Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Orthodox Mozambique. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Orthodox Mozambique. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων

Τετάρτη 19 Απριλίου 2023

Orthodox Easter (Pascha) 2023 in Zambia & Mozambique / La fête de la Résurrection du Christ, Kananga

Páscoa Ortodoxa ::Maputo Mozambique!
Cristo ressuscitou dos mortos,
venceu a morte com a morte,
aos que estavam no túmulo
Cristo deu a Vida!
Χριστός Ανέστη
 
Ορθόδοξο Πάσχα :: Maputo Mozambique!
Χριστός αναστήθηκε εκ νεκρών,
Έχει ξεπεράσει τον θάνατο με θάνατο,
εκείνα που ήταν στον τάφο
Ο Χριστός έδωσε τη Ζωή!

 


Orthodox Metropolis of Zambia


 
Χριστός Ανέστη from St Nicholas in Kapiri.
With the blessings of Archbishop Ioannis of Zambia and with the profound help of Greek community of Copper belt Community the parish of St Nicholas in Kapiri Mposhi experienced and cerebrated the Great Feast of Pascha with joy and brightness.
Χριστός Ανέστη
Christ is risen
Khristu Washukuka
Khristu Wauka
Christ est Ressuscite
Khristu Wabuka
Khristu Wovenya
Khristu Asukile
 
Χριστός Ανέστη from St Nicholas in Kapiri.
Με τις ευλογίες του Αρχιεπισκόπου Ιωάννη Ζάμπιας και με την βαθιά βοήθεια της Ελληνικής κοινότητας Copper belt Community η ενορία του Αγίου Νικολάου στο Καπίρι Μόσχης βίωσε και εορτάσε με χαρά και φωτεινότητα τη Μεγάλη Γιορτή του Πασχά.
Χριστός Ανέστη
Χριστός Ανέστη
Χριστός Ανέστη\n
Khristu Wauka
Χριστός Ανέστη
Ο Χριστός με κοιτάζει
Χριστός των υφαντών
Χριστός Ανέστη.
 
 
La fête de la Résurrection du Christ
C'est dans une climat de solennité et de joie que la Résurrection de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ a été fêtée dans notre Archevêché. Sous une pluie douce des bénédictions, son Éminence Mgr CHARITON notre Archevêque entouré de son clergé et d'une foule des fidèles a rehaussé de sa présence en la grande cathédrale de Saint André le Premier appelé pour fêter cet événement. Jour de la Résurrection, peuples rayonnons de joie, entonne le choeur sous un ton angélique, exultons d'allégresse et de joie. 
LE CHRIST EST RESSUSCITÉ crie d'une voix forte notre Père spirituel, VRAIMENT IL EST RESSUSCITÉ répond en une voix tout le peuple réuni. Que le Christ notre Dieu ressuscité bénisse chacun de vous et vous comble de ses grâces. Le CHRIST EST RESSUSCITÉ.

Σάββατο 1 Μαΐου 2021

Memory Eternal Bishop Chrysostomos of Mozambique († Great Saturday, 1st May 2021)


Bishop Chrysostomos of Mozambique reposed in the Lord


Orthodox times (photo from here)

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa announced the passing of Bishop Chrysostomos of Mozambique.

Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria offered a Trisagion service for the rest of the soul of the late bishop in the Patriarchal Chapel of Agioi Thedoroi, as reported by neakriti.gr.

By order of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Metropolitan John of Zambia was appointed locum tenens of the diocese.

The late Bishop of Mozambique, Chrysostomos (born George Karangounis), was born in Tithorea, Fthiotida, in 1960.

He was a graduate of the Higher Ecclesiastical School of Athens and the Theological School of the University of Athens. He was ordained a deacon in 1983 and a presbyter in 1986.

He served as priest, head, preacher and catechist in the Metropolises of Fthiotida and of Peristeri. He was seconded to the Patriarchate of Alexandria in 2005 and was appointed head of the Church of St. George in Tripoli, Libya and protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Tripoli.

In November 2008 he was appointed head of the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Cairo and priest of the Patriarchal Monastery of St. George in Old Cairo. In 2013 he returned to Libya as protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Tripoli.

