Eastern Orthodoxy in Uganda
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Eastern Orthodoxy in Uganda refers to adherents and religious communities of
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa
.
According to the 2014 census, members of the Eastern Orthodox church made up 0.15% of the population.[1]
Organization
Historically, Uganda was among the first
Eastern Orthodox
Christian communities began to form.
Currently there are nine deaneries which are united into a Metropolis headed by Metropolitan Jerome Muzeeyi, who succeeded Jonah Lwanga in 2021. The headquarters is in Namungoona, a neighborhood of the capital Kampala.
In 2022, the clergy consisted of over 76 priests and 5 deacons working across 100 communities, 41 church building, 17 medical clinics and the Holy Cross Orthodox Church Mission Hospital.[2]
Approximately 500,000 Ugandans claim Orthodox baptism.Saint Anthony the Great, and a female monastery (St. Mary of Egypt) with two sisters. Sister Maria is one of the first four young women who expressed an interest in monasticism in Uganda.
The
Saint Panteleimon
of Nicomedia, but the Ugandan government assumed control and secularized them. The clinic which was started by Fr. Gerasimos in 1983 was abandoned after his expulsion from Uganda in 1988, however the use of aid from the Japanese government finished the clinic. Fr. Christopher planned and built the stone church building which is topped by a multi-colored Russian onion dome.
See also
- Religion in Uganda
- Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos
- Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala
- George Alexander McGuire
- African Orthodox Church (non-canonical)
- Raphael Morgan
References
- The original article is based on a translated Russian article Православие в Уганде, where sources for the data are stated.
Further reading
- Metropolitan Makarios (Tillyrides). Adventures in the Unseen. Orthodox Research Institute, 2004. 548 pp. ISBN 978-0-9745618-5-1
- Metropolitan Makarios (Tillyrides). The Origin of Orthodoxy in East Africa. Orthodox Research Institute.