionary support.
Archbishop Makarios, Metropolitan of
Kenya, a native of Cyprus, began his missionary activity in East Africa
as the Principal of the Patriarchal Seminary which was established in
Kenya by His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus. In 1992, he
was elected and consecrated Bishop of Riruta. He continued as principal
of the Patriarchal Seminary until September 1997. The following year,
the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria elected him as
Metropolitan of Zimbabwe. In February 2001, He was elected as
Metropolitan of Kenya and Irinoupolis.
His collection of
sermons and other discourses, delivered on various occasions, gives an
insight into a work of transformation. Seventy years ago, authentic
Orthodoxy did not exist in East Africa. Today, a network of hundreds of
parishes extends across the length and breadth of this vast area of the
continent. It is an event of no small significance in modern Christian
history. These sermons serve to provide a witness to this remarkable
phenomenon.
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