On November 26, 2014, following a proposal by the Patriarch of Alexandria, he was elected as Auxiliary Bishop of Berenice by the Holy Synod, ordained by the Patriarch of Alexandria on December 6, 2014, at the Patriarchal Church of Saint Nicholas in Cairo.

On November 24, 2015, following a proposal by the Patriarch of Alexandria, he was elected as Bishop of Mozambique by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Εκοιμήθη ο Μοζαμβίκης Χρυσόστομος

ΡΟΜΦΑΙΑ

Εκοιμήθη σήμερα, Μεγάλο Σάββατο 1 Μαϊου 2021 ο Θεοφιλέστατος Επίσκοπος Μοζαμβίκης Χρυσόστομος του Παλαιφάτου Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας.

Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες της Romfea.gr ο Επίσκοπος Χρυσόστομος, τον τελευταίο καιρό αντιμετώπιζε σοβαρά προβλήματα υγείας.

Οι ίδιες πληροφορίες αναφέρουν ότι Τοποτηρητής της Μητροπόλεως, ανέλαβε ο Μητροπολίτης Ζάμπιας κ. Ιωάννης.

Τέλος να σημειωθεί ότι Α. Θ. Μακαριότης, ο Πάπας και Πατριάρχης Αλεξανδρείας και πάσης Αφρικής κ.κ. Θεόδωρος Β΄, συγκινημένος, ετέλεσε στο Πατριαρχικό Παρεκκλήσιο των Αγίων Θεοδώρων, Τρισάγιο υπέρ Αναπαύσεως της ψυχής του μακαριστού Επισκόπου κυρού Χρυσοστόμου. 

 
Our Lady of Mozambique, Donor of Light (here - more here)

Λίγα λόγια για τον Επίσκοπο Χρυσόστομο

Ο Θεοφιλ. Επίσκοπος Μοζαμβίκης κ. Χρυσόστομος (κατά κόσμον Γεώργιος Καραγκούνης) εγεννήθη στην Τιθορέα Φθιώτιδος το 1960.

Είναι πτυχιούχος της επταταξίου Ιερατικής Σχολής Λαμίας, της Ανωτέρας Εκκλησιαστικής Σχολής Αθηνών και του τμήματος Θεολογίας της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

Χειροτονήθηκε Διάκονος το 1983 και Πρεσβύτερος το 1986. Υπηρέτησε ως Εφημέριος, Προϊστάμενος, Ιεροκήρυξ και Κατηχητής στις Ιερές Μητροπόλεις Φθιώτιδος και Περιστερίου. Απεσπάσθη το 2005 στο Πατριαρχείο Αλεξανδρείας και διορίσθηκε Προϊστάμενος στον Ιερό Ναό του Αγίου Γεωργίου "των σκλάβων" στην Τρίπολη της Λιβύης και ως Πρωτοσύγκελλος της Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Τριπόλεως.

Τον Νοέμβριο του 2008 διορίσθηκε Προϊστάμενος στον Κοινοτικό Ναό των Αγίων Κωνμσταντίνου και Ελένης Καϊρου και Εφημέριος στην Θεοβάδιστη Ιερά και Πατριαρχική Μονή του Αγίου Γεωργίου Παλαιού Καϊρου.

Το 2013 επανήλθε στην Λιβύη ως Πρωτοσύγκελλος της Ιεράς Μητροπόλεως Τριπόλεως.

Την 26η Νοεμβρίου 2014, τη προτάσει της Α.Θ.Μ., εξελέγη υπό της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου Βοηθός Επίσκοπος Βερενίκης, χειροτονηθείς υπό της Α.Θ.Μ. του Πάπα και Πατριάρχου Αλεξανδρείας κ.κ. Θεοδώρου Β΄, την 6η Δεκεμβρίου 2014 στον Ιερό Πατριαρχικό Ναό Αγίου Νικολάου Καϊρου. Την 24η Νοεμβρίου 2015, προτάσει της Α.Θ.Μ. εξελέγη υπό της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου του Πατριαρχείου Αλεξανδρείας Επίσκοπος Μοζαμβίκης.

