Central Africa.somewhere, far, far away. In Rwanda..
Orthodox Christians pray, together with their priests. Inspiring them is Father
Nectarios, a Romanian missionary monk.
Hailing from Tulcea in the south-east Father Nectarios,
whose layperson s name is Alexandru Dima, is only 30 years old. Young as he may
be, Father Nectarios has had very special spiritual experiences. It was not by
chance that upon his ordination he was given the name Nectarios, while his presence
on the African continent is not a happenstance one, either.
The urge to depart there came from Father Damaskin the
Gregorian, of the Gregoriou Monastery in Mount Athos
Father Nectarios:ʺI arrived in Burundi, Africa, on
September 11, 2019, at the Orthodox Archdiocese of Burundi and Rwanda.
Therefore, my Bishop is colored, he is African and pastorates two countries.
There, not having any knowledge of Swahili of the Chirunde local idiom, I started
learning Swahili. The Swahili Language is
spoken in, li