Photo from the page of Orthodox Diocese of Mozambique


Orthodox Diocese of Mozambique - Ιερά Επισκοπή Μοζαμβίκης

Κυριακή 8 Νοεμβρίου 2020

Patriarch Theodoros: “Archangels, The protectors of every human being” (November 8, Synaxis of the holy Archangels)

 
 

On the evening of Thursday 7th November 2019, His Beatitude, Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, officiated and preached the homily at the Great Festive Vespers, with great splendor and in a full church, in the imposing Holy Church of the Archangels in the Daher district of Cairo, which has the largest Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox community in the Egyptian capital.

A church that is always vibrant, particularly on the eve of its celebration, with the Alexandrian Primate presiding over the festive vespers of the Archangels, concelebrating with a multitude of Hierarchs: His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Makarios of Nairobi, as well as the Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo His Eminence Nicodemus Metropolitan od Memphis, His Eminence Niphon Metropolitan of Pilousion and the Abbot of the Patriarchal Monastery of St George Old Cairo, His Grace Theodoros Bishop of Babylonos, together with the Holy Clergy.

“Today the largest Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox Parish of the Patriarchate of Alexandria is celebrating, the Holy Archangels in the Daher district of Cairo. And I feel immense gratitude for their love and dedication to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and its Primate", the Patriarch of Alexandria emphasized.

Speaking of the Archangels, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Africa, emphasized that "the Archangels are the symbol of the protection of all human beings, as every person coming into the world is accompanied by his guardian angel right up until he/she faces Christ. Above all the angels though, are the patrons Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel, who as protectors of every human being are the light, hope and our approach to the Triune God”. 



"Goodmorning have a blessed Feast Day!
Synaxis of the Taxiarchs and Archangels Michael & Gabriel
Chief Commanders of God; ministers of divine glory; guides for men and leadership of the Incorporeal; as Chief Commanders of the Incorporeal, plead for our welfare and for great mercy.
* The Cathedral of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel is located in Mozambique ‘s capital, Maputo. It was founded on 23 March 1958 by the Hellenic Community that flourished in Maputo. It was completed in 1960. It was re-opened in 2010, in responsibility for your grace Bishop Ioannis."

Orthodox Metropolis of Zambia

In the Orthodox Vineyard of Africa

See also
 
 
 
 
 

Κυριακή 18 Νοεμβρίου 2018

Jesus Christ & Capitalism: The Parable of the Rich Fool (three Orthodox voives from Africa)


Image from the page of Orthodox Diocese of Mozambique about the Parable of the Rich Fool

"...If every person were to learn from it, millions of our fellow human beings would not die from hunger or poverty. In addition, many rich people would not suffer from agonizing worry and anxiety over their possessions, and maybe save their souls from being lost due to their wealth..."

THE GOSPEL (For the Ninth Sunday of Luke)

Orthodox Diocese of Mozambique
 
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (12:16-21)
The Lord spoke this parable: The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be? So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
As He said this, Jesus called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
For Children Click on the link to listen to the Holy Gospel here.

Orthodox Metropolis of Zambia & Malawi

The Parable of the Rich Fool can be found in Luke 12:13–21. The key to understanding this parable is in verse 15 (and later summarized in verse 21). Luke 12:15 says, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Jesus says this to the man who asked Him to arbitrate between him and his brother. In ancient times, the firstborn was guaranteed a double portion of the family inheritance. More than likely, the brother who was addressing Jesus was not the firstborn and was asking for an equal share of the inheritance. Jesus refuses to arbitrate their dispute and gets to the heart of the matter: Covetousness! Jesus warns this person, and all within earshot, that our lives are not to be about gathering wealth. Life is so much more than the “abundance of possessions.”
Jesus proceeds to tell the man the Parable of the Rich Fool. This person was materially blessed by God; his land “produced plentifully” (verse 16). As God continued to bless the man, instead of using his increase to further the will of God, all he was interested in was managing his increase and accumulating his growing wealth. So the man builds larger barns in place of the existing ones and starts planning an early retirement. Unbeknownst to him, this was his last night on planet earth. Jesus then closes the story by saying, “So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
So the point of the Parable of the Rich Fool is twofold. First, we are not to devote our lives to the gathering and accumulation of wealth. There is an interesting point made in the parable. God says to the man in the story, “And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” This echoes the thought expressed in Ecclesiastes 2:18 (“I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me”). You see it all the time in people who are singularly devoted to the accumulation of wealth. What happens to all that wealth when they die? It gets left behind to others who didn’t earn it and won’t appreciate it. Furthermore, if money is your master, that means God is not (Matthew 6:24).
The second point of the Parable of the Rich Fool is the fact that we are not blessed by God to hoard our wealth to ourselves. We are blessed to be a blessing in the lives of others, and we are blessed to build the kingdom of God. The Bible says if our riches increase, we are not to set our hearts upon them (Psalm 62:10). The Bible also says there is one who gives freely and grows all the richer (Proverbs 11:24). Finally, the Bible says we are to honor God with the first fruits of our increase (Proverbs 3:9–10). The point is clear; if we honor God with what He has given us, He will bless with more so that we can honor Him with more. There is a passage in 2 Corinthians that summarizes this aptly (2 Corinthians 9:6–15). In that passage Paul says, “And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that having all contentment in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” We are blessed by God, so we can in turn “abound in every good work” and be a blessing in the lives of others. So, if God has blessed you with material wealth “set not your heart on it” and “be rich toward God.” That is the message of the Parable of the Rich Fool.

On the 9th Sunday of Luke (Luke 12:16-21)

Metropolitan Sotirios of Pisidia
Orthodox Archbiscopic of Zimbabwe & Angola


The parable in today’s Gospel is a brief, but powerful story. If every person were to learn from it, millions of our fellow human beings would not die from hunger or poverty. In addition, many rich people would not suffer from agonizing worry and anxiety over their possessions, and maybe save their souls from being lost due to their wealth.
Let’s look at the rich person in the parable. God gave him fruitful land with an amazing yield of crops. Instead of rejoicing in God and glorifying him for this blessing, he was overwhelmed with worry: “What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?” (verse 17).
“What shall I do?” People who say this usually have no house to live in, no clothes to protect them from the weather, or bread to give to their children to keep them alive! But a rich person who suddenly becomes even richer saying these same words is outrageous. Sadly, this is our reality. There are countless examples of wealthy people who suffer serious psychological problems and anxiety over how to maintain and increase their wealth. Those who cling to material things and are constantly trying to get more will suffer a great fall. “Rich men turned poor and went hungry” (Psalm 33:11), and the Apostle Paul warns us: “Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition” (1 Timothy 6:9).
But the great misery of the rich in the parable would come quickly. While he wondered where he would store his crop, and dreamed of living high for many years, he heard the voice from Heaven say to him, “Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?” (verse 20). By acting in this way, the rich person loses both his earthly goods and the treasure of Heaven. This treasure is denied because the rich person, due to their greed, was not able to do the good works needed to get it.
Maybe the rich would ask: “Why am I dying now? What did I do wrong? There was no stealing here, and this is what I have earned. It’s mine!”
Here we see the great mistake, both of the rich in the parable and of every person of wealth. They are under the illusion that the riches they possess are for them alone. They do not understand that God has given them this to share it. This goes back to the teaching of St. Basil the Great: You are a keeper of your fellow human beings. Do not think that all this was given to you for yourself only…For all this, you will be asked directly….Do you think that this is unfair, with so much given to you, and you give nothing to others? The extra food you keep belongs to the person who is hungry. The clothes you have filling your closet are for the naked. The money you get and hide away is for the one who needs it. So much inequality, and so many people in need who could be helped.
In God’s Wisdom, he allows rich people their wealth to benefit not just them, but all people. If everyone just kept what they needed, and gave away the rest, there would be no poor in the world.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, let us apply the teaching of the Apostle Paul: “Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content (1 Timothy 6:8). Let us make sure that we are rich in what will earn us our permanent riches in Heaven. Amen.

Capitalism (tag)
An african orthodox christian voice about the Parable of the Sower
Orthodox Church & Capitalism: Orthodox Fathers of Church on poverty, wealth and social justice
Is capitalism compatible with Orthodox Christianity?
Grace and “the Inverted Pyramid”

Δευτέρα 12 Μαρτίου 2018

Helen Lieros' “Fresco Secco” in the Orthodox Cathedral of the Archangels in Mozambique’s capital (Maputo)


The Apocalypse

Lieros: Multifaceted, exceptional artist
The Herald

The photos of the icons are from the article Η εικονογράφηση του Ελληνορθόδοξου Ναού στο Μαπούτο της Μοζαμβίκης δια χειρός Helen Lieros / A Igreja Ortodoxa Grega no Maputo by fr Panayiotis Kapodistrias (in Greek).

Stephen Garan’anga : Visual Art

When we took up our artistic arms decades ago to venture into professional visual art through the then famous BAT Visual Arts Studios of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe we knew there existed a local venerate artist Helen Lieros and Gallery Delta. But we had not yet grasped what it is that makes one an exceptional artist and be widely recognised as a referral point in society. She was the first established artist to descend to the BAT Studios at the beginning of our foundation period and embraced us with her career art talk.
From that moment we were equipped with determination and genuine insight of the artistic journey that exterminate short cuts we had embarked on. We became highly inquisitive to perceive what she does and never missed out on most of her local participation in exhibitions especially at her confounded Gallery Delta.
Over the years what we have known on the surface of Helen locally is that she is a multifaceted no nonsense senior artist of high talent who expresses herself mostly in highly textural abstract painting work of rich colour from self-made pigments.


The Dormation of the Holy Mother (see here & here)
 
Her handmade paper too is a highly exploited surface of her work as a painter, drafts person and master printmaker and above all a generous warm-hearted and God fearing individual. Having highlighted the above few there are other critical attributes which need to be understood that uplifted her to reach the dizzy heights of creativity that we are accustomed to today.
This has a history, a tale of conquered obstacles through sheer hard work and resilience. Her recently launched art book at Gallery Delta Foundation for Art and the Humanities titled “Helen Lieros Mural Paintings” authored by her husband and co-founder of Gallery Delta, publisher Derek Huggins reveals she is a painter of the old masters’ calibre who executed great frescos of centuries still withstanding, appreciated and enjoyed by millions the world over by executing her own in Maputo, Mozambique.
The high definition images of her “Fresco Secco” which she locally first showed at Hellenic School in Harare when she gave her talk about the work now in a compact thick volume book illustrate magnificent human and animal anatomy with sublime flow of linear work of the drapery entailing what hard work and artistic talent is.
It is a rarity in this modern era to have an individual painter of one nation to be invited to another to partake such a mammoth task of furnishing the entirety of interior walls of an enormous iconic holly chapel with biblical events. She had to be the one fearless and capable to take us back to painting as we have known it.

 
The Panagia and Child (Moder of God the "The widest of the skies" / "more spacious than the heavens" with Jesus Christ)

Her “Fresco Secco” in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Mozambique’s capital attests to her remarkable consciousness of the subject, space, period and equally critical her incredible physical and mental strength which enabled her to well accomplish the masterpiece grafting even at above seventy. The work was executed over segmented periods of 1996 to 2002, 2008 to 2009 and finalised in 2013.
The project was conceived in 1996 when she was approached by the Honorary Greek Consul of Mozambique, George Tsihlakis, to paint murals in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Maputo. He had seen murals done just shy of three decades earlier by Helen in Harare’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. He furnished her with images of the naked interior walls and invited her to visit the holy space. She accepted to do justice to the call and with her typical whole painting kit from Zimbabwe she embarked on the execution of the “Apocalypse”, her first work of the fresco, with reference from the biblical book of Revelations. With the subject her intention was to have something which the general populace and worshippers would relate to and realise the necessity of peace.

The Crucifixion
 
Repeatedly before, Helen has exclaimed her worries about “Mankind Repeating History”. She is concerned with the archetypal, which exists still in the passions of man, and the apocalypse. Myth, art and fact in the ancient Greek civilisation revealed the struggles of man.
Now as then, we are confronted by natural disasters, civil unrest, conflicts and wars, and the search for justice and peace. In reality these events become apocalyptic as predicted.
Her thoughts are portrayed by archetypes in their battles, flights and migrations in their search for freedom and as related to the African continent.
The Ephitafios
In her statement on the execution of the “Apocalypse” she said “Considering the history and circumstances of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel at Maputo — atheism and communism had prevailed — my feelings were strong to eradicate the past in this beautiful but empty house of God by strong symbolism from the Book of Revelations, which I felt was apt.
I had many thoughts and had prepared many drawings and sketches. Climbing the scaffolding, I was in fear but started with zest by painting, on the left hand side of the wall, the Maputo Cathedral with Christ crucified in front and protecting it.
 
Then I put in the white ram and the “Alpha and Omega”, and surrounded by the four symbols of the winged lion, human, bird and bull. Further down lies Saint John who dreams as God tells him what to write. In the background are the seven churches and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Below, in the foreground lie dead figures, depicting wars, and illness by fling frogs as stated in the Book of Revelations that the people vomited”.
Her interpretations were created taking into account that it was a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Africa and necessity dictated figurative work. Encompassing narratives she has forsaken the traditional Byzantine style feeling that the essence should be vivid colour, impact and power. However, she respected the Orthodox tradition by the execution of such paintings as “The Panagia and Child” in a sanctuary behind the altar and “The Pantocrator” in a five-meter wide dome twenty five metres from the floor.

The Judgement
The Creation
In total she painted about 15 enormous works in the church which included “The Creation”, “The Nativity”, “The Crucifixion”, “The Entombment of Christ”, “The Dormation of the Holy Mother”, “The Judgement”, “Homage to the Holy Fathers” and concluded in 2002 with “The Pantocrator”. In 2008 she was asked again to come back and carry out more work on other walls and worked on “The Massacre of Infants”, “The Trial of Christ”, and “The Procession of Soldier Saints” and “The Ephitafios” completed in 2009. The final recall was in 2013 when she executed “The Baptism of Christ”, “Christ Asleep in the Tempest” and “The Healing of the Blind Man”.
Hats off to the local star and may her work continue to be of great inspiration to many.

Helen Lieros - Biography (from the article of fr Panayiotis Kapodistrias)
 
1958/62 Studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Geneva * 1960 First Prize, Association of Women Artists, awarded by the Swiss Government * 1961/62 Prix de Holzer & Bursary - State Scholarship * 1962 Diploma and Arts Degree with Honours, Geneva * 1962/3 Scholarship to the Institute da Statale d’Arte, Florence, awarded by the Italian Government * 1964 Returned home and taught at Chaplin School, Gweru for three years * 1985/86 Perfectionment Artistique, Ecole Superieure D’Art Visuel, Geneva: Awarded for improvisation of materials, pigments, colour and painting * 1967/2009 Lives and works in Harare

Workshops
 
1977/79/84/85/89 Attended Centre des Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva. Etching with D. Diovorne, Ecole Superieure D’Art Visual, Geneva. 1990 Invited Artist in Residence, Wanganui Summer Workshop, New Zealand.

Commissions 
 
1967 Executed four large murals at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Harare. 1996-2002 Executed murals (fresco secco) for the entire Greek Orthodox Cathedral at Maputo, Mozambique. 2008 Invited to return to Maputo to undertake new wall paintings in Greek Orthodox Cathederal. 
 

Permanent Collections 
 
Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Zimbabwe * The Cabinet des Estamps and Centre de la Gravure, Geneva. Museum of African Arts, Paris * Wilfredo Lam Museum, Cuba. Mini-Print International, Cadaques, Spain * Pinakothiki Sophia Laskaridou, Athens

Exhibitions (Solo)
 
1966 Naikes’ Gallery, Bulawayo. 1968 Polworth’s Galleries, Harare. 1970 Barbour’s Gallery, Harare. 1970 Stoa Texnis Gallery, Athens. 1972/75 Tara Arts & Seven Arts, Harare. 1973 Diogenes International Galleries, Athens. 1979 Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1983 Selected works, PG Gallery, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. 1985 Galerie Chausse Coqs, Geneva. 1991 Major Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. 1995 “Diary of an Inheritance” Gallery Delta, Harare 1995 “Antithesis”, Mayfair Gallery, London. 1998 “Logos - The Word - Gallery Delta, Harare. 2004 Retrospective Exhibition - a selection of paintings and graphics over three decades 1974 -2004, Gallery Delta, Harare. 2004 “Diaspora” Sophia Laskaridou Pinakothiki (State Gallery) Athens, Greece. 2005 ‘Aeons,’ National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 2007 ‘Antithesis,’Sophia Laskaridou Pinakothiki, Athens, Greece. 
 
The Nativity
 
Exhibitions (Group)
 
1967 Federation of British Artists, London. 1971 Rhodesian Art, Beira, Mozambique. 1971 The National Annual Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe and frequently in ensuing years to present. 1972 American Embassy, Athens. 1974 Young Artists of Promise, Athens. 1974 The First Circle Exhibition, Harare. 1975 Rhodesian Select Exhibition, Ned-Art Gallery, Johannesburg. 1975 Graphics and Drawing Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1975 Art Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1976 Exhibition Arta, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1976 Select Rhodesian Artist’s Exhibition, Rand Show. 1977 Art Exhibition, Gallery Delta,, Harare. 1977 Aspects from Geneva, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1977 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1977 Environmental and Experimental Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. 1978 Emergent Art, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1979 International Etching Exhibition, Centre de la Gravure,
Geneva. 1979 Art Forms, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1980 Art Zimbabwe Exhibition, National Pavilion, Rand Show, Johannesburg. 1980 Expo 80: Graphics, Paintings, Ceramics and Sculpture, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1980 Creative Forms, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1980 Aspects from Geneva 2, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1981 Art Do Zimbabwe, Maputo, Mozambique. 1981 Graphics and Paintings Gallery Delta, Harare 1981 Summer Exhibition Gallery Delta, Harare. 1981/83 Recent Zimbabwean Literary & Art Exhibition, London and touring UK. 1981/82 Commonwealth Overseas League Exhibition, London. 1982 Art Forms 82, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1982 Paintings, Graphics and Ceramics, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1983 Solidarity Week, Beira, Mozambique. 1983 Spirit of Zimbabwe Exhibition, London. 1983 International All Africa Painting Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal. 1984 Black and White, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1984 Contemporary Graphics, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1985 Contemporary Graphics, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1985 Form and Symbol, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1985 Centre Genevois de la Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva. 1986 National Gallery of Zimbabwe Annual (NAM) Baringa Exhibition: (Special Mention in recognition of an artist who has made significant individual contribution “towards pinnacles of excellence in contemporary Zimbabwean art”). 1986 Wilfredo Lam Museum (Cuban Biennale). 1986 Mini-Print (Graphics) International, Cadaques, Spain and USA. 1986 Graphics 86, Gallery Delta, Harare 1986 Painting, Sculptures and Ceramics, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1986 Contemporary Zimbabwean Art, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1987 Platform 5 Images, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1987 Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1988 Paintings, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1988 Graphics, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1988 National Gallery of Zimbabwe Travelling Exhibition - New Delhi, India. 1988 Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. 1989 Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Award of Merit (Painting), Award of Merit (Graphics). 1990 Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, First Recipient of the President’s Award of Honour. 1990 Commonwealth Arts Festival & Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand: One of 5 Zimbabwean artists invited to participate. 1990 Graphics, Gallery Delta, Harare 1990 Mini-Print International Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain. 1990 The New Decade, Gallery Delta, Harare 1990 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1991 Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Invited Artist. First of five selected artists presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II. 1991 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1992 Small Works by Prominent Artists, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1992 Contrasts, Gallery Delta, Harare 1992/94 Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe: Invited Artist. 1992 War on Want, Savannah Gallery, London. 1992 Hope and Optimism Portfolio, Oxford, England. 1993 Graphics Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare 1993 Prominent Artists, Gallery Delta, Harare 1993 8 African Women Artists, Savannah Gallery, London. 1994 Graphics Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare 1994 The Land Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare 1994 Prominent Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare 1994 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare 1995 Gallery Delta - 20 Years, Gallery Delta, Harare 1995 Johannesburg Biennale, Zimbabwe Participant. 1996 The Land, The Landmark, The Landscape, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1996 Contemporary Art in Zimbabwe Today, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1996 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare. 1997 Graphics Exhibition, Gallery Delta 1997 Prominent Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 1997 Landscape - The Changing Scene, Gallery Delta 1997 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta 1997 MBCA Decade of Award Winners, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare 1998 Crossing Boundaries, The International Museum of Twentieth Century Art, Unesco Headquarters, Paris and Expo, Lisbon - representing Zimbabwe. 1998 The Graphics Group Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 1998 The Prominent Artists’ Exhibition, Gallery Delta 1998 Invited Artist, First Biennale, National Gallery of Zimbabwe 1999 Works on Paper Exhibition - Gallery Delta 1999 Festival Exhibition - Gallery Delta 1999 The Land Exhibition - Gallery Delta 1999 Prominent Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta 1999 The Eve of the New Millennium Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2000 Works on Paper Exhibition Gallery Delta 2000 Gallery Delta - 25th Anniversary Exhibition 2000 Earth Vision Exhibition - Gallery Delta. 2000 Post Election Selection - Gallery Delta 2000 Ikons, Gallery Delta. 2000 The summer Exhibition - Gallery Delta. 2001 Art from Zimbabwe. Art in Zimbabwe. Iwalelwa House University of Bayreuth, Germany. 2001 Eclectic - Gallery Delta. 2001 Wargames - Gallery Delta with Arthur Azevedo. 2001 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2002 Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Greece. 2002 The Small Works - View Point / Split Image Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2002 Explorations II, Gallery Delta.  2002 Totems Exhibition, Gallery Delta 2002 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2003 Olympiad 2004, Gallery Delta. 2003 Landscape Paintings, Gallery Delta 2003 Small Works - Insight, Gallery Delta. 2003 Ikons Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2003 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2004 The Collector’s Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2004 Fight Aids, Celebrate Life, Gallery Delta. 2004 A Collection of Small Works, Gallery Delta. 2004 Works on Paper - Drawings and Graphics, Gallery Delta. 2004 The Collector’s Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2004 Fight Aids, Celebrate Life, Gallery Delta. 2004 A Collection of Small Works. Gallery Delta. 2004 Old and Modern, Gallery Delta. 2004 Legacy, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany. 2004 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta 2005 Books, Words and Writings, Gallery Delta. 2005 Gallery Delta 30years, Gallery Delta. 2005 Black and White, Gallery Delta. 2005 Small Works, Gallery Delta. 2005 Landmark, Gallery Delta. 2005 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2006 Fragments of the Past – Lost Words, Lost Letters, Lost People: (With Marcos Villalta Pucci) Harare International Festival of Arts, National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 2005 Frame within a Frame, Gallery Delta. 2005 Expediency, Gallery Delta. 2005 The Post Election Selection, Gallery Delta. 2005 A Select Collection. 2006 Rembrandt: An African Response on his 400th Birthday, Gallery Delta. 2006 Drawings and Graphics, Gallery Delta. 2006 A Select Collection, Gallery Delta. 2007 Peace Through Unity In Diversity, Gallery Delta. 2008 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta. 2009 The Land, Gallery Delta

Publications
 
Illustrated catalogues: National Gallery of Zimbabwe. * Arts Rhodesia, National Arts Foundation of Rhodesia, 1978 * Arts Zimbabwe, National Arts Foundation of Zimbabwe 1982 * Insight (Jan 1983) and other Newsletters of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe * Inflight Air Zimbabwe Magazine - cover.* Le Soleil, Dakar, 1983 * Africa Asia, Encyclopaedia Zimbabwe,1986 * Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture, Celia Winter-Irving, 1990 * Zimbabwe Heritage Catalogue 1990 - cover * 10 Jahre Zimbabwe Emotion and Kunst, Marie and Christian Schlaga, 1990 * Helen of Gweru, Fiona Lloyd, South Africa, 1991.* Article by the Artist, Southern African Art 1992 * Zimbabwean Women in Contemporary Culture, Diary, 1992 * Greek Artists Abroad, produced and published by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens * Africa World Art Review, Arts and Culture, 1993 * Gallery Magazine No. 4, and others in the series, Gallery Publications, 1995 * Zimbabwe: Legacies of Stone, Past and Present volumne II, Geert G. Bourgois, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, 1997 * Gallery Magazine No 20 ,“Painting the Self”, Gallery Publications, 1999 * Gallery Magazine No 30, “Helen Lieros at Home”, Gallery Publications 2001.
 
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